Patent ID: 8795578
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for forming a fibre reinforced composite structure having at least two components comprising: a hard base tool which presents a tool face having a lay-up region for lay-up of a first reinforcing fibre preform; a second tooling element which presents a second tool face over the lay-up region to locate a second reinforcing fibre preform against the first reinforcing fibre preform; a flexible bagging blanket for overlying the lay-up region to form a sealed enclosure which encloses the first and second reinforcing fibre preforms; a liquid resin source; a liquid resin inlet which communicates with the sealed enclosure and which is connected to the liquid resin source for injection of liquid resin into the sealed enclosure for liquid resin impregnation of the reinforcing fibre preforms; and at least one rigid control rod inserted in a bore so as to pass at least partially through the first and second reinforcing fibre performs to maintain the relative disposition of said preforms.