CN114148161A - Liquid storage tank with reinforcing part and production method thereof - Google Patents

Liquid storage tank with reinforcing part and production method thereof Download PDF

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CN114148161A
CN114148161A CN202111656271.9A CN202111656271A CN114148161A CN 114148161 A CN114148161 A CN 114148161A CN 202111656271 A CN202111656271 A CN 202111656271A CN 114148161 A CN114148161 A CN 114148161A
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姜林
高德俊
吕昊
周刚
苏卫东
毕舜
何月雯
崔健
蒋彬鹏
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
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    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
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Abstract

The invention relates to a liquid tank with a reinforcement provided at its surface, said reinforcement being made of a fibre-containing thermoplastic composite material, and to a method for producing the same. The scheme heats the reinforcing part in the process of fixing the reinforcing part by the manipulator and moving the reinforcing part to the mould. The cooling time of the reinforcing part before welding is reduced, so that the reinforcing part has higher temperature; and the reinforcing piece is not directly contacted with the die with lower temperature, so that the cooling speed of the reinforcing piece can be effectively reduced. While the green body is pushed onto the reinforcing material with an intermediate die and welded. Before high pressure blowing, the middle mold is used as the pressure source for welding, so that the blank and the reinforcing material have higher temperature, less heat loss and better welding quality.

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Liquid storage tank with reinforcing part and production method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of liquid storage tanks, and particularly relates to a liquid storage tank with a reinforcing part and a production method thereof.
Background
With the stricter emission regulations, new energy vehicles are more and more popular. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in the new energy vehicle has the advantages of dual purposes of oil and electricity, short-distance electricity utilization and long-distance oil utilization, low oil consumption and capability of eliminating the mileage anxiety of people, and is greatly popularized in various countries in the world and favored by people.
When the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is powered on, the engine does not work, and the carbon canister cannot be desorbed. To prevent fuel vapors from entering the canister and saturating the canister, the fuel vapors are typically sealed within the fuel tank, which therefore needs to withstand a certain pressure. The common method for improving the pressure resistance of the oil tank at present comprises the following steps: 1. a support frame is arranged in the oil tank and connected with the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface of the oil tank. The method needs a built-in mechanism of the assembly to place the support frame inside the oil tank during production, the support frame and tooling equipment have low cost, occupy the internal space of the oil tank, the support frame may occupy the positions of other parts, and some places such as inclined planes and the like are not suitable for placing the support frame. 2. The upper surface and the lower surface of the inner wall of the oil tank are connected in a butt joint mode (kiss-off). This approach can sacrifice significant tank volume and the small area is not suitable for kiss-off placement. 3. A plurality of transverse and longitudinal metal straps are arranged on the surface of the oil tank to form a cage-like structure. The metal cage in the method has high development cost and heavy weight, and does not accord with the development trend of light weight at present. 4. And connecting a reinforcing layer on the surface of the oil tank. The enhancement layer occupies less space and has light weight. The resin in the reinforcement layer must be a material compatible with the tank material. The reinforcing layer needs to be heated fully, but in the prior art, the reinforcing member is not heated in the process of fixing the reinforcing layer by the manipulator and moving the reinforcing member onto the mold, the reinforcing layer is not heated for a long time, the blank and the reinforcing layer are welded by high-pressure air blowing, and the reinforcing material has more temperature loss before the high-pressure air blowing.
Disclosure of Invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid tank with reinforcement and a method for producing the same, solving the following problems in the prior art: the reinforcing part is not heated in the process of fixing the reinforcing layer by the manipulator and moving the reinforcing part to the mould, the non-heating time of the reinforcing layer is longer, the blank and the reinforcing layer are welded by high-pressure air blowing, and the reinforcing material has more temperature loss before the high-pressure air blowing.
In order to achieve the purpose, the method is realized by the following technical scheme:
liquid tank with a reinforcement provided at its surface, said reinforcement being made of a fiber-containing thermoplastic composite.
Further, the composite material is composed of more than one prepreg layer, each prepreg layer contains woven or non-woven continuous fibers, and the continuous fibers are wrapped or impregnated by resin.
Further, the resin is compatible or incompatible with the liquid tank material.
Further, the flexural modulus of the reinforcement is more than 2 times the flexural modulus of the liquid tank material.
Further, the outermost resin of the reinforcement is a material compatible with the material of the fuel tank.
Further, the outermost resin of the reinforcement has a thickness of 0.01mm or more.
Method for producing a liquid tank with reinforcement, comprising the following steps:
s1, one side of the Y-shaped manipulator is a ring clamping device, the other side of the Y-shaped manipulator is a heater, an air suction device is arranged in the heater and used for sucking any one of the reinforcing parts, and a heating element in the heater heats the reinforcing part;
s2, the manipulator puts the reinforcing part at the tail end of the first ejection device of the corresponding area of the mould or the suction device of the corresponding area and fixes the reinforcing part;
s3, withdrawing the manipulator, and moving the die and the middle die to the blank;
s4, ejecting the blank onto the reinforcing piece by a second ejection device of the middle die corresponding to the reinforcing piece or a protruding area on the middle die, and welding the reinforcing piece and the blank together;
s5, withdrawing the middle die, placing a built-in part in the blank, and performing high-pressure air blowing molding;
and S6, opening the mold and taking out the liquid storage tank.
Further, a heater door is arranged on the outer side of the heater.
Furthermore, a plurality of third ejection devices are arranged in the heater, and the tail ends of the third ejection devices are provided with air suction devices.
Furthermore, the first ejection device and the reinforcing part are fixed through an air suction structure arranged on the first ejection device.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the scheme heats the reinforcing part in the process of fixing the reinforcing part by the manipulator and moving the reinforcing part to the mould. The cooling time of the reinforcing part before welding is reduced, so that the reinforcing part has higher temperature.
The reinforcing part does not directly contact with the die with lower temperature in the scheme, so that the cooling speed of the reinforcing part can be effectively reduced.
The scheme is that a middle die is used for ejecting a blank onto a reinforcing material and welding. Before high pressure blowing, the middle mold is used as the pressure source for welding, so that the blank and the reinforcing material have higher temperature, less heat loss and better welding quality.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a Y-type robot;
FIG. 2 is the heater in a closed state;
FIG. 3.1 shows the heater in the open position with the heating element and retractable getter device inside;
FIG. 3.2 is a heater without a door, in which a heating element and a suction device are arranged;
fig. 4.1 is a schematic view of the reinforcement being secured to the first ejection device;
figure 4.2 is a schematic view of the reinforcement being fixed to the suction means of the mould;
fig. 5.1 is a schematic view of a second ejection device on the intermediate die;
FIG. 5.2 is a schematic view of a raised area on the intermediate mold;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the intermediate die welding the reinforcement and the preform;
FIGS. 7 and 8 are schematic views of the preform between the mold and the intermediate mold;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the intermediate die welding the reinforcement and the preform.
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1-heater, 2-thimble holder, 3-heater gate, 4-getter, 5-heating element, 6-mold, 7-first ejector, 8-getter hole, 9-reinforcement, 10-preform, 11-intermediate mold, 12-second ejector, 13-raised area.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions of the present invention are described in detail below by examples, and the following examples are only exemplary and can be used only for explaining and explaining the technical solutions of the present application, but not construed as limiting the technical solutions of the present application.
The application provides a liquid storage tank with reinforcement, is provided with the reinforcement at liquid storage tank's surface, in the technical scheme of this application, can set up the reinforcement in liquid storage tank's surface.
The material of the reinforcement member of the present application is made of a fiber-containing thermoplastic composite material composed of one or more prepreg layers, i.e., each prepreg layer contains woven continuous fibers or unidirectional non-woven continuous fibers, and the continuous fibers are wrapped or impregnated with a resin.
The resin may be compatible or incompatible with the liquid tank material. The reinforcement of the present application has a flexural modulus at least 2 times, preferably 3 times or more, the flexural modulus of the liquid tank material.
The resin at the outermost side of the reinforcement is a material compatible with the liquid tank material and has a thickness of at least 0.01mm, preferably 0.03mm or more.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, the present application also provides a method for producing a liquid tank with a reinforcement, comprising the following steps:
one side of the manipulator is provided with a ring clamping device 2, the other side of the manipulator is provided with a heater 1, and the heater continuously heats to ensure that the inside of the heater keeps constant specified temperature. A plurality of third ejection devices are arranged in the heater 1, and the tail end of each third ejection device is provided with an air suction device 4. In other embodiments of the present application, the heater is continuously heated to ensure that the heating surface is maintained at a constant temperature, and the heater is provided with a suction device, such as a suction cup.
The getter device 4 is used to getter any of the above mentioned reinforcements 9, the heating element 5 inside the heater heats the reinforcements and the heating surface of the heater heats the reinforcements.
When the manipulator reaches the reinforcing part placing position, the heater door is opened, the third ejection device ejects the reinforcing part, the sucking disc at the tail end sucks the reinforcing part, the third ejection device and the reinforcing part are withdrawn to the heater together, the heater door 3 is closed, and the reinforcing part is heated to the specified temperature in the heater. In other embodiments of the present application, the robot reaches the stiffener placement, the suction cups of the heater heating surface catch the stiffener, and the stiffener is heated to a specified temperature at the heating surface.
The robot places the reinforcement at the end of the first ejection device 7 of the corresponding zone of the mould and fixes the reinforcement. Specifically, the first ejection device ejects the reinforcing part from the surface of the mold, the manipulator places the reinforcing part at the tail end of the first ejection device 7 of the mold 6, and the tail end of the first ejection device is provided with the air suction device for fixing the reinforcing part. In other embodiments of the present application, the robot places the reinforcement pieces on the ends of the suction devices of the corresponding areas of the mold and holds the reinforcement pieces. The end of the air suction device is made of flexible material, such as a rubber sucker. The suction cup face protrudes slightly out of the mold plane so that the reinforcement does not contact the mold. The reinforcing part of the technical scheme is not directly contacted with a die with lower temperature, so that the cooling speed of the reinforcing part can be effectively reduced.
The manipulator is withdrawn, the mould 6 and the intermediate mould 11 move to the position of the blank 10, and the second ejection device 12 ejects the blank when the mould is closed, and the blank is between the mould and the intermediate mould. The intermediate die is ejected corresponding to the second ejection device of the reinforcing part, the blank is ejected onto the reinforcing part, so that the reinforcing part is contacted with the blank, and the reinforcing part and the blank are continuously ejected onto the die (the first ejection device on the die is withdrawn simultaneously), so that the reinforcing part and the blank are welded.
In other embodiments of the application the robot is withdrawn and the mould 6 and the intermediate mould 11 are moved to the preform 10 with the preform between the mould and the intermediate mould. When the die is closed, the middle die pushes the blank onto the reinforcing part 9 corresponding to the convex area 13 of the reinforcing part 9, so that the reinforcing part is contacted with the blank, and the blank and the reinforcing part are continuously pushed onto the die to be welded.
And (4) withdrawing the intermediate die, placing a built-in part by the built-in mechanism of the component, and blowing for molding at high pressure.
Opening the mold and taking out the liquid storage tank.
The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that are not thought of by the inventive arts should be included in the scope of the present invention, and therefore, the scope of the present invention should be subject to the scope defined by the claims.

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1. Liquid tank with reinforcement, characterized in that the surface of the liquid tank is provided with a reinforcement made of a fiber-containing thermoplastic composite.
2. Liquid tank with reinforcement according to claim 1, characterized in that the composite material consists of more than one prepreg layer, each containing woven or non-woven continuous fibers, said continuous fibers being coated or impregnated with a resin.
3. Liquid tank with reinforcement according to claim 2, characterized in that the resin is compatible or incompatible with the liquid tank material.
4. Liquid tank with reinforcement according to claim 1, characterized in that the flexural modulus of the reinforcement is more than 2 times the flexural modulus of the liquid tank material.
5. Liquid tank with reinforcement according to claim 2, characterized in that the outermost resin of the reinforcement is a material compatible with the tank material.
6. Liquid tank with reinforcement according to claim 1, characterized in that the thickness of the outermost resin of the reinforcement is 0.01mm or more.
7. Method for producing a liquid tank with reinforcement, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
s1, a ring clamping device is arranged on one side of the Y-shaped manipulator, a heater is arranged on the other side of the Y-shaped manipulator, a suction device is arranged in the heater and is used for sucking the reinforcing piece of any one of the claims 1 to 6, and a heating element in the heater heats the reinforcing piece;
s2, the manipulator puts the reinforcing part at the tail end of the first ejection device of the corresponding area of the mould or the suction device of the corresponding area and fixes the reinforcing part;
s3, withdrawing the manipulator, and moving the die and the middle die to the blank;
s4, ejecting the blank onto the reinforcing piece by a second ejection device of the middle die corresponding to the reinforcing piece or a protruding area on the middle die, and welding the reinforcing piece and the blank together;
s5, withdrawing the middle die, placing a built-in part in the blank, and performing high-pressure air blowing molding;
and S6, opening the mold and taking out the liquid storage tank.
8. Method for producing a liquid tank with reinforcement according to claim 7, characterized in that the outside of the heater is provided with a heater door.
9. Method for producing a liquid tank with reinforcement according to claim 8, characterized in that a plurality of third ejection means are provided inside the heater, at the end of which suction means are provided.
10. Process for producing a liquid tank with a reinforcement according to claim 7, characterized in that the fixing of the first ejection means to the reinforcement is carried out by means of a suction structure provided on the first ejection means.
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