A carpet pellet machine and method are disclosed. One embodiment provides an apparatus comprising a compressor to receive fibrous material and compress the fibrous material, a mold pipe system to receive compressed fibrous material from the compressor, wherein the compressor is configured to press the fibrous material through the mold pipe system, and a heat chamber to heat the fibrous material within the mold pipe system and create an encapsulation layer on the fibrous material.

The invention relates to a curing mold (10) for manufacturing a turbomachine component made of composite material from a preform (200), comprising: a first and a second body (11, 12) defining an air gap receiving the preform; at least one primary channel (21) arranged in the first and/or the second body; an injection member (22) of a pressurized fluid in the primary channels; at least one secondary channel (23), in which a piston (24) slides, which delimits, on the one hand, a first chamber (26) in communication with the or a primary channel and, on the other hand, a second chamber (27) in communication with the air gap, and which is designed to compress thermosetting resin which has entered the second chamber from the preform in the air gap, so as to put the preform under hydrostatic pressure.