METHOD, PLANT AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING PARTS MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL

摘要

The invention concerns a plant for manufacturing parts made of composite material, in particular sections for an aircraft fuselage, comprising at least a compaction station in which, in operation, there are provided a mandrel (20) coated of composite material to be compacted and transport means (30, 35, 36) arranged to transport at least one compaction device (37) on said composite material. The transport means (30, 36, 35) is associated with at least one sling (35) having at least one strip of porous material that, in operation, is in direct contact with the compaction device (37), and said sling is configured to transport the compaction device (37) onto said composite material (21) through application of a vacuum source (54a) at least to the strip of porous material (57). The invention also concerns a method of and an apparatus for manufacturing parts made of composite material.