Patent ID: 11858224
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A component or a component precursor formed from a textile fiber-composite material precursor comprising:
a plurality of tiers of flexible textile planar structures disposed on top of one another;
wherein one or more of the plurality of tiers are matrix precursor tiers from a textile planar structure comprising a thermoplastic polymer material;
wherein one or more of the plurality of tiers are reinforcement tiers from a textile planar structure comprising reinforcement fibers;
wherein the one or more matrix precursor tiers and the one or more reinforcement tiers are placed on top of one another in a desired order;
wherein, during formation of the component or the component precursor, the textile fiber-composite material precursor is heated until the thermoplastic polymer material of the one or more matrix precursor tiers softens or melts, such that the softened or melted thermoplastic polymer material of the one or more matrix precursor tiers penetrates or impregnates the one or more reinforcement tiers, such that the reinforcement fibers of the one or more reinforcement tiers are completely impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer material and the textile fiber-composite material precursor is free of pores and dry regions; and
wherein the textile fiber-composite material precursor is configured to cool in a shape of the component or of the component precursor.