Patent ID: 7731882
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,F03D,F05B,F05C,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for functionally connecting a first member, comprising first fibres and a first resin, and a second member, comprising second fibres and a second resin, said method comprising the steps of: providing said first member; providing said second member adjacent to aid first member; providing a gas-removal layer in at least a part of an interface between said first member and said second member, said gas-removal layer allowing for gas transport in all overall directions in a plane of said gas-removal layer, said gas-removal layer comprising a third resin, and a gas transportation network is mainly formed by the space between independent three-dimensional volumes of said third resin, wherein the gas-removal layer comprises discrete volumes of the third resin, the volumes of the third resin having dimensions smaller than distances between respective volumes of resin; removing gas from said interface between said first member and said second member via said gas-removal layer; deforming said gas-removal layer; consolidating and/or curing said interface; and optionally co-consolidating and/or co-curing said first member and/or said second member.