Device and method for shaping a blank for the formation of a structural thermoplastic part

A device for shaping a blank for the formation of a structural thermoplastic part, intended to be integrated in a primary structure of an airplane, the blank comprising reinforcing fibres embedded in a thermoplastic matrix, said shaping device comprising:

• a member for supporting a blank, the support member extending along a longitudinal axis;
• at least one heating member configured to heat a longitudinal portion of the blank to a temperature making it possible to render the thermoplastic matrix of the blank malleable;
• at least one inclination member configured to modify the inclination of at least one part of the longitudinal portion of the blank according to an angle of inclination parameterizable with respect to the horizontal plane in a plane transversal to the longitudinal axis;
• at least one module comprising a frame configured to be displaced by the displacement system, the heating member and the inclination member being connected to said frame;
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• a system for displacing from upstream to downstream along the longitudinal axis the frame so as to modify successively the inclination of a part of each longitudinal portion of the blank.