Airbus Operations Sl

Airbus Espana, S.l.

Pablo Lopez Fernandez

Gabriel Cruzado Parla

Alberto Martinez Cerezo

Maria Mora Medias

Aitor Echevarria Hernandez

Alberto Mulas De Lamo

José Manuel Santos Gomez

The disclosure refers to a method for manufacturing rod-shaped components of composite material, for example rowings or fillers, wherein a laminate is layered by automatically laying up a plurality of plies of composite material, which is then cut in an automated machine to obtain a plurality of rods having substantially the same cross-sectional shape. The obtained rods are then simultaneously conformed by applying heat and pressure to obtain rods with the desired cross-sectional shape. With the method of the disclosure, a large number of these types of components are produced with improved quality and in a very simple manner, using the machinery and equipment already commonly existing in a factory of aeronautic components.

Method for manufacturing rowings of composite materials

The present invention relates to a cleaning device () to be used in a preimpregnated carbon fiber placement machine including at least one guiding roller () for guiding a band () of tows to an application head (), comprising two filtering elements () arranged such that a band () of tows supported by two plates () joined with adjustable clamping means () for said filtering elements () and means of fixing/separating them to/from said machine, circulates between them. The invention also relates to a preimpregnated carbon fiber placement machine with at least one cleaning device ().

Cleaning device for a preimpregnated carbon fiber placement machine

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Pablo Lopez Fernandez