Apparatus for manaufacturing a component from a composite material
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsBenjamin Lionel FARMER, Daniel Mark JOHNS
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Abstract
A composite powder including particles and each particle including a plurality of reinforcement elements contained within a matrix. The composite powder may be applied in a powder bed to form a multilayered composite component. Each layer being formed by a composite powder bed. As each layer is applied, the reinforcement elements of the powder particles may be moved into alignment with an electromagnetic field.
Claims18
A composite powder including particles and each particle comprising a plurality of reinforcement elements contained within a matrix.
A multilayered composite component comprising a plurality of overlapping layers, wherein each layer is a powder bed of a composite powder, the composite powder includes particles, and each particle comprises a plurality of reinforcement elements contained within a matrix.
An apparatus for additively manufacturing a component from a composite material, the composite material comprising a matrix and a plurality of reinforcement elements, the apparatus comprising:
- a build platform;
- a system configured to apply overlapping layers of a composite powder material on the build platform;
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- an electrode configured to apply an electromagnetic field to the composite powder material in each layer applied by the system and before a next layer is applied, wherein the electromagnetic field causing movement of at least some of the reinforcement elements in the layer into alignment with other reinforcement elements.
A method to make a composite powder comprising chopping a fiber into short lengths, wherein each length is a powder particle and the fiber comprises reinforcement elements contained within a matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.