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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Rolf Sundermann, Buxtehude, DE;
Alexander Gillessen, Stade, DE;
Jan Schoppmeier, Wennigsen, DE;
Tassilo Witte, Stade, DE;
Julian Kupski, Stade, DE;
Rene-Philipp Jaekel, Springe, DE;
Mohamed-Mourad Sayeh, Rades, TN;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of forming a curved prepreg strip or sheet, especially for use in fabricating a composite component. The method includes providing a strip or sheet of prepreg material having reinforcing fibers and drawing or conveying the prepreg material in a travel direction, wherein the material is drawn or conveyed in the travel direction at a speed which differs across a width of the strip or sheet transverse to the travel direction. Similarly, the invention relates to an apparatus for forming a curved prepreg strip or sheet, having: a mechanism for drawing or conveying a strip or sheet of prepreg material in a travel direction, wherein the mechanism is configured to draw or convey the strip or sheet of prepreg material in the travel direction at a speed which differs across a width of the strip or sheet transverse to the travel direction.