A method for fabricating a preform (194) for a portion of an aircraft (1902) includes acquiring a sheet (118) of broad good fiber reinforced material, trimming the sheet to form layup pieces (116) having boundaries (119), placing the boundaries (119) into alignment, arranging the layup pieces (116) in a layup pattern (174) to form a ply (175), performing a placement operation that transports the layup pattern (174) onto a layup tool (190), and shaping the layup pattern (174) into conformance with a contour of the layup tool (190).
COMPOSITE PREFORM ASSEMBLY METHOD AND APPARATUS
VERBUNDVORFORMANORDNUNGSVERFAHREN UND -VORRICHTUNG
PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL D'ASSEMBLAGE D'UNE PRÉFORME COMPOSITE
2025-01-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Composite wheel rim preform and method of fabricating a composite wheel rim preform
European Patent Office | 2018
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