Patent ID: 8733417

Claim:
A fiber application machine that includes a system for moving a fiber application head, the fiber application machine comprising: a fiber application head, wherein the fiber application head comprises an application roller and means for guiding fibers onto said application roller; fiber storing means; and fiber conveying means for conveying the fibers from said fiber storing means to the application head, wherein the fiber application machine comprises at least one tension limiting system positioned between the fiber storing means and the application head, the at least one tension limiting system comprising at least two mutually parallel cylinders, whereon a plurality of fibers are able to be partly wound, each of the cylinders having a generally smooth, unpolished surface and drive means for rotating the at least two mutually parallel cylinders substantially at the same speed, said drive means being automatically controlled by a control unit of the fiber application machine, such that peripheral speeds of the cylinders are faster than moving speeds of the fibers resulting in a tensile stress exerted on the fibers that limits a take-up tension of the fibers at the application roller.