Patent ID: 9718233
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B29B,B29C

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing a laid fiber fabric or a component preform, comprising: (a) tensioning a first plurality of yarns in a first tensioning plane using a frame configured to yieldably tension the yarns such that each individual yarn is separately held in a yieldable manner; (b) moving a workpiece carrier through the first tensioning plane in a direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first tensioning plane; and (c) fixing the yarns on the workpiece carrier so as to form the laid fiber fabric or the component preform, wherein each of the yarns is separately, individually and yieldably held at both first and second opposing lateral edges of the at least one tensioning plane such that, on at least one of the first and second edges, additional lengths of the first plurality of yarns are respectively supplyable, in an individual and independent manner, to cover the workpiece carrier during step (b).