Forming device and method for high-performance fiber composite product
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of fiber product forming devices, in particular to a forming device and a forming method of a high-performance fiber composite product.
Background
The carbon fiber is a very important inorganic high-performance fiber, the most main application form of the carbon fiber is a reinforcement body of a resin material, the formed carbon fiber reinforced resin has excellent comprehensive performance, a carbon fiber plate is a very typical application, the carbon fiber plate is formed by impregnating and hardening carbon fibers arranged in the same direction with resin, the main production process of the carbon fiber plate comprises cutting prepreg, prepreg layering, high-temperature curing forming and polishing treatment, the high-temperature curing process is to put an embryonic form of the carbon fiber plate into an autoclave for high-temperature curing forming, the autoclave is a structure of a large plastic pressure container and a nose plastic hot-pressing bacterium with an integral heating system, and the autoclave is a pressure container, so that the common structure is a cylinder with one end closed and the other end open, and necessary heat and pressure are provided for compacting and curing an advanced composite material product, but the existing autoclave has the following specific problems:
the existing autoclave is characterized in that a fiber composite product is placed on an iron frame, then the iron frame is pushed into a tank body, the fiber composite product on the iron frame is subjected to thermosetting treatment by heating and pressurizing the tank body, but the fiber composite product is placed in the tank body in an open mode due to the fact that the tank body is overlarge in size, so that even if a plurality of heat source outlets are arranged on the tank body, the heat source can not be applied to the surface of the product at the first time, the required temperature and pressure of the product cannot be reached rapidly, the treatment effect of the product in the tank body is uneven, and the subsequent treatment quality of the product can be affected.
For this reason we propose a device and method for forming high performance fiber composite products.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides a device and a method for forming a high-performance fiber composite product, which have the advantage of good heating and curing effects, and solve the problems in the prior art.
The application provides the following technical scheme: the forming device of the high-performance fiber composite product comprises a tank body, wherein a supporting frame is arranged at the bottom end of the tank body, the tank body is of an opening structure at one end, a bottom plate is fixedly arranged at one side of the supporting frame at one end of the opening of the tank body, a sliding groove is formed in the bottom plate, a supporting block is movably arranged on the sliding groove of the bottom plate, a driving motor is fixedly arranged at the top end of the supporting block, a driving gear is fixedly arranged on an output shaft of the driving motor, a tank cover is movably arranged at one end of the opening of the tank body, guide rails are fixedly arranged at two sides of the bottom end inside the tank body respectively, a heating structure is fixedly arranged at the top end inside the tank body, three diversion seats are fixedly arranged at the middle parts of two sides inside the tank body respectively, guide pipes are fixedly connected between the heating structure and the diversion seats and between the adjacent diversion seats in a penetrating manner, a placement bin is movably connected in the diversion seat, the bottom end of the placement bin is fixedly provided with a supporting bar, and the middle part of the placement bin is fixedly provided with a rack;
place the storehouse and contain the storehouse body, the air guide cavity has been seted up at the middle part of the storehouse body, the internal thermosetting cavity that has seted up in storehouse, the both sides of the storehouse body are fixedly connected with ventilation head respectively, the inside middle part movable mounting of air guide cavity has the board of placing, the air inlet duct has evenly been seted up at the inside upper and lower both ends of air guide cavity, the inside upper and lower both ends of air guide cavity are located the air inlet duct and do not movable mounting have seal structure, even fixed mounting has spacing on the upper and lower surface of air guide cavity, the venthole has evenly been seted up on the inside one end of jar in the storehouse body.
In a preferred embodiment, the section of the flow dividing seat is concave, the inside of the flow dividing seat is hollow, the inside of the flow dividing seat is in through connection with the guide pipe, and the position of the flow dividing seat, which is in butt joint with the ventilation head, is provided with the air outlet.
In a preferred embodiment, the support bar is movably connected inside the guide rail, the driving gear is engaged with the rack, the support block can slide in a sliding groove on the bottom plate, and the sliding groove on the bottom plate is opened and extends to the opposite side where the can cover connecting shaft is located.
In a preferred embodiment, the thermosetting chamber is communicated with the opening on the ventilation head, and the air guide chamber and the thermosetting chamber are closed by a closed structure.
In a preferred embodiment, the air outlet holes are communicated with the air guide cavity, and the placing plates are arranged in a strip grid shape along the length direction of the bin body.
In a preferred embodiment, the limit strips are fixedly installed on the sides of the upper end and the lower end of the air guide cavity, which are located in the rotating direction of the position of the sealing structure, and one side, close to the sealing structure, of the limit strips is an inclined surface structure.
In a preferred embodiment, the rotatable direction of the closure structure at the first position of the inlet end of the bin body is opposite to the rotatable direction of the rest of the closure structures, and the rotary opening direction of the first closure structure is arranged towards the outside of the placing bin.
In a preferred embodiment, the sealing structure comprises a sealing strip, an auxiliary strip is movably mounted on one side of the sealing strip, blocking blades are fixedly mounted at two ends of the sealing strip respectively, the sealing strip is rotatably and movably connected in an air inlet channel of the placing plate around a shaft, two ends of the auxiliary strip are movably connected with two ends of the sealing strip respectively through a coil spring, an air permeable grid is arranged on the auxiliary strip, the blocking blades are of a fan-shaped structure, and radian corresponding to the fan-shaped structure is greater than or equal to the inclined plane angle of the limiting strip.
In a preferred embodiment, the rack is divided into two sections which are different in length and can rotate relatively, the long section is located in the tank body, the short section end extends out of the tank body after being spliced with the long section, and the long section end is located in the tank body after being folded in a rotating mode.
The application method of the forming device of the high-performance fiber composite product comprises the following four steps of self-inspection of equipment, placement of a carbon fiber product, heating and curing of the product and taking out of the product, and specifically comprises the following steps:
s1, self-checking of equipment: before use, starting the device for comprehensive inspection;
s2, placing a carbon fiber product: opening a baffle on the front side of a placing bin, placing a carbon fiber plate on the placing plate, closing the baffle on the front side of the placing bin, unfolding a rack, pushing a supporting block until a driving gear is meshed with the rack, starting a driving motor, driving the rack to move by the driving motor, integrally feeding the placing bin into a tank body, folding the rack, removing the supporting block, closing a tank cover, starting all electric devices needed to be used on an autoclave, and adjusting the temperature and pressure needed to be reached;
s3, heating and curing the product: starting a heating structure to heat, enabling a hot air flow to flow into a flow dividing seat through a guide pipe, then entering a thermosetting cavity through an air ventilation head, continuously accumulating and pressurizing the hot air flow in the thermosetting cavity, enabling an auxiliary strip and a sealing strip to rotate oppositely under the pressure of the hot air flow until the auxiliary strip is separated from an air inlet channel of a placing plate, enabling the air flow to enter an air guide cavity through the air inlet channel to heat and solidify a carbon fiber plate, enabling the air flow to flow in the air guide cavity, then discharging the air flow from an air outlet hole to the inside of a tank body, and then discharging the air flow from the inside of the tank body outwards until the whole heating solidification process is finished;
s4, taking out the product: closing the power supply of the equipment, opening the tank cover, unfolding the rack, pushing the supporting block to the driving gear to be meshed with the rack, enabling the driving motor to reversely rotate to drive the placing bin to move out of the tank body, and then opening the baffle plate of the placing bin to take out the finished product.
The application has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the forming device and the forming method of the high-performance fiber composite product, the placing bin is arranged in the tank body, two sides of the placing bin are respectively and thoroughly connected to the flow distribution seat, and the flow distribution seat is communicated with the heating structure, so that hot air generated in the heating structure is completely guided into the flow distribution seat through the guide pipe, then flows into each placing bin to be uniformly and rapidly expanded in a small range, the inside carbon fiber plate is subjected to rapid and uniform thermosetting forming, the inside air flow is respectively sprayed out at the upper end and the lower end of the placing bin, the upper surface and the lower surface of the carbon fiber plate are simultaneously subjected to heating treatment, the single-sided heating of the carbon fiber plate is prevented from being deformed, and the thermosetting forming effect is ensured.
2. According to the forming device and the forming method of the high-performance fiber composite product, the closed structure is arranged, the coil springs are arranged on the rotating shaft between the auxiliary strips and the closed strips, the hot air flow in the thermosetting cavity can be enabled to be ejected out of the closed structure after being accumulated to a certain pressure value by the aid of the coil springs, so that the air inlet channel in the bin body is opened, a large amount of air flow in the bin body is enabled to be simultaneously and rapidly acted on the plate when the surface of the carbon fiber plate is heated, compared with the mode that the hot air flow is blown to the other end from one end in the existing autoclave with a large space, the heat can be completely and uniformly sprayed onto the carbon fiber plate, the problem that the initial stage cannot be uniformly heated due to the fact that the volume of the existing autoclave is too large is solved, the thermosetting effect is further improved, meanwhile, the rack is further arranged at the bottom end of the placing bin body, and the inside of the tank body is driven to enter and exit by the aid of the external driving structure, and the effective use of the device is guaranteed.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the front structure of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the internal structure of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a connecting structure of a split-flow seat and a placing cabin of the application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a placement bin according to the present application;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1A according to the present application;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of FIG. 5B according to the present application;
FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the placement chamber of the present application;
FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a closure structure of the present application;
fig. 10 is an enlarged view of the structure of fig. 8C according to the present application.
In the figure: 1. a tank body; 2. a bottom plate; 3. a support block; 4. a driving motor; 5. a drive gear; 6. a can lid; 7. a guide rail; 8. a heating structure; 9. a shunt seat; 10. a conduit; 11. placing a bin; 111. a bin body; 112. an air guide chamber; 113. a thermoset chamber; 114. a ventilation head; 115. placing a plate; 116. a closed structure; 1161. a closure strip; 1162. an auxiliary strip; 1163. blocking leaves; 117. a limit bar; 118. an air outlet hole; 12. a support bar; 13. a rack.
Detailed Description
The embodiments of the present application will be described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the configurations of the structures described in the following embodiments are merely illustrative, and the apparatus and method for forming a high-performance fiber composite product according to the present application are not limited to the structures described in the following embodiments, but all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any inventive effort are within the scope of the present application.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a forming device for a high-performance fiber composite product comprises a tank body 1, wherein a supporting frame is arranged at the bottom end of the tank body 1, the tank body 1 is of an open-end structure, a bottom plate 2 is fixedly arranged at one side of the supporting frame at one end of the opening of the tank body 1, a chute is formed in the bottom plate 2, a supporting block 3 is movably arranged on the chute of the bottom plate 2, a driving motor 4 is fixedly arranged at the top end of the supporting block 3, a driving gear 5 is fixedly arranged on an output shaft of the driving motor 4, a tank cover 6 is movably arranged at one end of the opening of the tank body 1, guide rails 7 are respectively and fixedly arranged at two sides of the bottom end inside the tank body 1, a heating structure 8 is fixedly arranged at the top end inside the tank body 1, three diversion seats 9 are respectively and fixedly arranged in the middle of the two sides inside the tank body 1, a guide pipe 10 is fixedly connected between the heating structure 8 and the diversion seats 9 in a penetrating manner, a placing bin 11 is movably connected in the diversion seat 9, a supporting bar 12 is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the placing bin 11, and a rack 13 is fixedly arranged at the middle part of the bottom end of the placing bin 11;
compared with the prior art, the application has the advantages that the placing bin 11 is arranged in the tank body 1, the two sides of the placing bin 11 are respectively and thoroughly connected to the distributing seat 9, the distributing seat 9 is in a through arrangement with the heating structure 8, so that hot air generated in the heating structure 8 is completely guided into the distributing seat 9 through the guide pipe 10 and then is distributed into each placing bin 11 to be uniformly and rapidly expanded in a small range, the inner carbon fiber plate is rapidly and uniformly thermoset molded, the inner air flow is respectively sprayed out at the upper end and the lower end of the placing bin 11, the upper surface and the lower surface of the carbon fiber plate are simultaneously heated, the single-sided heating deformation of the carbon fiber plate is avoided, the thermoset molding effect is ensured, meanwhile, the sealing structure 116 is arranged, and the coil springs are arranged on the rotating shafts between the auxiliary strips 1162 and the sealing strips 1161, the existence of the coil spring can enable the hot air flow in the thermosetting chamber 113 to jack the closed structure 116 open after the hot air flow is piled up to a certain pressure value, so that the air inlet channel in the bin body 111 is opened, a large amount of air flow is simultaneously and rapidly acted on the plate when the surface of the carbon fiber plate is heated by the air flow in the bin body, compared with the mode that the hot air flow is blown to the other end from one end in the autoclave in the existing large space, the heat is completely and uniformly sprayed onto the carbon fiber plate, the problem that the initial stage cannot be uniformly heated due to the overlarge volume of the existing autoclave is solved, the thermosetting effect is further improved, meanwhile, the rack 13 is further arranged at the bottom end of the placing bin 11, and the rack 13 is driven to enter and exit the inside of the tank body 1 by an external driving structure, so that the device is ensured to be effectively used.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, a forming device for a high performance fiber composite product includes a split seat 9, wherein a cross section of the split seat 9 is concave, an inside of the split seat 9 is hollow, the inside of the split seat 9 is connected with a conduit 10 in a penetrating manner, and an air hole is formed in a butt joint position of the split seat 9 and an air vent head 114;
in this embodiment, it should be noted that, after the heated air flow in the heating structure 8 enters the flow dividing seat 9 through the conduit 10, the heated air flow is discharged through the air holes provided on the air flow dividing seat to enter the ventilation head 114 and then enters the thermosetting chamber 113, so that the hot air flow is collected therein, and the subsequent concentrated spraying is facilitated.
Referring to fig. 2, a forming device for a high-performance fiber composite product comprises a supporting bar 12, wherein the supporting bar 12 is movably connected inside a guide rail 7, a driving gear 5 is meshed with a rack 13, a supporting block 3 can slide in a sliding groove on a bottom plate 2, and the sliding groove on the bottom plate 2 is opened and extends to the opposite side of a connecting shaft of a tank cover 6;
in this embodiment, it should be noted that, driving the driving gear 5 through the driving motor 4 may make the driving gear 5 drive the rack 13 to move, so as to push the whole placing bin 11 to linearly move along the internal direction of the can body 1 under the limit action of the guide rail 7, so as to implement the whole convenient placing and taking out of the placing bin 11, and meanwhile, since the supporting block 3 is movable, the normal opening and closing of the can cover 6 may be ensured.
Referring to fig. 4, 5, 7 and 8, a forming device for a high performance fiber composite product includes a placing bin 11, the placing bin 11 includes a bin body 111, an air guide cavity 112 is provided in the middle of the bin body 111, a thermosetting cavity 113 is provided in the bin body 111, two sides of the bin body 111 are respectively and fixedly connected with an air vent head 114, a placing plate 115 is movably mounted in the middle of the inside of the air guide cavity 112, air inlets are uniformly provided at the upper and lower ends of the inside of the air guide cavity 112, a sealing structure 116 is movably mounted at the positions of the upper and lower ends of the inside of the air guide cavity 112 at the air inlets, a limit bar 117 is uniformly and fixedly mounted on the upper and lower surfaces of the air guide cavity 112, and air outlets 118 are uniformly provided at one end of the inside of the bin body 111;
in this embodiment, it should be noted that, the thermosetting chamber 113 is disposed through the opening on the ventilation head 114, the air guide chamber 112 and the thermosetting chamber 113 are disposed in a closed manner by the sealing structure 116, the air outlet 118 is disposed through the air guide chamber 112, the placing plate 115 is disposed in a strip shape along the length direction of the bin body 111, the limiting strips 117 are respectively fixedly mounted on the sides of the upper and lower ends of the air guide chamber 112, which are located in the rotating direction of the sealing structure 116, the side of the limiting strips 117 near the sealing structure 116 is in an inclined structure, the rotatable direction of the sealing structure 116 located at the first position of the inlet end of the bin body 111 is opposite to the rotatable direction of the rest sealing structures 116, and the rotating opening direction of the first sealing structure 116 is disposed towards the outside of the placing bin 11, so that after the carbon fiber plate to be heated and solidified is placed on the placing plate 115, the placing plate 115 is then sent into the air guide chamber 112, the hot air flow is continuously gathered in the thermosetting chamber 113 to press the sealing structure 116, so that the sealing structure 116 is finally opened to cover and closed, thus the air flow is concentrated from the air inlet channel to the surface of the carbon fiber plate, and the air flow is impacted by the air flow in the same temperature as the air guide chamber, and the carbon fiber is impacted by the same temperature as the carbon fiber surface, and the carbon fiber surface is heated and the carbon fiber surface is solidified at the same time.
Referring to fig. 9 and 10, a forming device for a high-performance fiber composite product includes a sealing structure 116, wherein the sealing structure 116 includes a sealing strip 1161, an auxiliary strip 1162 is movably mounted on one side of the sealing strip 1161, and blocking leaves 1163 are respectively and fixedly mounted at two ends of the sealing strip 1161;
in this embodiment, it should be noted that, the sealing strip 1161 is pivotally and rotatably connected in the air inlet channel of the placing plate 115, two ends of the auxiliary strip 1162 are respectively and movably connected with two ends of the sealing strip 1161 through coil springs, an air-permeable grid is formed on the auxiliary strip 1162, the blocking blade 1163 is in a fan-shaped structure, and the radian corresponding to the fan-shaped structure is equal to or greater than the inclined plane angle of the limiting strip 117, so that when hot air flows continuously gather in the thermosetting chamber 113, the internal pressure is continuously increased, the sealing strip 1161 seals the air inlet channel, and thus the pressure continuously acts between the sealing strip 1161 and the auxiliary strip 1162, then the sealing strip 1161 is slowly rotated to twist the coil springs, so that the auxiliary strip 1162 is continuously rotated relative to the sealing strip 1161, until one end of the auxiliary strip 1162 is separated from the air inlet channel of the placing plate 115, and then the sealing strip 1161 is directly pressed against the surface of the limiting strip 117 under the accumulated strong air pressure, and the air inlet channel is opened, so that the hot air flows impact the carbon fiber plate to heat and solidify the hot air flow.
Referring to fig. 6, a forming device for a high performance fiber composite product includes a rack 13, wherein the rack 13 is divided into two sections which are different in length and can rotate relatively, a long section is located in a tank 1, a short section end extends out of the tank 1 after being spliced with the long section, and a long section end is located in the tank 1 after being folded by rotation;
in this embodiment, it should be noted that, when the placing bin 11 needs to be taken out or placed into the tank 1, the short end of the rack 13 is unfolded, and then the rack 13 is driven to move by the rotation of the driving gear 5, so that the placing bin 11 is driven to integrally move, and the convenience of using the device is improved.
The application method of the forming device of the high-performance fiber composite product comprises the following four steps of self-inspection of equipment, placement of a carbon fiber product, heating and curing of the product and taking out of the product, and specifically comprises the following steps:
s1, self-checking of equipment: before use, starting the device for comprehensive inspection;
s2, placing a carbon fiber product: opening a baffle on the front surface of the placing bin 11, placing a carbon fiber plate on the placing plate 115, closing the baffle on the front surface of the placing bin 11, unfolding the racks 13, pushing the supporting block 3 until the driving gear 5 is meshed with the racks 13, starting the driving motor 4, driving the driving motor 4 to drive the racks 13 to move, integrally sending the placing bin 11 into the tank body 1, folding the racks 13, removing the supporting block 3, closing the tank cover 6, starting all electric devices needed to be used on the autoclave, and adjusting the temperature and the pressure needed to be reached;
s3, heating and curing the product: starting the heating structure 8 to heat, enabling hot air flow to flow into the split-flow seat 9 through the guide pipe 10, then entering into the thermosetting cavity 113 through the ventilation head 114, enabling the hot air flow to continuously accumulate and pressurize in the thermosetting cavity 113, enabling the auxiliary strip 1162 and the sealing strip 1161 to rotate oppositely under the pressure of the hot air flow until the auxiliary strip 1162 is separated from the air inlet channel of the placing plate 115, enabling the air flow to enter into the air guide cavity 112 through the air inlet channel to heat and solidify the carbon fiber plate for forming, enabling the air flow to flow in the air guide cavity 112, then discharging the air flow from the air outlet hole 118 into the tank 1, and then discharging the air flow from the tank 1 outwards until the whole heating solidification process is finished;
s4, taking out the product: closing the power supply of the equipment, opening the tank cover 6, unfolding the rack 13, pushing the supporting block 3 to the driving gear 5 to be meshed with the rack 13, reversely rotating the driving motor 4 to drive the placing bin 11 to move out of the tank body 1, and then opening the baffle plate of the placing bin 11 to take out the finished product.
Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.