Patent ID: 8771445

Claim:
A method for producing single- or multi-layered fiber preforms by the TFP process with fiber strands which are aligned such that they are oriented with a flux of force, wherein the fiber preforms have virtually any desired material thickness without troublesome backing layers and have virtually any desired surface geometry, comprising the steps of: a) providing a flexible and elastic base and a clamping frame, wherein the flexible and elastic base is accommodated in the clamping frame, b.) providing supporting elements which are activatable by means of an open-loop and closed-loop control device, changing the surface geometry of the flexible and elastic base by moving at least one of the support elements for adaptation to a surface geometry that is intended for the fiber preform before the laying and attaching of the fiber strands on the base, the base being formed by a rubber sheet or a silicone sheet, c) laying and attaching the fiber strands on the base with a fixing thread led through a sewing head to form the fiber preform, wherein the position of the sewing head with respect to the base is monitored in at least two spatial dimensions by an open-loop and closed-loop control device, in order to make virtually any desired laying curves of the fiber strands on the base possible, d) inserting the fixing thread into the base by means of a needle arranged on the sewing head, such that the fixing thread is introduced into the base and fixing thread loops formed as a result are firmly held in the base, e) in addition to the fixing thread, fixing the fiber preform with an additional binder, wherein the binder is applied at least into or onto the fiber preform, and f) lifting the fiber preform off the base.