Patent ID: 7993565

Claim:
A folding and shape-forming apparatus for a prepreg, which comprises: a vacuum chamber generating a vacuum pressure inside thereof; an expanding portion disposed inside the vacuum chamber and expanding by the vacuum pressure of the inside the vacuum chamber, the prepreg being disposed on an upper surface of the expanding portion; a mandrel disposed on a portion of an upper surface of the prepreg, such that the prepreg is sandwiched between the expanding portion and the mandrel; a first pressing portion which is brought into contact with an upper surface of the mandrel to press the mandrel; and a second pressing portion which simultaneously presses both another portion of the upper surface of the prepreg and the expanding portion, wherein the vacuum chamber is composed of an upper movable portion and a lower movable portion which can be combined with and separated from each other, the upper movable portion being combined with a structure frame so as to slide in a vertical direction and provided with the first and second pressing portions, and the lower movable portion being disposed to be movable in a lateral direction and provided with the prepreg, the expanding portion, and the mandrel.