FIBREFORM Résumé de rapport
Project ID:
G1ST-CT-2000-50015
Financé au titre de:
FP5-GROWTH
Pays:
United Kingdom
Three-axis Cartesian manipulator supporting a fibre deposition head
The project has developed a 3D manipulator coupled with a combined roving and binder dispenser. This allows the placement of a randomly orientated continuous fibre preform onto a tool surface. The preform is formed with continuous glass roving held together with a binder. The system has been tried with 2D and 3D shapes and the resulting preforms moulded using an RTM process. The trials proved successful in terms of the permeability and were visually comparable to a moulding manufactured using the Unifilo benchmark material.
