Method and device for the automated manufacture of at least one elongate composite material part with one or more layers

A device for the automated manufacture of an elongated composite material part with at least one layer, the device comprising:

• a table;
• a mold positioned on the table and having a shape complementary to an elongated composite material part to be made;
• a gantry supporting at least two actuators with plural spatial degrees of freedom, wherein
• a first actuator of the actuators includes a draping head for depositing a composite material layer separably attached to a substrate tape on the mold, and
• a second actuator of the actuators includes a first compacting tool removably fixed to the second actuator and used to form and compact the composite material layer separably attached to the substrate tape deposited on the mold;
• and
• a displacement unit for relative guided displacement between the table and the gantry in a longitudinal direction of the mold, wherein
• the second actuator is controlled to replace the first compacting tool with a second compacting tool after forming and compacting the composite material layer separably attached to the substrate tape deposited on the mold, by relative displacement between the mold and the first compacting tool in a first direction, and
• the second actuator is controlled to replace the first compacting tool with the second compacting tool before relative displacement between the mold and the second compacting tool in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to form and compact the composite material layer separably attached to the substrate tape deposited on the mold.