EP1019572A1 - Procede tridimensionnel automatise pour fabriquer des panneaux de revetement a raidissage integral - Google Patents

Procede tridimensionnel automatise pour fabriquer des panneaux de revetement a raidissage integral

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EP1019572A1
EP1019572A1 EP97916131A EP97916131A EP1019572A1 EP 1019572 A1 EP1019572 A1 EP 1019572A1 EP 97916131 A EP97916131 A EP 97916131A EP 97916131 A EP97916131 A EP 97916131A EP 1019572 A1 EP1019572 A1 EP 1019572A1
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yarn lengths
yarn
stiffener
lengths
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Ahmed Ezzeldin Malek
Christopher Micheal Pastore
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Northrop Grumman Corp
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D25/00—Woven fabrics not otherwise provided for
    • D03D25/005—Three-dimensional woven fabrics
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C70/00—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
    • B29C70/04—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts comprising reinforcements only, e.g. self-reinforcing plastics
    • B29C70/06—Fibrous reinforcements only
    • B29C70/10—Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres
    • B29C70/16—Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length
    • B29C70/24—Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in at least three directions forming a three dimensional structure

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  • the present invention relates to a woven material, used for example in the making of panels which are impregnated with a resin, and relates more particularly to an improvement in such a material and related method wherein a three dimensional structure is formed using a continuous weave forming walls extending orthogonally with one another and each being integrally formed with the other through a common skin to create a high strength unibody stiffener.
  • Still a further object of the invention is to provide a method of making a three dimensional woven fabric of the aforementioned type wherein the fabric is capable of being formed using any type of multiharness weaving loom.
  • Yet still a further object of the invention is to provide a method of making a three dimensional woven fabric of the aforementioned type wherein the fabric structure is capable of being formed from any type or diameter yarn.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a method of making a three dimensional woven fabric of the aforementioned type wherein yarns are continuously woven through intersecting walls.
  • the invention resides in a method of making a three dimensional stiffener having at least one wall extending outwardly from a generally planar base portion.
  • the invention comprises the steps of forming the generally planar base portion of said stiffener by weaving at least two layers using orthogonally disposed first and second yarn lengths and using a third plurality of yarn lengths disposed within planes extending perpendicularly to the general plane of said stiffener, and weaving each of said plurality of yarn lengths in said third plurality between the topmost and bottommost ones of said plurality of first and second orthogonally disposed first and second yarn lengths.
  • At least one stiffener wall extending orthogonally to said plane is formed by overweaving along a given section of said planar portion and in a direction perpendicular to said general plane of said stiffener coincident with a section of one of said plurality of first and second yarn lengths.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the woven stiffener of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing one intersection within the stiffener of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic view taken along line 3-3 in Fig. 2 showing, one embodiment of a first wall to base portion connection.
  • Fig. 4 is an alternative out of phase embodiment of the connection shown in Fig 3.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic view taken along line 5-5 in Fig. 2 showing the second wall to base portion connection with the first wall superposition being shown in phantom line.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a woven stiffener of the invention and is generally illustrated as 2.
  • the stiffener comprises a skin or panel portion 4, a first wall portion 6 and a second wall portion 8, each being connected to the skin portion in accordance with one aspect of the invention.
  • first wall portion 6 will be said to extend in a fill direction or in the illustrated X coordinated direction
  • second wall portion 8 will be said to extend in a warp direction, or in the illustrated Y coordinate direction
  • the skin or panel portion 4 will be said to extend in a plane P which is coextensive with the fill and warp directions X and Y.
  • each of the first and second wall portions 6 and 8 will be said to extend perpendicularly outwardly of the plane P in the illustrated Z coordinate direction and will be referred to as woven stiffeners.
  • the term “fabric” is meant to mean any section of the stiffener which is constituted by the yarns of the structure.
  • the term “yarn” will be used to define any flexible elongated material which is capable of being used in a stiffener, such as but not limited to, any size or type of yarn, and/or variety of textile and industrial fibers, made up of polymeric, glass. carbon, ceramic or other materials commonly known in the industry.
  • the method of the present invention weaves the stiffener in such a way as to define the skin or panel portion so that it can be considered in two basic components; the section A of fabric which contains the first and second stiffener wall portions 6 and 8 and the section B of fabric which does not. That is, the first and second wall portions 6 and 8 are in effect interwoven regions of the panel portion taken with respect to the remaining panel so as to extend outwardly therefrom in the indicated Z axis direction and along one of the X and Y axes to generate respectively, one of the first and second wall portions 6 and 8.
  • the panel or base portion 4 is formed from intersecting plurality of woven first yarn lengths 10,10 which extend in the illustrated X or fill direction, and a plurality of second yarn lengths 12,12 which extend perpendicularly in the warp or Y coordinate direction and which X and Y coordinate direction yarns 10 and 12 being bound by a third plurality of yarn lengths 14,14 which extend in planes each parallel to one another and disposed perpendicularly to the general plane P of the panel or base portion 4 to bind the stiffener 2.
  • each of the yarns 14,14 making up the third plurality 14,14 periodically lace between the topmost and bottommost ones of the plurality of first and second yarns 10 and 12 to create, within the panel portion 4 a plurality of layers 16, 18 and 20.
  • the panel portion 4 which defines the base of the stiffener thus consists of all the yarns namely 10, 12, and 14 which are needed to create the first and second stiffener wall portions 6 and 8. While shown in the illustrated embodiment of Figures 3-5 as being constituted by three layers, it should be understood that the planar base panel portion 4 of the stiffener 2 can however be comprised of as few as two layers to effect the process of the present invention.
  • the sections A,A identify areas on the base or panel portion 4 designated for the formation of a first and second wall portion, is set forth in the memory of a computer or like data storage device.
  • the area A defines the location of a first wall portion 6, and accordingly, corresponds to an increased application of the fill or X axis directed yarns 10' ,10' along the Z coordinate axis to define a height HT outwardly of the plane P defining the base or panel portion 4 of the stiffener and to define a thickness TH as measured along the Y coordinate axis.
  • the binding yarn 14 is caused to be periodically woven between the topmost and bottommost ones of the yarns which are located within the panel portion 4. However, the binding yarn 14 is caused to skip one column 22 of the yarns 10,10 as it departs from its otherwise serpentine path and be redirected outwardly (Fig. 3) through passage 24 defined by the most proximately juxtaposed pair of yarns 10 and 10' .
  • the binding yard continues in a serpentine manner between the yarns 10' ,10' which are arranged along planes disposed parallel to the indicated Z axis in the first wall portion 6. Once reaching the topmost one of the yarns 10', the binding yarn 14 is caused to be turned and be redirected back toward the panel portion 4. In so doing, a topmost one of the yarns 10' as illustrated at point 26 is skipped.
  • connection shown in Figure 3 may be made out of phase in the illustrated embodiment of Fig. 4, such that binding of the first wall portion 6 occurs along the indicated X axis in an alternating manner as defined by the phased and out of phased binding techniques shown in Figures 3 and 4 so that any skipped topmost one of the yarns 10' ,10' can be bound by the next succeeding binding yarn in the succeeding row.
  • the Z axis binding yarns can take with respect to the fabric structure shown and the two types illustrated schematically in Figures 3 and 4 illustrate only one pair of possible Z axis yarn paths that might be used in constructing the first stiffened wall portion 6.
  • the exemplary Z axis yarn paths of Figures 3 and 4 may be disposed adjacent to each other as opposed to being consecutively separated from one another by the warp or Y axis yarns.
  • the aforementioned overweave method may be accomplished by employing a multi-harness weaving loom of any nature to effect the raised wall structure.
  • jacquard, dobby, cam, hand-loom, or other type of lifting motion can be used and either shuttle or shuttless filling insertion can be used.
  • Warp beams or creels may be employed for yarn supply. Small or large looms can be used in this method.
  • the automated method of the present invention uses a loom for producing integrally woven stiffener walls 6 and 8, oriented in both the warp and filling directions attached to the base panel portion 4 through the intermediary of a plurality of Z-axis yarns.
  • the area A as defined by the second wall portion 8 corresponds to an increased application of the fill or X axis directed yarns 10'', 10'' in the Z coordinate axis direction to define a height HT' outwardly of the plane P defining the base or panel portion 4 of the stiffener and to define a thickness TH' as measured along the X coordinate axis (or into the page) .
  • the thickness TH' is made up of truncated lengths of the plurality of first yarn lengths 10'' and the full lengths of the plurality of first yarn lengths which constitute the first stiffener wall portion 6.
  • the binding yarn 14 is caused to be periodically woven between the topmost 10'', 10' and bottommost 10 ones of the yarns 10 which are located within the panel portion 4 and which make up both of the wall portions 6 and 8. That is, in the embodiment of Figure 5, a section is taken at the intersection between stiffener wall portions 6 and 8, and thus, the phantom line outline is provided to illustrate the existence of the intersecting outline 28 of the first stiffener wall portion 6.
  • the second stiffener wall portion 8 will be made up of the yarns identified as 10,10 constituting the base or the panel section 4, yarns 10', 10' constituting the first wall section 6 and yarns 10'', 10'' which constitute the remainder of the desired wall profile not made up by the base and the first wall sections.
  • the warp and filling yarns pass across each other with no crimp and there are continuous, straight yarns passing in both warp and filling directions through the intersection of the first and second wall stiffeners 6 and 8.
  • the binding yarn illustrated in Figure 5 as element 14' will follow a serpentine path through the base or panel portion 4 when in the nonoverweave section B,B, and will be diverted out of the plane P, in the case where a first wall section is being formed.
  • the binding yarn 14' extends throughout the entire height HT' of the second stiffener wall portion 8 so as to be woven through the entire depth of the wall as constituted by yarns 10, 10' and 10''.
  • the path followed by the binding yarn 14' may take may different forms, as mentioned above.
  • the path 30 represents one way in which the binding yarn 14' may travel, wherein the frequency of the yarn between the uppermost and lowermost yarns is at its maximum.
  • the path 32 represents an alternate path which the binding yarn may follow wherein the frequency of the binding yarn 14' between the uppermost and lowermost yarns is very low.
  • the periods of the binding yarn length 14' through the second stiffener wall portions 8,8 will be out of phase with one another as between consecutively ordered side by side lengths of the binding yarn 14' to effect capture of all yarn lengths extending in the fill or X coordinate direction.
  • a specially modified warp yarn guide may be employed which holds the warp 12,12 and binding Z axis yarns 14,14' in place at the initial stages of weaving.
  • a support bar may be added to the loom, and which bar holding the Z yarns in either up or down positions (as appropriate) during successive placement of filling yarns. The purpose of such a bar is to provide the same motion implied by the harness lifting (dropping) , but to add additional clearance at the fell of the cloth. A similar effect can be achieved with adequate lift of the harnesses and/or hooks.
  • the shape of the wall stiffener portions can change as a function of position down the length of the stiffener. Curvature can be incorporated in the integrally woven panel through weave design allowing the entire panel to curve across the fill axis or the warp axis, or both. thus the reference to a plane constituted by the panel is meant to mean a plane which extends normal to the top surface of the panel. Also, the thickness of the panel or base portion can vary in the warp and/or filling direction. This can be accomplished by selective yarn size placement (filling direction taper) or change in pick yarn size and pick yarn frequency (warp direction taper)

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Abstract

Selon un procédé permettant de fabriquer des éléments de renforcement tridimensionnels comprenant au moins une paroi (6, 8) partant d'une partie base (4) généralement plane, on forme la partie base constituée d'au moins deux couches (16, 18) par entrecroisement d'une première et d'une seconde longueur de fils (10, 12) perpendiculaires, et d'une troisième pluralité de longueurs de fils (14) situées dans des plans perpendiculaires au plan général dudit élément de renforcement. On entrecroise chaque troisième pluralité de longueurs de fils entre la pluralité supérieure et la pluralité inférieure (10, 12) de la première et de la seconde longueurs de fils perpendiculaires. On forme au moins une paroi d'élément de renforcement (6) perpendiculaire audit plan par entrecroisement supplémentaire le long d'une certaine section de ladite partie plane et dans une direction perpendiculaire audit plan général dudit élément de renforcement coïncidant avec une section de ladite pluralité de premières et de secondes longueurs.
EP97916131A 1997-03-21 1997-03-21 Procede tridimensionnel automatise pour fabriquer des panneaux de revetement a raidissage integral Withdrawn EP1019572A1 (fr)

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