Patent ID: 9180628
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,B30B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a tubular structural component, comprising the steps of: providing a tubular moulding tool which has an inner mould surface shaped corresponding to an outer surface of the structural component; covering a support surface of an expandable support, which is formed corresponding to the shape of the moulding tool such that in an unexpanded state the support fills the moulding tool while the support surface and the mould surface run parallel to one another leaving an expansion spacing of the support surface to the mould surface, with a tubular non-crimp fibre fabric, such that fibres of a fibre layer of the non-crimp fibre fabric run diagonally around the support; arranging the support in the moulding tool; pressing the non-crimp fibre fabric against the mould surface by expanding the support with radial expansion of the non-crimp fibre fabric; and infiltrating the non-crimp fibre fabric with a curable matrix.