Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Cardiatis S.a.

Alain Cavet

Philippe Blot

Xavier Legrand

Pascal Vinot

Christope Marchand

Laurence Caramaro

Gérard Lamure

Loic Dreano

Guy Nemoz

A method of manufacturing a plurality of reinforcing element preforms, involving the steps of: positioning reinforcing elements on the external surface of a die; assembling the reinforcing elements thus positioned with one another so as to form a textile sleeve with a longitudinal axis and surrounding the die; moving the sleeve longitudinally toward a multi-cavity mandrel having an elongate overall shape, the multi-cavity mandrel having on its external surface a plurality of longitudinal cavities which are distributed, when viewed in cross section, around the periphery of the external surface; forming the sleeve on the plurality of peripheral cavities so that the sleeve conforms to the shape of the multi-cavity mandrel and thus adopts the shape of a set of reinforcing element preforms.

Method for manufacturing a plurality of preforms for reinforcing members

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Meximieux, France

Alain Cavet