Patent ID: 9364997
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B29B,B29C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A device for producing fiber preforms, the device comprising: a plurality of unwind stations for providing a plurality of threads or rovings; a plurality of grippers, each of said plurality of grippers having a maximum position and an assigned thread transfer point and each of said plurality of grippers being individually movable on a plurality of substantially parallel paths between said maximum position and a pick-up position, said pick-up position being at said thread transfer point and being closer to one of said plurality of unwind stations than said maximum position, said plurality of grippers being configured for gripping an origin of one of an individual and a plurality of said threads or rovings; and at least one molding tool configured to be brought between said thread transfer points and at least some of said grippers, wherein said plurality of grippers is configured to assume a plurality of different individual intermediate positions on their respective said path and configured to retain a plurality of respective origins of said plurality of threads or rovings at said individual intermediate positions.