A METHOD OF PRODUCING A CONTINUOUS FIBRE REINFORCEMENT LAYER FROM INDIVIDUAL FIBRE MATS

• Main Authors: MADURAI, Sathiyagopi, JACOBSEN, Torben, Krogsdal, RAMACHANDRAN, Dhinagaran, SUSHIL, Rohin, AITHAL, Rajesh, ØSTERGAARD, Rasmus, C, PRIYADARSHINI B, Hannah, LUNDSGAARD-LARSEN, Christian, THADATHAZHATH, Shalu, BASHA, Mohammed Imdad
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.04.2018
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BLASTING; BRAIDING; COTTON-WOOL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; HEATING; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TRIMMINGS; WADDING; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method of producing a single assembled longitudinally extending fibre layer for use in a later resin infusion process for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite structure is described including steps: a) providing a first fibre mat comprising unidirectional reinforcement fibres oriented in a longitudinal direction of the first fibre mat, b) providing a second fibre mat comprising unidirectional reinforcement fibres oriented in a longitudinal direction of the second fibre mat, c) arranging the first fibre mat and the second fibre mat so that unidirectional fibres of one end of the first fibre mat adjoin one end of the second fibre mat in a single plane at a common boundary, and d) splicing unidirectional fibres of the first fibre mat at one end of the first fibre mat to unidirectional fibres of the second fibre mat at one end of the second fibre mat in order to form a splicing joint.