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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Airbus Operations S.l., Madrid, ES;
Pablo Cebolla Garrofe, Collado Villalba, ES;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L., Madrid, ES;
Abstract
A method for forming fiber composite preforms, the preform () include a web (), a flange () and a bent part (), and the method includes: laying-up a laminate () onto a tooling (), the laminate () comprising lateral and transverse edges () and the tooling () comprising a male part () comprising a surface () and a lateral wall (), the web () being configured to be located over the surface () of the male part () and the flange () being configured to be located over the lateral wall () of the male part (); forming the preform () over the male part (); clamping the lateral edges () of the laminate () to the tooling () such that the web () and the flange () of the laid-up laminate () are kept under tensional loads, and bending a longitudinal portion of the male part ().