Automated textile preforming: for the mass production of FRP components

摘要

Within the FOR 860 DFG group of researchers at the RWTH Aachen University, the Institut fuer Textiltechnik (ITA) is developing two approaches for textile preforming. These approaches - single-step preforming and multi-step preforming - aim at manufacturing complex preforms quickly, efficiently and with a high degree of automation. In this paper, the two approaches are described and the first results of the research project are presented.