Systems and methods are provided for fabricating curved preforms of fiber reinforced material. Methods include laying up at least one ply onto a carrier of flexible material at a lamination station, loading the carrier onto a rail system, routing the carrier to a particular Ply-By-Ply (PBP) forming station at the rail system, separating the at least one ply from the carrier, and making the at least one ply into the preform via the particular PBP forming station.


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    Title :

    Fabrication of Curved Composite Preforms for Aircraft via Assembly Lines


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    Publication date :

    2022-05-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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