Patent ID: 8702884

Claim:
A method for preforming a textile semi-finished product comprising the steps: arranging a textile, wherein the textile includes at least two layers of fibers arranged at least in part on top of each other; or interwoven fibers or fiber bundles; fixing-in-position of the fibers of the textile against each other, and then cutting-to-size of the textile, wherein the fixing-in-position of the fibers of the textile comprises irradiating with a laser beam in order for a melt-on binder of the textile to be melted only in a localized fashion but not evaporated, the fixing-in-position of the fibers of the textile occurs along a fix-in-position line and the cutting-to-size occurs along a cut-to-size line, and the fix-in-position line is located at such a small distance relative to the cut-to-size line that any fraying of the textile is reduced or suppressed altogether.