Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING A TURBINE ENGINE FAN CASING FROM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL
A mold for manufacturing a turbomachine fan casing of composite material, includes a mandrel around which a fibrous preform of the fan casing is to be wound; counter-mold angular sectors assembled on the external contour of the mandrel which are intended to close the mold and to compact the fibrous preform wound on the mandrel; wherein each angular sector includes a first lateral flange positioned at the first end of the angular sectors and a second lateral flange positioned at a second end of the angular sectors, the first and second lateral flanges cooperating respectively with the second and first lateral flanges of the adjacent angular sectors. An angular sector includes a first groove formed in the first of second lateral flange, a first seal being positioned in the first groove, the first seal to be compressed between the first and second lateral flanges of two adjacent angular sectors.
» Number: US2023140261A1 (A1)
» Publication Date: 04/05/2023
» Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES?[FR]
» Inventor: FABRE HUBERT JEAN MARIE?[FR]; JAUSSAUD RAOUL?[FR] (1)
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
