B29C53/8016

WOVEN STRUCTURE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A FLANGED COMPOSITE COMPONENT

An apparatus for manufacturing an annular or semi-annular composite component having a circumferentially-extending base and a flange, the apparatus including: a loom for weaving a woven preform of fibre reinforcement material for the composite component; a rotatable mandrel configured to receive and draw the woven preform through the loom for weaving; and a guide disposed between the loom and the rotatable mandrel, configured so that a woven preform drawn by the rotatable mandrel along a guide path under tension engages the guide to transition to a flanged profile at a lip of the guide before being received on the mandrel.

Equipment for sticking plastic parts of long rods
20200130287 · 2020-04-30 ·

The invention discloses an equipment for sticking plastic parts of long rods, which includes a casing. The casing is provided with a clamping cavity. The clamping cavity is provided with a clamping device for clamping a fixed component and driving the component to rotate. A glue sticking box is slidably connected to the upper end surface of the chassis. The glue sticking box is provided with a glue sticking cavity communicating with the clamping cavity. The glue sticking cavity is provided with a tape for pulling out and pasting the tape. To the glue applying device on the part, a power device located behind the glue applying device is provided in the glue applying chamber, and the power device is used to drive the movement of the glue applying device. A cutting device located on the left side of the gluing device, and a supply device for storing and supplying adhesive tape on the left side of the cutting device is provided in the gluing chamber. The invention can realize automatic gluing of long-rod plastic parts. Can set different glue length, and more convenient to install and remove parts.

Method for producing high-pressure tank
10591111 · 2020-03-17 · ·

A method for producing a high-pressure tank that can, when forming a reinforcement layer following a previous reinforcement layer using fiber bundles, ensure the strength of the tank by reducing disturbance of the orientation of the fiber bundles. The method is adapted to form each reinforcement layer by winding fiber bundles while holding a preset tension for each layer, and includes a winding start step of stopping rotation of the tank liner upon completion of formation of at least one of the reinforcement layers, and, at the start of forming a following reinforcement layer, winding the fiber bundles at a tension smaller than a preset tension for the following reinforcement layer while alternately repeating rotation of the tank liner in the forward direction and the reverse direction, thereby forming a winding start portion of the following reinforcement layer; and a main winding step of winding the fiber bundles at the preset tension after the winding start step, so as to complete the formation of the following reinforcement layer.

METHOD OF PRODUCING RESIN-IMPREGNATED FIBER BUNDLE ROLL BODY

A method of producing a resin-impregnated fiber bundle roll body includes unwinding a fiber bundle from a bobbin; winding the fiber bundle on a winding core rotating around a fixed axis through a movable winding head to prepare a product; and leading the fiber bundle taken off in the unwinding to the winding between the unwinding and winding, wherein the leading or winding includes a resin impregnating the fiber bundle, and the winding includes a fiber content calculation of a fiber content in a layer of the fiber bundle on the winding core of an intermediate product to control one according to the fiber content: a resin adhesion amount in the resin adhesion operation; a winding tension of the fiber bundle applied to the intermediate product; a removal amount of a surplus resin layer on an outer surface of the intermediate product; and a resin viscosity in the intermediate product.

Inverted filament winder for pipeline rehabilitation
10557586 · 2020-02-11 · ·

A pipe lining apparatus having a pressure sensitive adhesive backed reinforcement filament that is helically wound onto the inner surface of a pipe or pipe lining by an inverted filament winding apparatus, the apparatus having multiple spools and applicator arms to retain and apply the filament. The applicator arms may be aligned circumferentially or axially.

Filament winding device

A helical winding unit includes a plurality of guides arrayed in a peripheral direction of a liner, and adapted to guide each of a plurality of fiber bundles supplied to the helical winding unit to the liner, and an opening member arranged downstream of the plurality of guides in a travelling direction of the fiber bundle, and including an inner peripheral surface for forming a hole, through which the plurality of fiber bundles are inserted from one side to the other side in the axial direction. A plurality of opening surfaces on which the plurality of fiber bundles travel while making contact are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening member, and a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the axial direction of each opening surface is linear.

FILAMENT WINDING APPARATUS

A filament winding apparatus includes a working area in which an operator performs an operation to at least one bobbin and/or liner on a conveyance path, an operation area in which a winder is driven, a buffer area between the working area and the operation area in a conveyance direction on the conveyance path, and an outside area that is neither the working area, the operation area, nor the buffer area being provided; and first fixed fences provided at borders between (i) the operation area and the buffer area and (ii) the working area and at the borders between (I) the operation area and the buffer area and (II) the outside area; and a first door provided at a border between the working area and the buffer area, and wherein the buffer area includes an accumulator portion capable of accumulating the at least one bobbin and the liner.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT MADE OF A FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC
20240100765 · 2024-03-28 ·

A method for producing a structural component part (1, 33) from a fiber-reinforced plastic according to a three-dimensional winding process. A threadlike fiber material (12) is supplied on at least one bobbin (18) and constructed as a towpreg semifinished product is wound around at least one filament carrier (11) in a winding pattern by a computer-controlled winding device. The towpreg semifinished product is a mixture (30) of a thermoset resin, a hardener, an accelerator and plastic fibers (29) embedded in the mixture (30). The fiber material (12) is guided on the filament carrier (11) by a guide element (24) having a circular outlet cross section and arranged at a fiber guide device (25), the fiber material (12) deflected by the guide element (24) when the winding pattern is formed. The fiber material (12) is brought in contact with the guide element (24) during a deflection.

Winding Apparatus for Producing Fiber-Reinforced Components
20240092039 · 2024-03-21 ·

A winding apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced component by a three-dimensional winding process includes a robot arm having at least two winding heads. The at least two winding heads are attached next to each other or above each other on the robot arm and are each associated with a respective holder for receiving a respective winding support that a respective fiber strand is windable around to form the component. The respective holders are arranged next to each other on a conveyor device and have a winding position for winding with the respective fiber strand and a mounting position for mounting the respective holders before a winding process and for removing the respective holders after the winding process.

Filament winding device

A filament winding device includes a fiber bundle retainer that temporarily retains fiber bundles. The fiber bundle retainer includes: a reel member including an outer peripheral portion having pins movable in the axial direction relative to the fiber bundles supplied through fiber bundle guides and rotatable about the axis of the liner, the reel member capable of winding the fiber bundles onto the outer peripheral portion; a first cutting unit configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the circumferential direction, the part being between a part of the fiber bundle wound on the outer peripheral portion and a part of the fiber bundle wound on the liner; and a second cutting unit different from the first cutting unit and configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the axial direction, the part being wound on the outer peripheral portion.