A method of manufacturing an arc-shaped fiber composite component includes forming a preform with a planar fiber layer arrangement formed along an arc and having an outer edge assigned to a convex outer side of the arc. The outer edge is formed with gaps extending into the arrangement in such a manner that a contour of the gaps is formed at least in sections near a target contour of a respective recess to be provided in the component. The preform is formed such that a first region of the arrangement, adjacent to the outer edge and extending substantially in the direction of the arc, is bent or angled relative to a second region of the arrangement, adjacent to the first region remote from the outer side of the arc. The gaps that the preform has prior to reshaping merge into recesses of the formed preform and remain open.

Disclosed herein is a method of reinforcing a composite comprising determining a location of a first cooling hole in a plurality of plies; where a cooling gas is transported through the cooling hole; disposing a z-fiber in the plurality of plies at a location proximate to where the first cooling hole will be located; where the z-fiber enters the plurality of plies at either an upper surface or a lower surface; and where the z-fiber traverses a portion of the plurality of plies in the z-direction proximate to the first cooling hole; and traverses the plurality of plies in an x or y direction further away from the first cooling hole; where the z-direction is in the thickness direction of the plurality of plies and where the x and y-direction are perpendicular to the z-direction.

The invention relates to a semi-finished fiber product lay-up head (1) for laying flat semi-finished fiber products (2), the semi-finished fiber product lay-up head having an electrically conductive electrode (6) which is contacted with the semi-finished fiber products to be layed, so that a current flow from a corresponding counter-electrode (7) in the fiber semi-finished product is effected in order to heat the same.

The invention relates to a semi-finished fiber product lay-up head (1) for laying flat semi-finished fiber products (2), the semi-finished fiber product lay-up head having an electrically conductive electrode (6) which is contacted with the semi-finished fiber products to be layed, so that a current flow from a corresponding counter-electrode (7) in the fiber semi-finished product is effected in order to heat the same.

A method for making a first ply for laying up a fibrous preform on a tool. An attachment zone is made on the laying up surface of the tool. The zone is integral with the laying up surface of the tool. A polymer is deposited by additive manufacturing on the surface of the tool. The polymer deposit passes on the attachment zone. The first ply is laid up by activating the tackiness of the polymer deposited using additive manufacturing, so as to make the deposited fibers adhere to the material deposited by additive manufacturing.

A method for making a first ply for laying up a fibrous preform on a tool. An attachment zone is made on the laying up surface of the tool. The zone is integral with the laying up surface of the tool. A polymer is deposited by additive manufacturing on the surface of the tool. The polymer deposit passes on the attachment zone. The first ply is laid up by activating the tackiness of the polymer deposited using additive manufacturing, so as to make the deposited fibers adhere to the material deposited by additive manufacturing.

A 3-dimensional high-strength fiber composite component having isotropic fiber distribution, comprising 25 to 70 wt % of high-strength, high-modulus fibers, up to 5 wt % of binding fibers, and 25 to 70 wt % of thermosetting or thermoplastic matrix. The invention further relates to a method for producing same, comprising the following steps: preparing the fibers by opening the fibers by releasing the fibers from fiber bundles, bales, or textile structures; sucking and/or blowing the opened fibers onto a three-dimensional, air-permeable tool half having the contour of this side of the component in an interactively controlled manner; pre-solidifying the obtained fiber molding in the flock box; transferring the fiber molding onto a pressing tool in the form of the contour of the air-permeable tool half of the component; bringing into contact with at least one liquid plastic; and solidifying the fiber molding by pressing in order to form a component.

A 3-dimensional high-strength fiber composite component having isotropic fiber distribution, comprising 25 to 70 wt % of high-strength, high-modulus fibers, up to 5 wt % of binding fibers, and 25 to 70 wt % of thermosetting or thermoplastic matrix. The invention further relates to a method for producing same, comprising the following steps: preparing the fibers by opening the fibers by releasing the fibers from fiber bundles, bales, or textile structures; sucking and/or blowing the opened fibers onto a three-dimensional, air-permeable tool half having the contour of this side of the component in an interactively controlled manner; pre-solidifying the obtained fiber molding in the flock box; transferring the fiber molding onto a pressing tool in the form of the contour of the air-permeable tool half of the component; bringing into contact with at least one liquid plastic; and solidifying the fiber molding by pressing in order to form a component.

A method for manufacturing a blade made of composite material for a turbine engine, in particular of an aircraft, the steps of injecting a resin in order to impregnate a fibrous preform woven in three dimensions and polymerizing the resin so as to form the blade that includes an airfoil, one longitudinal end of which is connected to a platform. The platform includes pressure and suction portions connected to the airfoil by a fillet, wherein a separation is formed in the fibrous preform between the pressure and suction portions. The method further includes reinforcing a leading edge of the airfoil; and reinforcing the fillets by integration of a metal reinforcement on at least one part of the pressure and suction portions of the platform and in the separation.

Providing blanks from a fibre web includes removing the blanks from removal regions and depositing the blanks in at least one deposit element. The blanks are then removed from the deposit elements in accordance with a sequence predefined by a layer-by-layer construction of a workpiece. The blanks that are individually removed from the removal regions are stacked on top of one another in the deposit elements in a sequence that corresponds to a layering sequence of the blanks in the workpiece. The blanks are then successively removed individually from the deposit elements in a sequence that is reversed with respect to the layering sequence of the blanks in the workpiece and are stacked on top of one another in a storage element before being successively removed from the storage element in the sequence predefined for constructing the workpiece layer-by-layer and inserted into a mould for producing the workpiece.