Patent ID: 8740606

Claim:
A press device for an energy-efficient curing of a sandwich component for an aircraft, the sandwich component having an open core structure with cover layers applied to one side or to both sides, the sandwich component being clamped between a pressure piston, an abutment and sidewalls of the press device, thus forming a substantially closed interior space, and at least one of at least one cover layer and the core structure comprises a curable duroplastic plastic material, the press device comprising: a conveying device feeding heated air through at least one inlet in a first sidewall of the press device, the heated air being fed at a defined curing pressure p Curing , the pressure at least partially controlled by the conveying device, through the core structure of the sandwich component to at least one outlet in a second sidewall of the press device; a heater arranged outside of the press device, the heater providing the heated air so that in a region of the core structure, a defined curing temperature T Curing results; first and second thermal insulating layers at least in some regions arranged on the pressure piston and the abutment; and first and second pressure sheet plates at least in some regions arranged on the thermal insulating layers; wherein the press device is configured so that for a given curing temperature T curing , the defined curing pressure p curing is set such that steam formation in the closed interior space is suppressed during a curing process.