Patent ID: 8075719

Claim:
Automated method for manufacturing layer by layer a composite part with rotational symmetry and complex cross-section, the method for manufacturing each layer comprising the steps of: a) continuously unwinding a reinforcement ( 1 , 11 ) from one of a reel or roll, said reinforcement being one of dry or pre-impregnated; b) impregnating the reinforcement with a liquid resin by passing the reinforcement through a bath ( 2 ) when the reinforcement of step a) is dry; c) continuously winding the impregnated or pre-impregnated reinforcement ( 22 ) onto a rotating cylindrical mandrel ( 4 ); d) at least partially polymerizing the impregnated or pre-impregnated reinforcement ( 22 ) in order to obtain a layer of composite material ( 20 ); e) continuously depositing a removable support ( 21 , 9 ) on both sides of the layer of composite material ( 20 ) being disposed onto the rotating cylindrical mandrel ( 4 ) to fill gaps surrounding the composite part.