Support for structural components and method for producing the same
AssigneeSchunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH
InventorsThorsten Scheibel, Roland Weiss, Martin Henrich, Marco Ebert, Stefan Schneweis
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Abstract
A support for structural components that are subjected to a thermal treatment process. The support includes a frame having limbs and extending therefrom a grid of intersecting strands. In order to prevent the support from warping even when subjected to strong thermal loads or variations in temperature, the frame is produced from a temperature-resistant material and the strands are produced from carbon fibers or ceramic fibers that form the grid, extending from the limbs of the frame.
Claims29
A carrier for structural parts to be subjected to a heat-treatment process, comprising:
- at least one frame comprising a plurality of limbs, and
- a lattice comprising intersecting strands extending from the frame,
- wherein the frame comprises a temperature-resistant material and the strands are formed of carbon fibers or ceramic fibers which form the lattice extending from the limbs,
- the lattice being formed by a section of an endless fiber bundle extending between limbs of the frame in the form of single-layer or multilayer fiber strands or intertwined yarns of a carbon-reinforced carbon material and/or ceramic material, the fiber bundle extending in a warp and woof-like woven structure between the limbs of the frame.
A method for producing a structural part comprising intersecting strands of carbon fibers or ceramic fibers comprising obtaining a frame having one or more limbs, mounting on the frame an endless fiber bundle in the form of single-layer or multilayer fiber strands or intertwined yarns as strands to form a desired lattice structure, inserting a matrix is into the fibers and removing the lattice from the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.