METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FIBER-PLASTICS-COMPOSITE TOOL COMPONENT AND FIBER-PLASTICS-COMPOSITE TOOL COMPONENT
20210346967 · 2021-11-11
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Inventors
Cpc classification
B33Y10/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B23C5/006
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C70/504
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29K2279/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B33Y80/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29L2031/7502
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C70/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29K2105/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B23C5/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B23C5/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C70/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing a fiber-plastics-composite tool component (1) having a matrix system (6) that has embedded fibers, PBO fibers (4) being selected as the fiber component and a thermosetting plastics matrix (8) being used as the matrix component of the matrix system (6) (S1), which thermosetting plastics matrix has such adhesion to the PBO fibers (4) in the hardened fiber-plastics composite (2) that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the PBO fibers (4) is imparted to the matrix system (6). The invention also relates to a load-bearing tool component (1) of a chip-removing tool in the design of a fiber-plastics-composite press-molded part, the load-bearing tool component (1) comprising a matrix system (6) that has a thermosetting matrix component (8) and comprising PBO fibers (4) embedded into said thermosetting matrix component.
Claims
1. A method for producing a fiber-plastics-composite tool component comprising providing a matrix system comprising embedded fiber and a thermosetting plastic matrix, the fiber comprising PBO fibers, the thermosetting plastic matrix having such a bond to the PBO fiber in the hardened fiber-plastics composite that a coefficient of thermal expansion of the PBO fibers is imparted to the matrix system.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein vinyl ester resin, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, and/or unsaturated polyester resin is selected as matrix component for the used thermosetting plastic matrix.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a volume share of the PBO fibers in the fiber-plastics composite is equal to or larger than 40%.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: providing the matrix system with the thermosetting plastic matrix as matrix component, compiling PBO fibers as fiber component with selected length distribution, which is adapted to the field of use of the tool component, and adding the PBO fibers to the matrix system in a selected quantity to the field of use, so that a semi-finished product comprising the unhardened matrix system and the PBO fibers is formed.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises: pressing the semi-finished product into a heatable mold, and heating up and hardening the semi-finished product into a molded body of the tool component.
6. The method according to claim 4, wherein in said providing the matrix system, the unhardened matrix layer is applied to a carrier film, which is transported onward by a conveyor belt.
7. The method according to claim 4, wherein in said adding the PBO fibers, the trimmed PBO fibers are applied, onto the unhardened matrix layer of the matrix system.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said adding PBO fibers comprises adding PBO fibers with unordered dripping of PBO fibers onto the unhardened matrix layer applied to the carrier film, and said method further comprises applying a further matrix layer to the dripped-on PBO fibers after said adding PBO fibers with unordered dripping, and applying a further carrier film to the further matrix layer.
9. The method according to claim, wherein the method further comprises pressing and compacting the semi-finished product by a compacting unit.
10. The method according to claim 4, wherein the PBO fibers are included in a fiber mixture, wherein the PBO fibers have a length of between 1 mm and 80 mm.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the fiber mixture is compiled in such a way that in addition to a first length or a normal distribution of a first length of the PBO fibers, the fiber mixture additionally has a second length or a normal distribution of a second length of the PBO fibers.
12. The method according to claim 4, wherein in said compiling PBO fibers, at least one PBO fiber roving in the form of a flat strip is trimmed by a cutting tool.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method comprises: forming a PBO fiber roving with circular or elliptical cross section into the PBO fiber roving in the form of a flat strip, and trimming the PBO fiber roving into PBO fiber roving cuttings with predetermined length distribution or length.
14. A load-bearing tool component of a chip-removing tool in the design of a fiber-plastics-composite press-molded part, wherein the load-bearing tool component has a matrix system comprising a thermosetting matrix component and PBO fibers embedded in the thermosetting matrix component.
15. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein the tool component is formed from pressed and hardened layers of semi-finished products with matrix system and PBO fibers.
16. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein the PBO fibers embedded in the matrix system are present in an unordered manner in such a way that an isotropic material property of the load-bearing tool component is attained at least in one plane.
17. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein the PBO fibers, which are embedded in the matrix system, have a fiber length of between 1 mm and 80 mm.
18. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the load-bearing tool component is less than or equal to 2 ppm/K.
19. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein the load-bearing tool component is a carrier plate, a hollow shaft cone, a support plate, or a carrier portion.
20. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 19, wherein the load-bearing tool component is a carrier plate, which has a plate-shaped basic structure, in order to be screwed to other tool components and/or in order to be mounted thereon in a positive manner and/or in order to be connected by means of a substance-to-substance bond.
21. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein the load-bearing tool component was produced according to a method comprising providing a matrix system comprising embedded fiber and a thermosetting plastic matrix, the fiber comprising PBO fibers, the thermosetting plastic matrix having such a bond to the PBO fiber in the hardened fiber-plastics composite that a coefficient of thermal expansion of the PBO fibers is imparted to the matrix system.
22. The method according to claim 4, wherein in said adding the PBO fibers, trimmed PBO fibers are dripped onto the unhardened matrix layer of the matrix system.
23. The method according to claim 4, wherein the PBO fibers are included in a fiber mixture, wherein the PBO fibers have a length of between 10 mm and 50 mm.
24. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein the PBO fibers, which are embedded in the matrix system, have a fiber length of between 10 mm and 50 mm.
25. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 14, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the load-bearing tool component is less than or equal to 1 ppm/Kin all three directions.
26. The load-bearing tool component according to claim 19, wherein the load-bearing tool component is a carrier plate, which has a plate-shaped basic structure as well as at least one through opening transversely to the plate-shaped basic structure, in order to be screwed to other tool components and/or in order to be mounted thereon in a positive manner and/or in order to be connected by a substance-to-substance bond.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0049] The invention will be described in more detail below on the basis of preferred embodiments with the help of figures, in which:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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[0064] In a first step S1, as start of the method, PBO fibers 4 (ZYLON® HM) as fiber components as well as epoxy resin as thermosetting matrix component 8 of a matrix system 6 are selected for a fiber-plastics composite 2 (see
[0065] Step S2, providing the matrix system 6, comprises a step S2.1, providing a carrier film 10 (see
[0066] The step S3, compiling PBO fibers with length distribution adapted to the field of use, takes place after the step S2. In this step S3, at least one PBO fiber roving 11 with circular or ellipsoidal/elliptical cross section is initially provided in a (first sub-)step S3.1. A (PBO fiber) roving is understood to be a bundle of parallel (PBO) fibers in the form of continuous fibers. The PBO fiber roving 11 is thereby unwound from a coil (not illustrated). So-called primary fibers and no recycled secondary fibers are used thereby. In a step S3.2, this PBO fiber roving 11 is thereafter formed into a strip-shaped PBO fiber roving 11′, which is as flat as possible, in order to attain the best possible fiber-matrix bond without disadvantageous hollow spaces, as described below. For example, the PBO fiber roving 11 can be guided via discharge devices and deflection rollers and can be fanned out as widely as possible. So as not to attain any continuous PBO fibers, the flat, strip-shaped PBO fiber roving 11′ is trimmed into PBO fiber cuttings 12 (see
[0067] In a step S4, the fiber mixture with the PBO fiber cuttings 12 is then lastly added to the matrix system 6. This takes place in a defined manner by means of a step S4.1, dripping of the fiber mixture with the PBO fiber cuttings 12 in a quantity, which is adapted to the field of use, onto a matrix layer 14 of the matrix system 6. A fiber layer 16 with (at least) the PBO fiber cuttings 12, which bears on the matrix layer 14 of the matrix system 6 and which optionally protrudes into said matrix layer and penetrates into the latter, is thus created. A volume share of the PBO fibers 4 in the fiber-plastics composite 2 can also be adjusted via the quantity, which is adapted to the field of use.
[0068] To embed the PBO fibers 4 or the PBO fiber cuttings 12, respectively, into the matrix system 6 primarily completely, the application of a further matrix layer 14 of the matrix system 6 onto the fiber layer 16 takes place in a step S5. To produce a semi-finished product 18, which can also be handled well and which does not adhere in particular to system components during further processing, a further carrier film 10 is applied to the applied further matrix layer 14 in a step S6. A sandwich configuration thus results as the semi-finished product 18 consisting of carrier film 10, matrix layer 14, fiber layer 16, matrix layer 14, and carrier layer 10, in the case of which the fiber layer 16 is placed symmetrically between the other layers and is in particular embedded. The matrix layers 14 form the thermosetting plastic matrix 8.
[0069] In a subsequent step S7, the semi-finished product 18 produced in this way is compacted and in particular flex-levelled by means of a compacting unit. In this state, the produced semi-finished product 18 can be handled, in particular stored, transported, shaped, in particular trimmed, torn, or bent. Several layers of the semi-finished product 18 can also be placed one on top of the other or stacked one on top of the other in layers, wherein the carrier films 10 between the layers are in each case removed.
[0070] After the carrier films 10 have been removed, the compacted semi-finished product 18 is subsequently fed to a heatable (heating press) mold, in particular placed into said mold, which presses the semi-finished product 18 in a positive manner and thus brings it into its final shape, heats up and hardens by means of the press heating process, in order to lastly demold the tool component 1 according to the invention in the design of a fiber-plastics-composite press-molded part. The viscosity of the matrix system 6 thereby initially decreases strongly under the high pressure and the high temperature, and allows for a (partial) flowing of the matrix system 6. In this state, the PBO fibers 4 are wetted completely by the matrix system 6, or the PBO fibers 4 have a direct contact with the matrix system 6, respectively, if possible on all surfaces. Shortly afterwards, the matrix system 6 reacts with associated increase of its viscosity and hardens.
[0071] In a last step S9, the press-molded tool component 1 is lastly removed from the heatable mold and can be used in a chip-removing tool.
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[0074] Above the squeegee unit 24, the flat, strip-shaped PBO fiber rovings 11′ run parallel and in the same direction as the conveyor belt 22, running side by side. These strip-shaped, parallel PBO fiber rovings 11′ are fed to a cutting device 26, which cuts them into the desired length. After the cutting, the PBO fiber roving 11′ disintegrates loosely into individual fibers, adhere to one another electrostatically and which form the flat PBO fiber cuttings 12. Even though a partial falling apart of the PBO fibers 4 in the PBO fiber cuttings 12 is possible, it hardly takes place. In this embodiment, these PBO fiber cuttings 12 form the fiber mixture. The cut PBO fiber cuttings 12 fall in an unoriented manner onto the epoxy resin film, which forms the matrix layer 14 of the matrix system 6, and are thus dripped on (step S4.1). A fiber content or a volume share, respectively, of the PBO fibers 4 in the fiber-plastics composite 2 can be adjusted via the web speed of the conveyor belt 22.
[0075] The fiber layer 16 applied in this way on the matrix layer 14 and the carrier film 10 is transported onward by means of the conveyor belt 22, and a further carrier film 10, to the underside of which a further matrix layer 14 of the matrix system 6 is applied with the help of a further squeegee unit 24, covers the fiber layer 16 (steps S5 and S6). A semi-finished product 18 is now present as web, in the case of which the fiber layer 16 is surrounded by the matrix layers 14.
[0076] This semi-finished product 18 is guided through downstream a rolling mill 28, where the matrix system 6 or the two matrix layers 14, respectively, with the PBO fibers 4 or the fiber layer 16, respectively, are flex-levelled into one another, in order to connect the two layers 14, 16 to one another well, in order to embed the PBO fibers 4 into the matrix system 6 as well as possible, and in order to reduce possible hollow spaces of air inclusions or of fiber shares, which are too small, and to avoid them completely, if possible. The semi-finished product 18 in web-shape is wound onto rolls at defined weights and is stored for several days until reaching the thickening depth. This semi-finished product 18 as SMC molding compound (Sheet Molding Compound) can then in particular be trimmed, so that an SMC molding compound, which is adapted to the heatable mold, is molded.
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[0088] Any disclosure in connection with the method according to the invention for producing a fiber-plastics-composite tool component also applies for the load-bearing tool component according to the invention, and any disclosure in connection with the load-bearing tool component according to the invention also applies for the method according to the invention.
[0089] It goes without saying that deviations from the above-described embodiments are possible, without leaving the basic idea of the invention. For example, the production method of the fiber-plastics composite can differ from the described alternative to the effect that the fiber-plastics composite is produced in 3D printing (additive manufacturing), wherein the fibers are embedded in the matrix to be printed, for example as continuous fibers or continuous fiber rovings, respectively. The fibers are thereby placed in such a way by means of a positioning device that they are implemented in the component or the tool component, respectively, during the matrix discharge or plastic discharge, respectively, directly by means of the discharged plastic. For example, fiber-plastics-composite tool components can thus be manufactured additively from granulate with continuous fibers. The tool components can thus be applied layer by layer of the finest plastic drops with the help of a special nozzle onto a movable component carrier, and can thus be constructed to form 3D components.
LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
[0090] 1 fiber-plastics-composite tool component [0091] 2 fiber-plastics composite [0092] 4 PBO fiber [0093] 6 matrix system [0094] 8 thermosetting matrix component [0095] 10 carrier film [0096] 11 PBO fiber roving (circular or elliptical cross section) [0097] 11′ PBO fiber roving (flat, strip-shaped) [0098] 12 PBO fiber cutting [0099] 14 matrix layer [0100] 16 fiber layer [0101] 18 semi-finished product/preform [0102] 20 SMC system [0103] 22 conveyor belt [0104] 24 squeegee unit [0105] 26 cutting device [0106] 28 rolling mill/compacting unit [0107] 34 air inclusion [0108] 36 plate-shaped basic structure [0109] 38 rotary tool [0110] 40 screw [0111] 42 clamping portion [0112] 44 carrier portion [0113] 46 cutter [0114] 48 carrier plate [0115] S1 step selecting PBO fibers and thermosetting matrix [0116] component [0117] S2 step providing matrix system [0118] S2.1 step providing carrier film [0119] S2.2 step applying matrix system to carrier film [0120] S3 step compiling PBO fibers [0121] S3.1 step providing PBO fiber roving [0122] S3.2 step forming PBO fiber roving [0123] S3.3 step trimming PBO fiber roving [0124] S4 step adding PBO fibers to matrix system [0125] S4.1 step dripping the fiber mixture with PBO fiber cuttings [0126] S5 step applying matrix layer to PBO fibers [0127] S6 step applying carrier film [0128] S7 step compacting semi-finished product [0129] S8 step pressing, heating, and hardening semi-finished product [0130] S9 step removing tool component