Patents Assigned to HEXCEL REINFORCEMENTS UK LIMITED
  • APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF FIBRE PLACEMENT FOR THE FORMATION OF FIBRE PREFORMS
    Publication number: 20200047435
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for constructing a 3D preform from carbon fibre tow (10), in which the tow is deposited by an AFP head (2400) onto a membrane (2204) which is conveyed to a forming cell (114) for diaphragm forming. Active tension control is provided with an offwind (102) combined with an accumulator (106) and compensator (108). The invention also provides a method of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: HEXCEL REINFORCEMENTS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas JAMES, Arthur Lewis SWARBRICK, Ian HAYTO, Dimitrios KARANATSIS, Ian JONES, Tim JONES, Christopher BEARD
  • A PREFORM WITH LOCAL REINFORCEMENT
    Publication number: 20200039179
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a preform (120) from a reinforcement fabric by depositing a first fibre layer (112) and depositing a second fibre layer (114) partially over the first layer before cutting a plurality of preforms from the reinforcement fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: HEXCEL REINFORCEMENTS UK LIMITED, HEXCEL HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas JAMES, Robert FROST, Andreas SAGEDER