Airbus Operations Gmbh

Robert Gaitzsch

Sascha Backhaus

Krzysztof Lenartowicz

Christian Fuerste

A shaping tool for forming a semi-finished product which contains reinforcing fibers and is fed to the shaping tool in a continuous process comprises a first shaping-tool element and a second shaping-tool element which is located opposite the first shaping-tool element. The shaping-tool elements have shaping faces which face towards the semi-finished product, at least in certain operating phases of the shaping tool, and which are curved and/or inclined, at least in certain sections, in a direction of conveyance of the semi-finished product through the shaping tool, and/or curved and/or inclined, at least in certain sections, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the semi-finished product.

Shaping tool, shaping apparatus and method of forming a semi-finished product containing reinforcing fibers

An apparatus for continuously manufacturing components from fiber-reinforced composites comprises a conveying device, configured to convey a semifinished product containing reinforcing fibers through the apparatus, a forming device, configured to bring the semifinished product into a desired shape, and a press with a first pressing element and a second pressing element arranged opposite the first pressing element. The forming device further comprises a plurality of differently shaped molds that are pressurizable by the press, a mold application station arranged upstream of the press relative to the conveying direction of the semifinished product through the apparatus for applying a mold to a section of the semifinished product, and a mold release station arranged downstream of the press relative to the conveying direction of the semifinished product through the apparatus for releasing the mold from the section of the semifinished product.

Apparatus and method for continuously manufacturing components from fiber-reinforced composites, and mold set

A tool for impregnating a reinforcing fiber material with plastic comprising a support element supporting face facing and spaced from a cover element covering face. A receiving space, between the supporting and covering faces, is connected to an injection channel for supplying the plastic into the space and comprises an inlet opening for continuously feeding the fiber material into the space, as well as an outlet opening for continuously removing plastic impregnated fiber material. The distance between the supporting and covering faces is constant, perpendicular to a feed direction of the fiber material and parallel to a plane defined by at least one of the supporting and covering faces. The support and cover elements are movable relative to one another such that the distance between the supporting and covering faces in the feed direction is adaptable to a varying thickness of the fiber material fed through the receiving space.

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Leipzig, Germany

Robert Gaitzsch