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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Christopher John Feeney, Wallingford, CT (US);
John M. Philcox, Cheshire, CT (US);
Steven Robert Hayse, Prospect, CT (US);
Christopher John Feeney, Wallingford, CT (US);
John M. Philcox, Cheshire, CT (US);
Steven Robert Hayse, Prospect, CT (US);
GKN Aerospace Services Structures, Corp., Cromwell, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and devices for the formation of fabric preforms that may be subsequently impregnated with a resin to form a composite component. One end of the fabric is received on the form such that the axial tows of the fabric extend in a direction generally perpendicular to a central axis of the form. At least some of the plurality of axial tows are separately tensioned on an end of the fabric not attached to the form and the fabric is wrapped around the form by rotating the fabric and form relative to one another about the central axis.