Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide continuous fiber hybrid reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite material additive manufacturing equipment, which solves the technical problems that the prior art has the advantages of a carbon fiber composite material and a glass fiber composite material, but the prior art has no corresponding high-efficiency manufacturing process and equipment.
The invention provides continuous fiber hybrid reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite material additive manufacturing equipment which comprises a driving module, a printing module and a forming module, wherein the driving module is used for driving the printing module to print the thermoplastic matrix composite material;
the driving module is a gantry type three-dimensional driving mechanism or a mechanical arm;
The printing module is connected with the power output end of the driving module; the printing module comprises a continuous fiber mixing mechanism, a hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism and a rolling mechanism, wherein the output end of the continuous fiber mixing mechanism is connected with the input end of the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism, the output end of the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism is connected with the input end of the rolling mechanism, and the output end of the rolling mechanism is arranged above the forming module;
The forming module comprises a forming plate and a driving mechanism, wherein the forming plate is arranged at a power output end above the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism can drive the forming plate to do rotary motion along the center in the horizontal direction; the shaping board is arranged at the output end of the rolling mechanism.
Further, the continuous fiber mixing mechanism comprises a continuous fiber A material tray, an A material tray conveying wheel, a continuous fiber B material tray and a B material tray conveying wheel;
the continuous fiber A prepreg tape is wound on the continuous fiber A material tray, and the conveying wheel of the material tray A is arranged on the material conveying section of the continuous fiber A prepreg tape;
A continuous fiber B prepreg tape is wound on the continuous fiber B material tray, and a B material tray conveying wheel is arranged on a material conveying section of the continuous fiber B prepreg tape;
The continuous fiber A prepreg tape is a continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material, and the continuous fiber B prepreg tape is a continuous glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material; or the continuous fiber A prepreg tape is a continuous carbon fiber reinforced polyether-ether-ketone composite material, and the continuous fiber B prepreg tape is a continuous glass fiber reinforced polyether-ether-ketone composite material.
Further, the A material tray conveying wheel comprises an A material tray driving conveying wheel and an A material tray driven conveying wheel, wherein the A material tray driving conveying wheel is arranged on the upper surface of the continuous fiber A prepreg tape, and the A material tray driven conveying wheel is arranged on the lower surface of the continuous fiber A prepreg tape;
The B material tray conveying wheels comprise B material tray driving conveying wheels and B material tray driven conveying wheels, wherein the B material tray driving conveying wheels are arranged on the upper surface of the continuous fiber B prepreg tape, and the B material tray driven conveying wheels are arranged on the lower surface of the continuous fiber B prepreg tape.
Further, a guide plate A is arranged at the material conveying end of the tray A active conveying wheel, and is horizontally arranged;
The material conveying end of the material tray driving conveying wheel is provided with a guide plate B which is obliquely arranged above the guide plate A;
The guide plate A and the guide plate B form an included angle, and the included angle is 30-60 degrees.
Further, a heating plate A is arranged on the guide plate A; the guide plate B is provided with a heating plate B.
Further, the continuous fiber mixing mechanism further comprises a supporting plate, a primary pressing wheel, a rolling wheel, a tensioning wheel and a steering wheel; the support plate is arranged at the input end of the mixed prepreg tape formed by combining the continuous fiber A prepreg tape and the continuous fiber B prepreg tape; the primary pressing wheel is arranged on the upper surface of the continuous fiber A prepreg tape; the roller is arranged at the rear side of the primary roller;
The rolling wheel comprises a driving roller pressing wheel and a driven roller pressing wheel, the driving roller pressing wheel is arranged on the upper surface of the hybrid prepreg tape, and the driven roller pressing wheel is arranged on the lower surface of the hybrid prepreg tape;
The tensioning wheel is arranged at the rear side of the roller wheel and is positioned on the upper surface of the hybrid prepreg tape;
The steering wheel is arranged at the rear side of the tensioning wheel, and the steering wheel is arranged on the lower surface of the hybrid prepreg tape.
Further, the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism comprises a re-conveying wheel, a bottom connecting plate, a preheating block, a shearing machine, an adjusting component and a laser focusing and heating block;
The re-conveying wheel is arranged at the rear side of the steering wheel; the double-feeding wheel comprises a driving double-feeding wheel and a driven double-feeding wheel, wherein the driving double-feeding wheel is arranged on the lower surface of the hybrid prepreg tape, and the driven double-feeding wheel is arranged on the upper surface of the hybrid prepreg tape;
the bottom connecting plate is arranged at the rear side of the re-conveying wheel; the hybrid prepreg tape is conveyed along the length direction of the bottom connecting plate; the preheating block and the shearing machine are sequentially connected to the bottom connecting plate;
the tail end of the hybrid prepreg tape is arranged at the output end position of the rolling mechanism;
The number of the adjusting assemblies is two, and the two adjusting assemblies are respectively connected with the front mounting plate and the rear mounting plate of the printing module; the laser focusing heating block is connected between the two adjusting components; the laser focusing heating block is in a laser focusing heating mode, the laser focusing heating block can adjust the relative position of a laser spot focus at the bottom of the rolling mechanism, and the laser focusing heating block can reciprocate along the vertical direction along with the rolling mechanism, so that the adjusted relative position of the laser spot focus and the bottom of the rolling mechanism is kept unchanged;
The connecting block is arranged on the bottom connecting plate, and the bottom connecting plate is connected to the rear mounting plate through the connecting block.
Further, the adjusting component comprises a guide rod, a vertical adjusting rod, a mounting rod, a horizontal adjusting rod and a supporting rod;
the guide rod is connected with the front end of the mounting plate of the printing module; the upper end of the vertical adjusting rod is connected with the guide rod, and the lower end of the vertical adjusting rod is connected with the front end of the mounting rod; the rear end of the mounting rod is connected with the front end of the horizontal adjusting rod, and the rear end of the horizontal adjusting rod is connected with the supporting rod; the lower extreme of bracing piece connects the side of rolling mechanism, and the upper end sliding connection of bracing piece is at the mounting panel lower extreme of printing module.
Further, the rolling mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a power source and a printing pinch roller;
The mounting frame is connected with the mounting plate of the printing module; the power source is connected with the inside of the mounting frame; the printing pinch roller is connected to the power output end of the power source and is arranged at the tail end of the hybrid prepreg tape;
the power source is an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder or a driving motor.
Further, a bin door, a baffle and an observation window are arranged on the side face of the front mounting plate;
the top of back mounting panel is equipped with the flange, and the flange is connected with drive module's power take off end.
The invention provides continuous fiber hybrid reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite material additive manufacturing equipment, wherein a driving module adopts a gantry type three-dimensional driving mechanism or a mechanical arm, a printing module is connected with a power output end of the driving module, and the driving module is used for providing power for the printing module; the output end of the continuous fiber mixing mechanism of the printing module is connected with the input end of the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism, the output end of the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism is connected with the input end of the rolling mechanism, the output end of the rolling mechanism is arranged above the forming module, the continuous fiber mixing mechanism is used for mixing the two prepreg tapes, the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism is used for rolling, mixing and re-conveying, and finally the rolling mechanism is used for rolling and printing; the forming plate of the forming module is arranged at the power output end above the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism can drive the forming plate to do rotary motion along the center in the horizontal direction; the shaping board is arranged at the output end of the rolling mechanism, so that the prepreg tape is directly printed on the shaping board, and the printed shaping product can integrate the advantages of the carbon fiber composite material and the glass fiber composite material.
The invention provides continuous fiber hybrid reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite material additive manufacturing equipment, which provides a new thought and new equipment for high-quality and high-efficiency manufacturing of a continuous fiber hybrid reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite material structure.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made apparent and fully in view of the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the continuous fiber hybrid reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite additive manufacturing device provided by the invention comprises a driving module 100, a printing module 200 and a forming module 300;
the driving module 100 is a gantry type three-dimensional driving mechanism or a mechanical arm; in the present embodiment, the driving module 100 employs a six-degree-of-freedom robot.
The printing module 200 is connected with the power output end of the driving module 100; the printing module 200 comprises a continuous fiber mixing mechanism, a hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism and a rolling mechanism, wherein the output end of the continuous fiber mixing mechanism is connected with the input end of the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism, the output end of the hybrid prepreg tape re-conveying mechanism is connected with the input end of the rolling mechanism, and the output end of the rolling mechanism is arranged above the forming module 300;
The forming module 300 comprises a forming plate and a driving mechanism, wherein the forming plate is arranged at a power output end above the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism can drive the forming plate to perform rotary motion along the center in the horizontal direction; the shaping board is arranged at the output end of the rolling mechanism. In this embodiment, the driving mechanism employs a servo motor.
Referring to fig. 5, further, the continuous fiber mixing mechanism includes a continuous fiber a tray 201, a tray conveying wheel 202, a continuous fiber B tray 203, and a B tray conveying wheel 204;
a continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205 is wound on the continuous fiber A material tray 201, and the A material tray conveying wheel 202 is arranged on a material conveying section of the continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205;
a continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206 is wound on the continuous fiber B material tray 203, and a B material tray conveying wheel 204 is arranged on a material conveying section of the continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206;
In one embodiment of the present invention, continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205 is a continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite and continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206 is a continuous glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite.
In another embodiment of the present invention, continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205 is a continuous carbon fiber reinforced polyether ether ketone composite and continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206 is a continuous glass fiber reinforced polyether ether ketone composite.
The continuous fiber A tray 201, the A tray conveying wheel 202, the continuous fiber B tray 203 and the B tray conveying wheel 204 are respectively driven by driving motors.
Referring to fig. 5, further, the a-tray conveying wheel 202 includes an a-tray driving conveying wheel and an a-tray driven conveying wheel, the a-tray driving conveying wheel is disposed on the upper surface of the continuous fiber a prepreg tape 205, and the a-tray driven conveying wheel is disposed on the lower surface of the continuous fiber a prepreg tape 205;
The B tray conveying wheels 204 include B tray driving conveying wheels and B tray driven conveying wheels, the B tray driving conveying wheels are disposed on the upper surface of the continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206, and the B tray driven conveying wheels are disposed on the lower surface of the continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206.
Referring to fig. 5, further, a guide plate a207 is arranged at the material conveying end of the tray a active conveying wheel, and the guide plate a207 is horizontally arranged;
the material conveying end of the material tray driving conveying wheel is provided with a guide plate B208, and the guide plate B208 is obliquely arranged above the guide plate A207;
The guide plate A207 and the guide plate B208 form an included angle, and the included angle is 30-60 degrees.
In the present embodiment, the guide plate a207 is used to guide the feeding direction of the continuous fiber a prepreg tape 205; the guide plate B208 is used to guide the feeding direction of the continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206. The angle between the guide plate a207 and the guide plate B208 is 45 °.
Referring to fig. 5, further, a heating plate a209 is provided on the guide plate a 207; the guide plate B208 is provided with a heating plate B210.
In this embodiment, a heating plate a209 is used to heat the continuous fiber a prepreg tape 205; the heating plate B210 is used for heating the continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206; to ensure better fusion of the continuous fiber a prepreg tape 205, the continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, further, the continuous fiber mixing mechanism further includes a support plate 211, a preliminary press wheel 212, a rolling wheel 213, a tension wheel 214, and a steering wheel 215; the support plate 211 is arranged at the input end of the continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205 and the continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206 combined into a hybrid prepreg tape 216; the primary pressing wheel 212 is arranged on the upper surface of the continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205; the roller 213 is disposed at the rear side of the primary roller 212;
the roller 213 comprises a driving roller and a driven roller, the driving roller is arranged on the upper surface of the hybrid prepreg tape 216, and the driven roller is arranged on the lower surface of the hybrid prepreg tape 216;
the tension pulley 214 is provided at a rear side position of the roller pulley 213 and is located on an upper surface of the hybrid prepreg tape 216;
a steering wheel 215 is provided at a rear position of the tension wheel 214, and the steering wheel 215 is provided at a lower surface of the hybrid prepreg tape 216.
In this embodiment, the primary pinch roller 212 and the drive pinch roller of the pinch roller 213 are driven by driving motors, respectively.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, further, the hybrid prepreg tape re-feeding mechanism includes a re-feeding wheel 217, a bottom connecting plate 218, a preheating block 219, a cutter 220, an adjusting assembly 221, and a laser focusing heating block 222;
The re-feeding wheel 217 is provided at a rear side position of the steering wheel 215; the double feed wheel 217 includes a driving double feed wheel and a driven double feed wheel, the driving double feed wheel is arranged on the lower surface of the hybrid prepreg tape 216, and the driven double feed wheel is arranged on the upper surface of the hybrid prepreg tape 216;
The bottom connecting plate 218 is arranged at the rear side position of the re-feeding wheel 217; hybrid prepreg tape 216 is transported along the length of bottom web 218; the preheating block 219 and the shearing machine 220 are sequentially connected to the bottom connecting plate 218;
the end of the hybrid prepreg tape 216 is disposed at the output end position of the rolling mechanism;
The number of the adjusting assemblies 221 is two, and the two adjusting assemblies 221 are respectively connected with a front mounting plate 223 and a rear mounting plate 224 of the printing module 200; the laser focusing heating block 222 is connected between the two adjusting components 221; the laser focusing heating block 222 is in a laser focusing heating mode, the laser focusing heating block 222 can adjust the relative position of a laser spot focus at the bottom of the rolling mechanism, and the laser focusing heating block 222 can reciprocate along the vertical direction along with the rolling mechanism, so that the adjusted relative position of the laser spot focus and the bottom of the rolling mechanism is kept unchanged;
the bottom connection plate 218 is provided with a connection block 225, and the bottom connection plate 218 is connected to the rear mounting plate 224 through the connection block 225.
In this embodiment, the active re-feed wheel of the re-feed wheel 217 is driven by a drive motor.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, further, the adjusting assembly 221 includes a guide bar 226, a vertical adjusting bar 227, a mounting bar 228, a horizontal adjusting bar 229, and a support bar 230;
The guide rod 226 is connected with the front end of the mounting plate of the printing module 200; the upper end of the vertical adjusting rod 227 is connected with the guide rod 226, and the lower end of the vertical adjusting rod 227 is connected with the front end of the mounting rod 228; the rear end of the mounting rod 228 is connected with the front end of the horizontal adjusting rod 229, and the rear end of the horizontal adjusting rod 229 is connected with the supporting rod 230; the lower extreme of bracing piece 230 connects the side of roll extrusion mechanism, and the upper end sliding connection of bracing piece 230 is at the mounting panel lower extreme of printing module 200.
In this embodiment, the guide rod 226 of the left adjusting assembly 221 is connected to the front end position of the front mounting plate 223 of the printing module 200, the lower end of the support rod 230 of the left adjusting assembly 221 is connected to the left side surface of the rolling mechanism, and the upper end of the support rod 230 of the left adjusting assembly 221 is slidably connected to the lower end of the front mounting plate 223 of the printing module 200.
The guide rod 226 of the right adjusting assembly 221 is connected to the front end position of the rear mounting plate 224 of the printing module 200, the lower end of the supporting rod 230 of the right adjusting assembly 221 is connected to the right side surface of the rolling mechanism, and the upper end of the supporting rod 230 of the right adjusting assembly 221 is slidably connected to the lower end of the rear mounting plate 224 of the printing module 200.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, further, the rolling mechanism includes a mounting frame, a power source, and a printing pinch roller 231;
The mounting frame is connected with the mounting plate of the printing module 200; the power source is connected with the inside of the mounting frame; the printing pinch roller 231 is connected to the power output end of the power source, and the printing pinch roller 231 is arranged at the tail end of the hybrid prepreg tape 216;
the power source is an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder or a driving motor.
In this embodiment, the power source is a cylinder.
Referring to fig. 1 and2, further, a bin door 232, a baffle 233, and an observation window 234 are provided on the side surface of the front mounting plate 223. The bin gate 232 facilitates material taking and discharging inside the printing module 200. The flap 233 facilitates installation of the adjustment assembly 221. The viewing window 234 facilitates viewing the interior of the print module 200.
The top of the rear mounting plate 224 is provided with a flange 235, and the flange 235 is connected to the power output end of the driving module 100 through a plurality of bolts.
The working principle of the invention is as follows:
Referring to fig. 5, a continuous fiber a tray 201 fully wound with a continuous fiber a prepreg tape 205 and a continuous fiber B tray 203 fully wound with a continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206 are mounted on a rear mounting plate 224; continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205 sequentially passes through A material tray conveying wheel 202 and guide plate A207; continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206 sequentially passes through B tray conveying wheel 204 and guide plate B208; continuous fiber A prepreg tape 205 and continuous fiber B prepreg tape 206 are mixed in support plate 211 after being heated in heating plate A209 and heating plate B210, respectively;
Referring to fig. 4, under the action of the primary pressing wheel 212, a hybrid prepreg tape 216 is formed by mixing with a rolling wheel 213, the hybrid prepreg tape 216 is conveyed to a tensioning wheel 214 and a steering wheel 215, and then passes through a heavy feed wheel 217, the front end of a bottom connecting plate 218, a preheating block 219, a shearing machine 220 and the rear end of the bottom connecting plate 218 to reach below a printing pressing wheel 231;
At this time, the laser focusing and heating block 222 outputs a laser spot, and adjusts the laser spot position at the junction between the printing pinch roller 231 and the end of the hybrid prepreg tape 216 under the action of the two adjusting components 221;
Referring to fig. 1, the printing module 200 is connected with the driving module 100 through the flange 235, and the printing module 200 drives the printing pinch roller 231 to perform additive manufacturing of the continuous fiber hybrid reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite material on the forming plate of the forming module 300 under the driving of the driving module 100.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the invention.