SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS FABRICATION OF WOVEN COMPOSITE MATERIALS

• Main Authors: Oberste, Christopher Marc, Wang, Ben, Cheng, Phillip Sung Tse
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.04.2023
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; AUXILIARY WEAVING APPARATUS; LOOMS; METHODS OF WEAVING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHUTTLES; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; WEAVERS' TOOLS; WEAVING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WOVEN FABRICS

A method comprising:- trimming a woven composite material (230), the woven composite material (230) formed from a composite weave by a continuous composite weaving machine (100) into the woven composite material (230) having a number of different weave patterns and/or a number of different varieties...