Patent ID: 8251691

Claim:
A composite component production system including a pressure chamber comprising a first pressure chamber having a resiliently deformable chamber wall, a mold supportable on the chamber wall or forming part of said chamber wall a second pressure chamber located above the mold, the second pressure chamber having a second resiliently deformable chamber wall locatable over the mold, a support arrangement for resiliently supporting the mold at a predetermined height relative to a base of the first pressure chamber, a fluid supply system for supplying fluid at an elevated pressure to the first and second pressure chambers and a position measuring device for determining a height of the mold relative to the base of the pressure chamber, wherein the height of the mold is further controlled based on measurements obtained from said measuring device by varying the pressure of the fluid respectively supplied to the first and second pressure chambers to provide a pressure differential therebetween and to cause a subsequent movement of the mold from the higher pressure chamber into the lower pressure chamber.