CN220562211U - Composite material product with pipe structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a composite material product with a pipe structure, which comprises a plurality of fiber preformed sheets sequentially stacked along the axial direction of the composite material product; the fiber preform is an annular sheet so that the interior of the composite product is hollow; the fiber preform comprises resin and fibers coated in the resin, the fiber orientation of the fiber preform is perpendicular to the axial direction, the fiber preform is a multi-directional fiber preform, and the multi-directional fiber preform comprises fibers with at least two fiber orientations intersecting. In this way, the fiber orientation of the fiber pre-sheet is in the tangential orientation of the vertical axis, so that the performances of the composite material product such as tensile strength, compressive strength and modulus in the tangential direction are improved. The extrusion molding device is particularly suitable for extrusion molding of pipes or other composite material products with sectional materials with similar structures, the extrusion length can be adjusted according to the needs, and the production efficiency can be improved.

Description

Composite material product with pipe structure

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of materials, in particular to a composite material product with a pipe structure.

Background

The composite material product in the related art can be prepared into various shapes such as plates, bars, pipes and the like, and the composite material product is usually prepared by adopting processes such as pultrusion, winding molding, compression molding and the like. The mechanical properties of the composite article are closely related to the orientation of the fibers, and generally have more excellent strength and modulus in the direction of fiber orientation.

The composite material products of bars and pipes are characterized by processes such as pultrusion, winding and compression molding, and the fibers are difficult to orient in the tangential direction (i.e. the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the bars or pipes) of the composite material products, so that the tensile strength, the compressive strength and the modulus of the fibers in the tangential direction are low.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application discloses a composite material product with a pipe structure, which can solve the problem that the tensile strength, the compressive strength and the modulus of the composite material product with the pipe in the tangential direction are lower in the related technology.

In order to achieve the above object, the present application discloses a composite material product of a pipe structure, comprising a plurality of fiber preform sheets stacked in sequence along an axial direction of the composite material product; the fiber preform is an annular sheet so that the interior of the composite article is hollow; the fiber preform comprises resin and fibers coated in the resin, the fiber orientation of the fiber preform is vertical to the axial direction, the fiber preform is a multi-directional fiber preform, and the multi-directional fiber preform comprises at least two fibers with intersecting fiber orientations.

Optionally, the multi-directional fiber preform sheet includes first fibers that are fiber-oriented in a first direction and second fibers that are fiber-oriented in a second direction, wherein the first direction, the second direction, and the axial direction intersect one another.

Optionally, the multi-directional fiber preform sheet includes first fibers, second fibers, and third fibers, wherein an angle between a fiber orientation of the first fibers and a fiber orientation of the second fibers, an angle between a fiber orientation of the second fibers and a fiber orientation of the third fibers, and an angle between a fiber orientation of the third fibers and a fiber orientation of the first fibers are all 120 °.

Alternatively, the length of the composite article is 2.8-3.2 m and the length direction is axial.

Alternatively, the composite article has a width of 75 to 85mm and a width direction that is a second direction, the second direction intersecting in the axial direction.

Optionally, the composite article has a thickness of 20-30 mm, the thickness direction being a first direction, the first direction intersecting the axial direction.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this application are:

the composite material product of the pipe structure comprises a plurality of fiber preformed sheets which are sequentially stacked along the axial direction of the composite material product; the fiber preform sheet is a solid sheet so that the composite article is solid inside; the fiber preform sheet comprises fibers and a resin, the fiber orientation of the fiber preform sheet is perpendicular to the axial direction, and the composite article has at least two fiber orientations that intersect each other.

The composite article thus formed, in the first aspect, has properties such as tensile strength, compressive strength and modulus in its cross-section enhanced by the cross-directional orientation (perpendicular to the axial direction) of the fiber orientation of the fiber preform therein.

In the second aspect, the preparation method in the related art is more suitable for composite material products with plate structures, and compared with composite material products with plate structures, the thickness of the plate cannot be too large, generally not more than 50mm because the plate is limited by processing equipment, while the composite material product 10 of the application can be continuously extruded in an extrusion die by a stacking method, and the length of the composite material product can be adjusted as required, such as 300mm, 5000mm and the like, and has advantages over the plate in size control.

In the third aspect, for a plate or other type of composite product, different processing procedures often need to be performed on different equipment, such as compaction needs to be performed by a belt press, heating and curing needs to be performed by infrared heating equipment and the like, the change of the procedures needs to transfer products among different equipment, and the composite product of the application is finished in an extrusion die from feeding to final forming, so that the transfer of products is not needed when the upper and lower procedures are connected, and the production efficiency is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a composite article of tubing construction as disclosed herein;

FIG. 2 is a process diagram of a thermoplastic composite article of manufacture as disclosed herein;

FIG. 3 is a process diagram of another thermoplastic composite article disclosed herein;

FIG. 4 is a state diagram of a thermoset composite article process of manufacture as disclosed herein;

FIG. 5 is a process diagram of another thermoset composite article of manufacture as disclosed herein;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a first composite article made of unidirectional fiber preforms disclosed herein;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a second composite article made of unidirectional fiber preforms disclosed herein;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a third composite article made of unidirectional fiber preforms disclosed herein;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a composite article made up of a multi-directional fiber preform sheet as disclosed herein;

FIG. 10 is a diagram of a method of making a composite article of the related art;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a blend of primary and secondary filaments of the present application.

Reference numerals illustrate:

x-first direction, Y-second direction, Z _- Axial direction,

10-composite article,

11-first unidirectional fiber pre-sheet, 12-second unidirectional fiber pre-sheet, 13-multidirectional fiber pre-sheet,

101-main fiber yarn, 102-auxiliary fiber yarn,

20-die cavity,

21-a charging section,

22-hot pressing section,

22 a-semi-curing section, 22 b-curing section,

23-cooling section,

201-a first piling and extruding mechanism, 202-a second piling and extruding mechanism and 203-a core rod.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

In the present utility model, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal" and the like indicate an azimuth or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings. These terms are only used to better describe the present utility model and its embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the indicated devices, elements or components to the particular orientations or to configure and operate in the particular orientations.

Also, some of the terms described above may be used to indicate other meanings in addition to orientation or positional relationships, for example, the term "upper" may also be used to indicate some sort of attachment or connection in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in the present utility model will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "configured," "provided," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; may be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements, or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used primarily to distinguish between different devices, elements, or components (the particular species and configurations may be the same or different), and are not used to indicate or imply the relative importance and number of devices, elements, or components indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

For the composite products of bars and tubes in the related art, the characteristics of processes such as pultrusion, winding and compression molding are limited, and the fibers are difficult to orient in the tangential direction (i.e. the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the bars or tubes) of the composite products, so that the tensile strength, the compressive strength and the modulus thereof in the tangential direction are low, and in order to solve the problem, the technical scheme of the present application is generated, and the following description is taken in conjunction with fig. 1 to 11.

The application discloses a composite product of a pipe structure, which comprises a plurality of fiber pre-sheets stacked in sequence along the axial direction Z of the composite product. The fiber preform is an annular sheet so that the interior of the composite product is hollow; for example, the outer contour shape of the fiber preform is round, rectangular or hexagonal, so that the composite product is a tube material with the cross section outer contour of round, rectangular or hexagonal and hollow inside. The fiber preform comprises a resin and fibers coated in the resin, the fiber orientation of the fiber preform is perpendicular to the axial direction Z, and the composite product has at least two fiber orientations which are intersected with each other.

Several composite articles 10 are illustrated below:

as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the fiber preform may be a unidirectional fiber preform, and the resin in the unidirectional fiber preform may be a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin. The fiber orientation of the fibers within the unidirectional fiber preform sheet remains consistent. The composite article 10 has at least two unidirectional fiber preforms with intersecting fiber orientations, such as three unidirectional fiber preforms with fiber orientations at an angle of 60 ° to each other, or more unidirectional fiber preforms with different fiber orientations, and the unidirectional fiber preforms in the fiber preform may be divided into a first unidirectional fiber preform 11 and a second unidirectional fiber preform 12 for the purpose of reducing manufacturing costs. The first unidirectional fiber preform sheet 11 is fiber-oriented in a first direction X, and the second unidirectional fiber preform sheet 12 is fiber-oriented in a second direction Y, which are intersecting, for example, perpendicular to each other.

The fiber preform comprises first prepreg segments and second prepreg segments alternately arranged along the axial direction Z, wherein the first prepreg segments comprise one first unidirectional fiber preform sheet 11 or a plurality of first unidirectional fiber preform sheets 11 which are sequentially stacked along the axial direction Z; the second prepreg section includes one second unidirectional fiber preform sheet 12 or a plurality of second unidirectional fiber preform sheets 12 stacked in sequence along the axial direction Z.

As shown in fig. 6, in the structure of the composite article 10 of the first tube structure, the composite article 10 is formed by alternately superposing the first unidirectional fiber pre-sheet 11 and the second unidirectional fiber pre-sheet 12 in the axial direction Z, i.e., the first prepreg stage includes only one first unidirectional fiber pre-sheet 11, and the second prepreg stage includes only one second unidirectional fiber pre-sheet 12.

As shown in fig. 7, in the construction of the second composite article 10, the first prepreg section may include a plurality of first unidirectional fiber pre-sheets 11, such as two first unidirectional fiber pre-sheets 11, and the second prepreg section may include one second unidirectional fiber pre-sheet 12. The composite article 10 thus formed is formed by alternately superimposing the first unidirectional fiber preform 11 and the second unidirectional fiber preform 12 in the ratio of 2:1 along the axial direction Z.

As shown in fig. 8, in the construction of the third composite article 10, the first prepreg section may include one first unidirectional fiber preform 11 and the second prepreg section may include two second unidirectional fiber preforms 12. The composite article 10 thus formed is formed by alternately superposing the first unidirectional fiber preform 11 and the second unidirectional fiber preform 12 in the axial direction Z at a ratio of 1:2.

Of course, the first unidirectional fiber pre-sheet 11 and the second unidirectional fiber pre-sheet 12 may be adjusted according to other proportions to adjust the structure of the composite material product 10, and the tangential performance of the composite material product 10 in a specific direction may be adjusted by blending the different proportions; while the composite article 10 may be formed from a stack of more fibrous preforms of different fiber orientations to provide better cut-off properties in more directions, or the fibrous preforms may be formed from three or more unidirectional fibrous preforms of different fiber orientations from one another, which will not be described in detail herein.

Typically, the composite article 10 has a length of 2.8 to 3.2m, such as 2.8mm,3m,3.2m, etc., and a length direction of the axial direction Z; the composite article 10 has a width of 75 to 85mm, such as 75mm,80mm,85mm, etc., and a width direction of a second direction Y intersecting the axial direction Z; the composite article 10 has a thickness of 20-30 mm, such as 20mm,25mm,30mm, etc., and a thickness direction that is a first direction X that intersects the axial direction Z.

Fig. 10 shows that the composite product of the present application has obvious mechanical advantages in the directions parallel to the fiber preform, such as the first direction X and the second direction Y, compared to the conventional compression molding method, and the following table:

the composite article 10 thus formed, in the first aspect, has improved properties such as tensile strength, compressive strength, and modulus in the cross-direction of the composite article 10 due to the cross-directional orientation (perpendicular to the axial direction Z) of the fiber orientation of the fiber preform therein.

In a second aspect, the preparation method disclosed in fig. 10 is more suitable for composite products 10 with plate structures, and compared with composite products 10 with plate structures, the thickness of the plate cannot be too large, generally not more than 50mm, because the plate is limited by the processing equipment, while the composite product 10 disclosed in the application can be continuously extruded in an extrusion die by a stacking method, and the length of the composite product can be adjusted as required, such as 3000mm,5000mm and the like, and has advantages in size control over the plate.

In the third aspect, for a plate or other type of composite product, different processing procedures often need to be performed on different devices, such as compaction needs to be performed by a belt press, heat curing needs to be performed by an infrared heating device, etc., a product needs to be transferred between different devices by changing procedures, and the composite product 10 of the present application is completed in an extrusion die from feeding to final forming, and the transfer of the product does not need to be performed when the upper and lower procedures are connected, thereby improving the production efficiency.

In other alternative embodiments, the fibrous preform sheet in fig. 9 is a multi-directional fibrous preform sheet 13, and the resin in the multi-directional fibrous preform sheet 13 is typically a thermoplastic resin. The multi-directional fiber preform sheet 13 includes at least two fibers having intersecting fiber orientations, such as the multi-directional fiber preform sheet 13 includes both first fibers having fiber orientations in a first direction X and second fibers having fiber orientations in a second direction Y, and the first fibers and the second fibers are interlaced in the multi-directional fiber preform sheet 13, such as the first fibers and the second fibers are perpendicular to each other, wherein the first direction X, the second direction Y, and the axial direction Z intersect each other, such as perpendicular to each other. In this way, the fiber orientation in the multi-directional fiber preform 13 is all oriented in the tangential direction (the vertical axis Z), and thus the properties such as tensile strength, compressive strength, and modulus of the composite product 10 in its tangential direction can be improved. Of course, the multi-directional fiber preform 13 may also include fibers having more intersecting fiber orientations, such as the multi-directional fiber preform 13 including a first fiber, a second fiber, and a third fiber, the included angle between the fiber orientation of the first fiber and the fiber orientation of the second fiber, the included angle between the fiber orientation of the second fiber and the fiber orientation of the third fiber, the included angle between the fiber orientation of the third fiber and the fiber orientation of the first fiber being 120 °, and the like, which are not described in detail herein.

Meanwhile, since the multi-direction fiber preform 13 has at least two fiber orientations intersecting each other, when stacking the multi-direction fiber preform 13, as shown in fig. 9, when arranging the multi-direction fiber preform 13, a part of the first fibers of the multi-direction fiber preform 13 may be inclined with respect to the first direction X and a part of the second fibers may be inclined with respect to the second direction Y, or another part of the first fibers of the multi-direction fiber preform 13 may be inclined with respect to the first direction X. In this way, when the composite product 10 is produced by using the multi-directional fiber preform 13, the multi-directional fiber preform 13 is directly stacked in the axial direction Z without taking into consideration the arrangement direction of the fibers in the multi-directional fiber preform 13, so that the production efficiency can be improved. The superposition of unidirectional fiber preforms provides a fiber preform having better strength than the superposition of multidirectional fiber preforms 13, and is more suitable for use in the composite article 10 of the present application. The manufacturer may therefore consider, in combination with his own needs, that composite article 10 is made from either a multi-directional fiber preform 13, or a unidirectional fiber preform, or a blend of multi-directional and unidirectional fiber preforms in a ratio that is not described in detail herein.

Alternatively, the fibers may be organic or inorganic fibers.

Optionally, the inorganic fiber is one of glass fiber cloth, carbon fiber, basalt fiber and quartz fiber. The organic fiber can be one of aramid fiber and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber.

Optionally, the resin is a thermosetting resin, and the thermosetting resin is one of epoxy resin, vinyl ester resin, phenolic resin, benzoxazine resin, bismaleimide resin and cyanate resin.

In other alternative embodiments, the resin is a thermoplastic resin, which may be one of polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, polyphenylene sulfide, polyetheretherketone, liquid crystal polymer (Liquid Crystal Polymer, LCP), a terephthalate-based resin (such as Polyethylene terephthalate, PET), and Polycarbonate (PC). Wherein the nylon can be one of polyamide-6 (PA 6), polyamide-66 (PA 66), long-chain nylon and aromatic nylon.

The method of making the composite article 10 is described below:

referring to fig. 2 to 3, taking a composite product 10 containing a thermoplastic resin material polyether-ether-ketone as an example, the composite product 10 is molded into a pipe in a die cavity 20 of an extrusion die, the extrusion die comprises a feeding section 21, a hot pressing section 22 and a cooling section 23 which are arranged in the die cavity 20 in sequence along a feeding direction of the die cavity 20, and the feeding direction of the die cavity 20 is consistent with an axial direction Z of the composite product. The feeding section 21 is arranged near the input end of the die cavity 20, the cooling section 23 is arranged near the output end of the die cavity 20, the input end of the die cavity 20 is taken as the feeding direction from the output end of the die cavity 20, the extrusion die is movably provided with a first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and a second piling and extruding mechanism 202, the die cavity 20 is positioned between the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the second piling and extruding mechanism 202, the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 is arranged towards one side of the die cavity 20 near the feeding section 21, and the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 is arranged towards one side of the die cavity 20 near the cooling section 23.

Meanwhile, as shown in fig. 2, a mandrel 203 is disposed in the die cavity 20 of the extrusion die, the fiber preform is also annular and sleeved on the mandrel 203, and the top plate of the first pile extrusion mechanism 201 and the top plate of the second pile extrusion mechanism 202 are also sleeved on the mandrel 203. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 3, the top plate of the first piling mechanism 201 is sleeved on the mandrel 203, and the top plate of the second piling mechanism 202 is located at one side of the mandrel 203 along the axial direction Z.

At least part of the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and at least part of the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can enter the die cavity 20, wherein the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can adopt an electric push rod mechanism, a cylinder piston mechanism and the like, and the front end of a piston rod can be provided with a top plate by taking the cylinder piston mechanism as an example, so that the top plate of the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the top plate of the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can enter the die cavity 20, meanwhile, the top plate of the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the top plate of the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can approach each other to form extrusion on the composite material 10 in the die cavity 20, the composite material 10 is gradually compacted to be clung to the inner wall of the die cavity 20 during the extrusion process, and the periphery of the core rod 203 is clung to ensure the shape and the pipe structure of the composite material 10, that is, the shape of the composite material 10 is determined by the shape of the die cavity 20 and the core rod 203, for example, the composite material 10 can be various shapes such as round, rectangular, hexagonal, and the cross-sectional profile of the composite material 10 is various shapes such as round, rectangular, hexagonal.

The method of making the composite article 10 of the present application may include:

and (3) performing a charging procedure: the fiber preform is supplied to the charging section 21, and the temperature of the charging section 21 is set to 100 ℃. The fiber preform is a thermoplastic preform, and thus, the fiber preform has the molding characteristics of a thermoplastic material, i.e., repeated heating plasticization and cooling hardening, and reversible effects. Specifically, the preform fiber includes a plurality of preform fiber sheets stacked in order along the axial direction Z, and the preform fiber sheet is one of a multi-directional preform fiber sheet and a unidirectional preform fiber sheet. Wherein the multi-directional fiber preform sheet comprises at least two fibers having fiber orientations intersecting and a thermoplastic resin; the unidirectional fiber preform sheet includes a fiber of which fiber orientation is maintained uniform and a thermoplastic resin. The preform fiber includes unidirectional preform fiber having at least two fiber orientations that intersect, or the preform fiber includes unidirectional preform fiber having at least two fiber orientations, or the preform fiber has both unidirectional and unidirectional preform fiber having at least two fiber orientations that intersect.

And (3) performing a transferring procedure: the first stack extrusion mechanism 201 is controlled to perform a subsequent axial Z-movement to transfer the fiber preform to the hot press station 22.

And (3) performing a hot pressing process: the fiber preform is heated to greater than or equal to a first preset temperature at the hot press station 22 to plasticize the fiber preform, such as by setting the temperature of the hot press station 22 to 380 ℃. And the first and second stack extrusion mechanisms 201, 202 approach each other such that the extrusion dies compact the plasticized fiber preform to gradually cling the fiber preform to the inner walls of the die cavity 20 to provide the composite article 10. The first preset temperature mentioned above refers to: the fiber preform containing the thermoplastic material is heated to a temperature at which it can plasticize, such as a first predetermined temperature that is the viscous flow temperature or melting temperature of the thermoplastic resin.

And (3) performing a transferring procedure: the first heap extrusion mechanism 201 is controlled to continue moving in the axial direction Z to transport the composite article 10 from the hot pressing station 22 to the cooling station 23 by way of pushing.

And (3) performing a curing process: the composite article 10 is cooled at the cooling station 23 to less than or equal to a second predetermined temperature to shape the composite article 10, such as by setting the temperature of the cooling station 23 to 130 ℃. The second preset temperature here refers to: the temperature at which the composite article 10 can be cooled to harden, such as the second predetermined temperature, is the crystallization temperature or the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin. It is understood that the second preset temperature is less than the first preset temperature.

Referring to fig. 4-5, for example, a composite article 10 comprising a thermoset resin material,

the composite product 10 is formed into a pipe in a die cavity 20 of an extrusion die, the extrusion die comprises a feeding section 21, a semi-curing section 22aa, a curing section 22b and a cooling section 23 which are arranged in the die cavity 20 in sequence along a feeding direction of the die cavity 20, the feeding section 21 is arranged close to an input end of the die cavity 20, the cooling section 23 is arranged close to an output end of the die cavity 20, the input end of the die cavity 20 is taken as the feeding direction from the output end of the die cavity 20, the extrusion die is movably provided with a first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and a second piling and extruding mechanism 202, the die cavity 20 is arranged between the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the second piling and extruding mechanism 202, the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 is arranged towards one side of the die cavity 20 close to the feeding section 21, and the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 is arranged towards one side of the die cavity 20 close to the curing section 22b.

Meanwhile, as shown in fig. 4, a mandrel 203 is disposed in the die cavity 20 of the extrusion die, the fiber preform is also annular and sleeved on the mandrel 203, and the top plate of the first pile extrusion mechanism 201 and the top plate of the second pile extrusion mechanism 202 are also sleeved on the mandrel 203. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, the top plate of the first piling mechanism 201 is sleeved on the mandrel 203, and the top plate of the second piling mechanism 202 is located at one side of the mandrel 203 in the axial direction Z.

At least part of the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and at least part of the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can enter the die cavity 20, wherein the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can adopt an electric push rod mechanism, a cylinder piston mechanism and the like as an example, the front end of a piston rod can be provided with a top plate, so that the top plate of the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the top plate of the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can enter the die cavity 20, the top plate of the first piling and extruding mechanism 201 and the top plate of the second piling and extruding mechanism 202 can approach each other to form extrusion on the composite material product 10 in the die cavity 20, the composite material product 10 is gradually compacted to be clung to the inner wall of the die cavity 20 during the extrusion process, and clung to the periphery of the core rod 203 to ensure that the shape of the composite material product 10 is consistent with the shape of the inner cavity of the die cavity 20, that is, the shape of the die cavity 20 and the core rod 203 determines the shape of the composite material product 10, for example, the composite material product 10 can be various shapes with round, rectangular, hexagonal and the outer cross-sectional shapes.

The method of making the composite article 10 of the present application may include:

and (3) performing a charging procedure: the temperature of the charging section 21 was set to 50 ℃, and the fiber preform was supplied to the charging section 21. The fiber preform is a thermoset preform, and thus, the fiber preform has the molding characteristics of a thermoset material, i.e., can be cured when heated to a temperature greater than or equal to the cross-linking curing temperature, and the curing effect is irreversible. Specifically, the preform fiber includes a plurality of preform fiber sheets stacked in order along the axial direction Z, and the preform fiber sheet is one of a multi-directional preform fiber sheet and a unidirectional preform fiber sheet. Wherein the multi-directional fiber pre-sheet comprises multi-directional fiber cloth and thermosetting resin, and the multi-directional fiber cloth comprises at least two fibers with intersecting fiber orientations; the unidirectional fiber prefabricated sheet comprises unidirectional fiber cloth and thermosetting resin, and the fiber orientation of fibers in the unidirectional fiber cloth is kept consistent. The preform fiber includes unidirectional preform fiber having at least two fiber orientations that intersect, or the preform fiber includes unidirectional preform fiber having at least two fiber orientations, or the preform fiber has both unidirectional and unidirectional preform fiber having at least two fiber orientations that intersect.

And (3) performing a compacting procedure: the temperature of the charging section 21 is set to 50 ℃, and the first and second heap extrusion mechanisms 201, 202 approach each other so that the extrusion dies compress the fibre preform at the charging section 21, which is gradually compacted and brought into close proximity with the inner wall of the die cavity 20 to provide a compressed fibre preform. It will be appreciated that if only a fiber preform is present in the mold cavity 20, the first and second stack extrusion mechanisms 201, 202 each directly contact opposite end faces of the fiber preform to compact the fiber preform; if the composite article 10 is already retained in the cavity 20 and the retained composite article 10 is free from the charging section 21 and is located between the fiber preform and the second stack extrusion mechanism 202, the first stack extrusion mechanism 201 directly extrudes one side of the fiber preform and the second stack extrusion mechanism 202 conducts force through the composite article 10 to indirectly extrude the other side of the fiber preform, thereby compacting the fiber preform and attaching the fiber preform to the end of the composite article 10.

And (3) performing a transferring procedure: the first stack extrusion mechanism 201 is controlled to move to transfer the compressed fiber preform to the prepreg stage 22a.

Performing a semi-curing process: the compressed fiber preform is heated to a third predetermined temperature in the semi-curing section 22a to provide a semi-consolidated article, such as setting the temperature of the semi-curing section 22a to 150 ℃. The setting of the semi-curing section 22a is equivalent to setting a buffer zone between the feeding section 21 and the curing section 22b, so that after the fiber preform enters the semi-curing section 22a from the feeding section 21, the fiber preform can be partially cured and can be fully fused and compacted with the original composite material product 10 positioned at the curing section 22b at the contact position, thereby ensuring the fusion degree of the composite material product 10, preventing the composite material product 10 from having adhesive surfaces, avoiding the occurrence of abnormality such as fracture in the subsequent use, and improving the quality of the composite material product 10.

And (3) performing a transferring procedure: the first stack extrusion mechanism 201 is controlled to move to transfer the semi-solidified article to the curing station 22b.

And (3) performing a curing process: the compressed fibrous preform is heated at curing station 22b to a temperature greater than or equal to the cross-linking cure temperature of the thermosetting resin to provide composite article 10, such as setting the temperature of curing station 22b to 200 ℃. The crosslinking curing temperature here means: the temperature required to crosslink the thermosetting resin in the fiber preform is such that the crosslinking reaction of the thermosetting material is irreversible, and specifically, the soft fiber preform is crosslinked to give a solid composite article 10, thereby improving the strength, heat resistance, abrasion resistance, solvent resistance, and the like. The cross-linking curing temperature is greater than the third preset temperature.

And (3) performing a transferring procedure: the first heap extrusion mechanism 201 is controlled to perform a heap extrusion movement to transport the composite article 10 to the cooling station 23.

And (3) performing a cooling procedure: cooling the composite article 10 to a fourth preset temperature at cooling station 23, such as setting cooling station 23 to 50 ℃; wherein the fourth preset temperature is less than the crosslinking curing temperature and less than the third preset temperature. In this manner, the composite article 10 after curing at curing station 22b is completed will be transported to cooling station 23 for cooling for subsequent storage.

Alternatively, the fiber preform sheet may be prepared by pre-impregnating a fiber cloth with a resin, where the resin may be a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin. The resin in the liquid state can better wrap the fiber cloth and realize good dispersion and infiltration; while the fiber cloth determines the fiber orientation of the fiber preform.

Alternatively, the fiber preform sheet may be prepared by wrapping yarn, specifically by the following method:

providing auxiliary filaments 102 and main filaments 101; wherein the auxiliary fiber yarn 102 is made of thermoplastic resin, and the main fiber yarn 101 is a reinforcing fiber.

The secondary fiber filaments 102 and the primary fiber filaments 101 are blended to provide a wrapped yarn.

The wrapped yarn is woven to provide the fibrous preform sheet.

Wherein in the wrapping yarn, the auxiliary fiber yarn 102 is wound around the main fiber yarn 101, and the auxiliary fiber yarn 102 spirally extends along the trend of the main fiber yarn 101; the main filament 101 runs in the fiber orientation of the fiber preform, as shown in fig. 11. In general, a fiber preform woven from wrapping yarn has at least two kinds of fiber orientations intersecting each other inside, and the main filaments of the fiber preform are laid out in a crisscross arrangement so that the fiber preform forms a woven fabric structure.

It will be appreciated that the fibrous preform formed in the manner of a wrapped yarn is used in the preparation of the thermoplastic composite article of fig. 2-3. The fiber preform formed by the method has the advantages that the interception performance is ensured through the main fiber yarn 101, and the auxiliary fiber yarn 102 containing the thermoplastic resin can be well mixed with the main fiber yarn 101 in advance, so that when the hot pressing working procedure is carried out in the subsequent hot pressing working section 22, the thermoplastic auxiliary fiber yarn 102 is melted to infiltrate and wrap the wound main fiber yarn 101, and compared with the pre-impregnation mode, the wrapping yarn mode can realize better mixing and dispersing effects, and further the structure of the formed composite material product 10 is more stable.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and not for limiting the same; although the utility model 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 utility model.

Claims (6)

1. A composite article of tubing construction comprising a plurality of fibrous preforms stacked in sequence along an axial direction (Z) of the composite article;

the fiber preform is an annular sheet so that the interior of the composite article is hollow;

the fiber preform sheet comprising a resin and fibers encased in the resin, the fibers of the fiber preform sheet being oriented perpendicular to the axial direction (Z),

the fiber preform is a multi-directional fiber preform (13), the multi-directional fiber preform (13) comprising fibers having at least two fiber orientations intersecting.

2. Composite article according to claim 1, characterized in that the multi-directional fiber preform sheet (13) comprises first fibers fiber oriented in a first direction (X) and second fibers fiber oriented in a second direction (Y), the first direction (X), the second direction (Y) and the axial direction (Z) intersecting in pairs.

3. The composite article of claim 1, wherein the multi-directional fiber preform sheet (13) comprises first fibers, second fibers, and third fibers, wherein an angle between a fiber orientation of the first fibers and a fiber orientation of the second fibers, an angle between a fiber orientation of the second fibers and a fiber orientation of the third fibers, and an angle between a fiber orientation of the third fibers and a fiber orientation of the first fibers are all 120 °.

4. A composite article according to claim 1, wherein the composite article (10) has a length of 2.8-3.2 m, the length direction being the axial direction (Z).

5. A composite article according to claim 1, wherein the composite article (10) has a width of 75-85 mm, the width direction being a second direction (Y), the second direction (Y) intersecting the axial direction (Z).

6. A composite article according to claim 1, wherein the composite article (10) has a thickness of 20-30 mm, the thickness direction being a first direction (X), the first direction (X) intersecting the axial direction (Z).