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AssigneeMessier-Bugatti-Dowty
InventorsRichard Masson, Romain Boudier, Jean-Pierre Mattei, Victor Bras Pereira
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The invention relates to a method for the operation of a plaiting machine (1) that comprises a ring (2) carrying fiber spools (3) for plaiting layers (16, 22) of fibers (3) about a mandrel (13, 17) carried by a carrier (12) capable of movement along the axis (AX) of the ring (2), wherein after plaiting the fibers (3) are cut in order to withdraw the mandrel (13, 17), and that comprises: a hub (5, 6; 18) carried by the carrier (12) and secured to the mandrel (13; 17) while being mounted upstream therefrom; an operation for tightening the fibers (3) around the hub (5, 6; IS) with a link (11, 14) surrounding said fibers (3) after the mandrel (13, 17) has passed through the ring (2); and in which the fibers (3) are cut between the mandrel (13, 17) and the hub (5, 6; 18) before withdrawing the mandrel (13, 17).
A method of operating a braiding machine including a ring carrying spools of reinforcing fiber for successively braiding a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers around a unique mandrel moved several times through the ring or around a plurality of mandrels moved one after the other through the ring, each mandrel being carried by a support movable through the ring along an axis of the ring, the method comprising:
A method of operating a braiding machine including a ring carrying spools of reinforcing fiber for successively braiding a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers around the same mandrel moved several times through the ring or around a plurality of mandrels moved one after the other through the ring, each mandrel being carried by a support movable through the ring along the axis (AX) of the ring, the method comprising:
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