Patent ID: 8562881

Claim:
A method for continuous production of profile components of fiber composite material with a forming chain system, the fiber composite material comprising a matrix material and an arrangement of reinforcing fibers, the method comprising the steps of: a) feeding at least one of continuous fiber strands, continuous woven fiber webs, knit webs and nonwoven webs, and positioning at least one discrete insert part between or on the at least one of the continuous fiber strands, continuous woven fiber webs, knit webs and nonwoven webs; b) combining the at least one discrete insert part and the at least one of the continuous fiber strands, the continuous woven fiber webs, the knit webs and the nonwoven webs into a continuous preform batch; c) bringing the preform batch into contact with a working run of the forming chain system between two rotary forming chains comprised of links guided in a sliding manner along sliding guides each having a curvature on a side facing the preform batch; d) guiding the preform batch through the forming chain system by the working run of the forming chains and forming a continuous profile having a curvature by curing the matrix material; e) ejecting the continuous profile from the forming chain system; and, f) cutting the continuous profile to a desired length to form the profile component, wherein the links of the forming chain are contoured to accommodate the increased preform batch thickness at the location of the at least one discrete insert part, and the at least one of the continuous fiber strands, the continuous woven fiber webs, the knit webs and the nonwoven webs are at least one of pre-impregnated with the matrix material and impregnated with the matrix material during one of the step a), step b) and step c).