Patent ID: 8128854

Claim:
A method for functionally connecting a first member, comprising first fibres and a first resin, and a second member, comprising second fibres and a second resin, said method comprising the steps of: providing said first member; providing said second member adjacent to said first member; providing a gas-removal layer in at least a part of an interface between said first member and said second member, said gas-removal layer allowing for gas transport in all overall directions in a plane of said gas-removal layer, said gas-removal layer comprising a third resin, and a gas transportation network is mainly formed by the space between independent three-dimensional volumes of said third resin wherein the gas-removal layer comprises discrete volumes of the third resin, the volumes of the third resin having at least one dimension in the plane of the gas removal layer which is smaller than distances between respective volumes of resin; removing gas from said interface between said first member and said second member via said gas-removal layer; deforming said gas-removal layer; consolidating and/or curing said interface; and optionally co-consolidating and/or co-curing said first member and/or said second member.