EP0504445A1 - Gerät und Verfahren zum Mischen von kontinuierlichen Multifilamentgarnen - Google Patents

Gerät und Verfahren zum Mischen von kontinuierlichen Multifilamentgarnen Download PDF

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EP0504445A1
EP0504445A1 EP91104188A EP91104188A EP0504445A1 EP 0504445 A1 EP0504445 A1 EP 0504445A1 EP 91104188 A EP91104188 A EP 91104188A EP 91104188 A EP91104188 A EP 91104188A EP 0504445 A1 EP0504445 A1 EP 0504445A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H51/00—Forwarding filamentary material
    • B65H51/005—Separating a bundle of forwarding filamentary materials into a plurality of groups
    • B65H51/01—Separating a bundle of forwarding filamentary materials into a plurality of groups by means of static electricity
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H51/00—Forwarding filamentary material
    • B65H51/015—Gathering a plurality of forwarding filamentary materials into a bundle
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/02—Yarns or threads characterised by the material or by the materials from which they are made
    • D02G3/04—Blended or other yarns or threads containing components made from different materials
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02J—FINISHING OR DRESSING OF FILAMENTS, YARNS, THREADS, CORDS, ROPES OR THE LIKE
    • D02J1/00—Modifying the structure or properties resulting from a particular structure; Modifying, retaining, or restoring the physical form or cross-sectional shape, e.g. by use of dies or squeeze rollers
    • D02J1/18—Separating or spreading
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments

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  • the invention relates to commingling two or more continuous multiple filament yarns into a single yarn.
  • commingled yarns make possible the manufacture of advanced thermoplastic composite parts in very complex shapes.
  • commingled carbon and polyether ether ketone (PEEK) yarns are desirable, because, in a mold under heat and pressure, the PEEK melts and flows around the carbon fibers, forming a lightweight, reinforced plastic without the complications of the more traditional wet epoxy and polyester resin systems.
  • Curzio U.S. Patent No. 4,539,249 discloses combining graphite fibers from one spool with thermoplastic resin fibers from other spools by passing thermoplastic and graphite fibers through a guide plate, twisting these fibers and overwrapping these fibers with additional resin fibers from additional spools to provide a blended yarn.
  • the supply yarns are separately formed into opened ribbons in which at least some of the individual filaments are spaced from each other, and the opened ribbons are combined so as to cause interleaving and mixing of the different individual filaments;
  • the yarn being charged travels around a plurality of motorized rollers in order to induce the static charge;
  • the yarn being charged passes around a ribboning bar in order to spread out the charged filaments;
  • the relative speeds of the yarns and the charge-inducing rollers are adjustable in order to vary the amount of charge applied to the yarn;
  • a second yarn is formed into an opened ribbon using an air curtain;
  • the two opened ribbons are combined together at a commingling bar; sizing is applied to the yarns after combining; and the yarns travel through the apparatus at greater than approximately 70 feet per minute (most preferably greater than approximately 100 feet per minute).
  • Advantages are that the individual filaments in the commingled yarn remain parallel, the feed yarns are blended with a high degree of homogeneity, and the process is
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of commingling apparatus according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective diagrammatic view showing air ribboning and commingling components of the Fig. 1 apparatus.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective diagrammatic view of rollers of the Fig. 1 apparatus that are used for generating static electricity in a yarn to provide a flat opened ribbon according to the invention.
  • commingling apparatus 10 in use commingling polyether ether ketone (PEEK) continuous multiple filament yarns 12 from freely rotatable supply rolls 14 and continuous multiple filament graphite yarn 16 from freely rotatable supply roll 18.
  • PEEK polyether ether ketone
  • apparatus 10 includes gathering guide 20, motor-driven pinch rollers 22, 24, three pretensioning bars 26, five motor-driven charge-inducing rollers 28 (1/32" thick virgin PTFE Teflon surface layers, available from DuPont, mounted on 4" steel support rollers), and ribboning bar 30.
  • apparatus 10 On the path of travel for graphite yarn 16, apparatus 10 includes driven shaft 32, idler shaft 34, support rod 36, air curtain element 38 (a tube connected to a source of pressurized air and having a single row of downwardly directed holes along its length), and support rod 40. Downstream of support rod 40 and ribboning bar 30 are commingling bar 42, two free-wheeling rollers 43, atomizer 44 (for spraying sizing onto the filaments), and take-up unit 48 (including a traversing mechanism not shown) for wrapping the commingled yarn on take-up roll 49. Rollers 28 are electrically isolated, to permit the static charges to build up on the yarn. Downstream of rollers 28, ribboning bar 30, commingling bar 42, and rollers 43 are grounded, permitting bleeding of the charges.
  • Pinch rolls 22, 24, driven shaft 32, and take-up unit 48 are driven by a common first drive system (not shown) to achieve the desired velocity of yarn through the apparatus.
  • Rollers 28 are driven by a common second drive system (not shown) that provides variable speed from 0 to 200 feet per minute surface velocity, twice as fast as the typical yarn velocity of 100 feet per minute.
  • the continuous multiple filament PEEK yarns 12 and graphite yarn 16 are separately opened up into flat opened ribbons, the flat opened ribbons are combined so as to have interleaving of different filaments, and the resulting combined flat ribbon is narrowed and wound up on the takeup roll.
  • the graphite and PEEK yarns travel at approximately 100 feet per minute through apparatus 10.
  • the three yarns pass through and are combined at guide 20. From there they are driven between pinch rollers 22, 24 and through pretensioning bars 26 to rollers 28. Pretensioning bars 26 assist providing desired tension in the PEEK yarns as they travel past and around rollers 28.
  • the PEEK yarn cannot be opened up by application of an air curtain and, therefore, is opened up by generating a static charge on it through the use of rollers 28.
  • Rollers 28 are driven at speeds to cause relative travel between the PEEK filaments and the Teflon surface. Rolls 28 develop a charge that is opposite that developed in the PEEK fibers, causing the fibers to be attracted to the rollers, and increasing the tension in fibers 12 as they pass through the five rollers 28.
  • the charge applied to the PEEK filaments can be adjusted as necessary to provide the desired opening of the individual filaments, and the desired width of the flat ribbon that matches that of the flat ribbon of graphite yarns. From ribboning bar 30, the flat opened ribbon - of PEEK yarns passes over commingling bar 42.
  • Graphite yarn 16 travels from supply roll 18 between driven shaft 32 and idler shaft 34. Driven shaft 32 is driven at a speed equal to that of take-up roll 49 and pinch rolls 22, 24. The speed of driven shaft 32 can be adjusted if necessary to provide the loop between support rod 36 and support rod 40.
  • the graphite yarn can be opened up into an open ribbon by the application of an air curtain, because the graphite fibers are not greatly attracted to each other.
  • the pressurized curtain causes the loop to extend in the direction of air flow and the individual graphite filaments to separate so that the graphite yarn is in a flat opened ribbon state when it joins with the PEEK ribbon at the commingling bar 42.
  • the opened ribbons of PEEK and graphite are joined together, and the different filaments are interleaved.
  • the combined flat opened ribbon passes under and over free-wheeling rollers 43 and past atomizer 44, at which sizing is sprayed to cause the individual filaments to tend to adhere to each other.
  • the charges have been bled sufficiently to permit the fibers to be in close proximity to each other.
  • the commingled yarn has about a 1 1/2" width, which is reduced to about 1/8" to 1/4" by the guide of take-up unit 48, which wraps the commingled yarn on take-up roll 49.
  • the commingled yarn can be stored indefinitely and used to produce woven, drapable, reinforced thermoplastic fabric on conventional equipment.
  • heat and pressure is applied, and the PEEK flows around the reinforcing graphite fibers and bonds the graphite fibers together.
  • the homogeneous nature of the commingled yarn provides intimate contact between the individual filaments of the component PEEK and graphite, thereby, providing improved wet out and bonding.
  • the process is superior to other methods of assembling such yarns, for example, twisting and/or parallel winding, because the individual filaments of the component yarns are more homogeneously distributed throughout the resulting yarn. Because the yarn is commingled rather than layered, the component materials are more evenly distributed in the final product, resulting in better blending of reinforcing graphite fibers and resin matrix fibers, thereby producing superior products.
  • the speed of travel through apparatus 10 has an effect on the quality of the product, in particular its homogeneity. It was found that as the speed was increased from 20 fpm to around 70 fpm there was not much noticeable effect on homogeneity; at around 70 fpm, improvements in quality were first noted, and increasing speed from 70 to over 100 fpm resulted in further improvements in homogeneity. Continuing to increase speed above 100 fpm should improve homogeneity even further. It is believed that the increased speed promotes parallel PEEK filaments during travel to the commingling bar. One factor permitting the high speeds is that there are no mechanical separating elements, e.g., comb teeth, which would limit speed and potentially damage filaments.
  • sizing roll 45 (a roller partially located in a trough containing a sizing liquid) could be used to apply sizing to the yarns, and materials other than Teflon can be used in the static charge-inducing body.

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US2124887A 1987-03-03 1987-03-03
US07/377,175 US5000807A (en) 1987-03-03 1989-07-10 Apparatus and method for commingling continuous multifilament yarns
CA002038542A CA2038542C (en) 1989-07-10 1991-03-18 Apparatus and method for commingling continuous multifilament yarns
JP3216726A JP2708978B2 (ja) 1989-07-10 1991-03-19 連続マルチフィラメントヤーンを混合する装置と方法

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