Apparatus for manufacturing a multi-axial laminate of webs produced from cables broken into strips

An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-axial laminate of webs from strips of stretch broken fibers comprising:

• a conveyor table which moves in a longitudinal direction, the conveyor table having an upstream end, a downstream end and two longitudinal sides;
• a plurality of multiple delivery carriages located at an upstream section of the conveyor table, wherein each multiple delivery carriage is configured to hold two reels of pre-broken and pre-wound carbon strips having a paper strip backing and to deposit the strips on the conveyor table to form a first layer of carbon strips;
• a first single delivery carriage located downstream of the multiple delivery carriages, wherein the first single delivery carriage is configured to hold at least a single reel of pre-broken and pre-wound carbon strip having a paper strip backing and to deposit the strip on the first layer to form a second layer of carbon strips, and wherein the first single delivery carriage is arranged on one of the longitudinal sides of the conveyor table at a predetermined angle with respect to the longitudinal direction;
• a second single delivery carriage located downstream of the first single delivery carriage, wherein the second single delivery carriage is configured to hold a single reel of pre-broken and pre-wound carbon strip having a paper strip backing and to deposit the strip on the second layer to form a third layer of carbon strips, and wherein the second single delivery carriage is arranged on one of the longitudinal sides of the conveyor table at a predetermined angle with respect to the longitudinal direction;
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• a fixing device downstream of the second single delivery carriage which fixes the first, second and third layers together to form the multi-axial laminate.