A laying unit for producing a fiber composite component includes a drive device which is formed for magnetic cooperation with a running face, which provides a magnetic field and/or is ferromagnetic, to advance the laying unit on the running face. A device for producing a fiber composite component comprising a laying unit of this type and a method for producing a fiber composite component comprising a device of this type are disclosed.

A laying unit for producing a fibre composite component is provided. The laying unit includes a housing and a plurality of fibre coils which are designed so as to be able to be unwound during a movement of the laying unit, wherein the fibre coils are provided in a movably mounted manner inside the housing.

Composite tape is laminated onto a substrate using a gantry to move a tape laminating head along the length of the substrate. The laminating head is mounted for movement along a beam on the gantry that extends across the width of the substrate. The direction of lamination may be altered by changing the angular orientation of the beam.

A fiber placement system for manufacturing composite components includes at least one material storage enclosure including a material spool assembly, a swiveling roller assembly, and a redirect roller assembly, for each tow to be produced per course, at least one material feeding/cutting station configured with a nip roller drive system, and a cutting mechanism, at least one material transfer station configured with an individual, moveable guide tray for each tow to be produced per course, the moveable guide trays respectively being configured with a vacuum system, and at least one layup station comprising a vacuum table/layup surface, and a pick-and-place device equipped with an end-effector.

A roller including a core portion having a cylindrical shape, a support portion located on a central axis of the core portion and configured to rotatably support the core portion, a foam body covering an entire circumference of the core portion and including an outer circumferential surface being flat, an operation portion configured to operate the foam body, and a fixing portion configured to fix the support portion and the operation portion, wherein at least one of end portions of the outer circumferential surface bends toward a direction of the central axis.