EP1425156A1 - Verfahren zum gewichtsgenauen zusammenstellen von harzmattenstapeln für die herstellung von smc-teilen - Google Patents
Verfahren zum gewichtsgenauen zusammenstellen von harzmattenstapeln für die herstellung von smc-teilenInfo
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- the invention relates to a method for producing SMC parts from fiber-containing, reactive resin mats according to the preamble of claim 1 or according to the preamble of claim 2, as both, for example, from the contribution by R. Brussels and U. Weber "produce SMC parts fully automatically ", published in the journal Kunststoffe, year 79 (1989), pages 1149-1154 - briefly cited below with [1] - emerge as known.
- a certain amount of a mixture of reactive thermosetting synthetic resin and fibers is assumed in the manufacture of SMC parts, which is weight-matched to the finished component.
- the coordinated amount of raw material is obtained by cutting out cut parts of a certain size and shape from a fiber mat web (prepreg web) delivered in roll form and by folding the cut parts into a stack of mats. Such a mat stack is inserted in the correct position in an open mold of a press.
- the molding tool is heated to a temperature at which the reactive synthetic resin reacts chemically and sets. By initially slowly closing the molding tool in the press, the introduced raw material is initially only heated, which makes the synthetic resin soft and flowable.
- the mold is then closed under controlled force and speed, whereby the softened raw material flows away to the side and completely fills the mold cavity.
- the molding tool is still Niert force kept closed, so that the resin can fully react and harden. Only then can the mold be opened and the finished SMC part removed from it.
- the article cited at the beginning [1] refers, among other things, to a fluctuating basis weight of the resin mats. Despite all efforts of the resin mat manufacturers, the resin mat sheets could not be produced with sufficient accuracy in terms of basis weight even today. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the mass of resin mats introduced into the mold is always of the same size, at least within a certain tolerance, in preparation for each production step of an SMC part. The higher the quality requirements for the finished product, the less the resin mass introduced can scatter around a target value. In [1] it is mentioned that the problem of the fluctuating basis weight of the resin mat web and the consequent problem of the exact dosing of the raw mass can be alleviated if the quality requirements for the finished SMC pressed part could be reduced.
- the mass of the raw material to be filled in should, if possible, be metered in with a small fluctuation range upwards and downwards compared to a target specification. If the amount of raw material entered is too small, surface roughness as well as thin and weak points in the component arise, which in extreme cases can be perforated. If, on the other hand, too much raw material is dosed into the mold, the wall thickness becomes at least locally too large, which may lead to component distortion; in any case, overdosed parts are not true to size.
- the blank parts stacked up as a raw material to form a stack of mats are all rectangular in shape and all have the same width, namely the width, in one direction transverse to the resin mat web the trimmed Harzmattenbahn itself.
- the blank parts are produced by cross-cutting the resin mat web, using a pneumatically driven high-speed knife, which is moved across the resin mat web, which is supported at the point of the cut by a narrow profile. The high-speed knife presumably emerges from the underside of the resin mat sheet to be cut and into a longitudinal slot of the supporting profile.
- the rectangular dimension of the cut parts lying in the longitudinal direction of the resin mat web is used.
- the target weight of the resin mat stack to be adhered to it is not the cut-out cut parts that are weighed, but the finished SMC part.
- the cut parts for the next SMC part are cut longer, shorter or consistently.
- a fundamental disadvantage of the control strategy known from [1] for maintaining the target weight of the raw mass to be introduced is that a control intervention to correct the actual controlled variable - raw mass for part n - from the target / actual deviation of a variable other than a measured variable - namely Finished part mass of part n + 1 - is made dependent.
- the measured variable "finished part mass of part n + 1" does not have to be representative of the actual control variable "raw mass for the part n ".
- an attempt is made to detect or predict possible differences between the two by continuously measuring the thickness of the resin mat web.
- EP 461 365 B1 - briefly cited below with [2] - shows a process for the production of molded plastic parts made of thermoplastic, in which a weight-matched amount of heated and softened thermoplastic is placed in an open mold of a press by closing of the molding tool, the plastic mass is extruded into the cavity of the molding tool and then the workpiece still in the molding tool is cooled and finally removed from it.
- the peculiarity of the method described in [2] consists in the provision of the heated thermoplastic in a flat preform that is already roughly matched to the shape of the mold cavity, the molding compound distribution within the preform also being roughly adapted to the requirements of the mold cavity is.
- a thin, wide extrudate strand of hot plastic mass is placed on the heated and reversibly drivable conveyor belt of a belt scale and weighed at the same time.
- the extrudate strand is placed on the conveyor belt in a meandering manner and with a variable mass distribution due to a slow oscillating movement of the conveyor belt in the conveying direction or counter to it and due to a targeted belt speed that can deviate from the extrusion speed.
- the plastic mass to be introduced into the cavity of the molding tool should correspond exactly to a target weight, on the one hand to ensure complete filling of the cavity and on the other hand to ensure that the cavity is completely filled. constant closing of the mold without allowing excessive burr formation.
- this is achieved by continuously weighing the extrudate strand deposited on the belt scale. After a part of the extrudate strand still hangs on the extrusion nozzle towards the end of the formation of a preform and the entire plastic mass intended for the preform does not load the scales, the extruded strand is produced in a very short time shortly before the target weight is reached, i.e. when a certain weight threshold is reached Time separated. If the weight of the preform, which is now completely on the belt scale, lies within a predetermined tolerance range, it is transferred to a downstream conveyor, which in turn places it in the opened mold. If, on the other hand, the preform formed is too heavy or too light, it is discarded and its plastic mass is recycled.
- the weight threshold for triggering the strand separation for the next preform is also corrected accordingly, ie if the preform is too heavy, the weight threshold is changed in the direction of a lower threshold weight and vice versa.
- this type of control of the weight of the plastic mass to be introduced into a molding tool cannot be transferred to the processing of fiber-reinforced thermosets, ie not to the portioning of resin mat blanks.
- the object of the invention is to improve the generic method so that, despite the fluctuating basis weight of the resin mat web, the target weight prescribed for the resin mats to be inserted can be adhered to with high accuracy for each manufacturing cycle of an SMC part, without significantly increasing the shape of the individual cut parts change.
- this object is achieved according to the invention in two ways, namely on the one hand by the characterizing features of claim 1 and on the other hand by the characterizing features of claim 2.
- a reference blank with a constant shape and size is cut and weighed individually. From the weight and size of the reference blank as well as from the total weight of the resin mat stack to be aimed for, the areal size of correction parts is calculated, which must be cut in order to arrive at the target weight of the resin mass to be introduced precisely and precisely. This is based on the largely correct assumption that the weight per unit area of the resin mat web changes only negligibly in the immediate vicinity of the location at which the reference blank was separated from the resin mat web. In the solution according to claim 1, which is based on a multi-layer stacked resin mass, the further layers of resin mat are regarded as correction parts and their size to be observed together is determined.
- FIG. 2 shows the cutting table with the line tear on a resin mat web for cutting the parts of a seven-part resin mat stack of a first embodiment
- FIG. 3 shows an auxiliary device built on a balance for weighing the reference blank and for preparing a resin mat stack obtained according to FIG. 2,
- FIG. 4 shows the cutting tool arranged on the wrist of an industrial robot with a circular saw blade, which perform high-frequency rotary oscillation movements, for cutting the resin mat web supported by a glass plate,
- Fig. 5 is an enlarged individual view of the cutting intervention of the circular saw blade in the supported resin mat web
- FIG. 6 shows the cutting of a single-layer useful blank of predetermined weight from a reference blank of changing basis weight as a second exemplary embodiment.
- the process on which the invention is based for the serial production of SMC parts will be briefly explained with reference to the process scheme according to FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the SMC parts are produced from fiber-containing, reactive resin mass, which is provided as a preliminary product in the form of a quasi-endless resin mat web 22 wound up into a supply roll 1.
- Harzmattenbahn Fibers are usually glass fibers; carbon fibers or Kevlar fibers can also be integrated in the case of highly stressed SMC parts.
- the fibers are cut and have a length of about 1 to 5 cm.
- a protective film 26 which is only removed shortly before the resin mat is processed and rolled up to form a separate roll 2.
- the protective film is deflected towards the winding 2 against a direction of processing of the resin mat via a turning bar 12 located in the vicinity of the cutting table 3.
- the side edges of the resin mat web are unsuitable for further processing and must be cut off.
- the lateral waste strips 28 are also deflected into waste containers 14 via turning bars 13.
- the resin mat webs which are still provided with an adhesive protective film can also be cut without difficulty.
- the edge strips 28 (FIG. 2) can be removed before the protective film 26 is removed.
- it may be desirable to cut the cut parts with protective film so that they can be stacked before further processing and only processed further at a later time.
- the protective film adhering to each of the blank parts prevents the stacked blank parts or those stored in a scale formation from sticking together. So far, separate sheets of film were required as an intermediate layer in such a case, which caused additional costs.
- cutting to include the protective film is a special case, which is why the following description is based on the rule in which the protective film is peeled off and coherently wound before the resin mat web is cut becomes.
- This also has the advantage that it is easier to check whether the protective film has completely detached from the resin mat web. Film residues adhering to the cut parts are very harmful for the further processing process and the strength of the pressed part to be produced.
- the usable part of the resin mat web 22 is disassembled on the cutting table 3 provided with a very hard support, various cut parts of a defined shape and size being cut out from it and stacked to form a multilayer resin mat stack of a certain number of layers and arrangement.
- the resulting waste which can no longer be used, is discharged into a corresponding waste container 4.
- the cutting can basically be done manually with a sharp knife and steel ruler. In the exemplary embodiment shown in the figures, however, mechanized and automated cutting by means of a cutting robot 5 is provided, which will be discussed in more detail below.
- the cut parts cut by the robot 5 on the table 3 are stacked to form a resin mat stack 31, the cut parts being handled and moved by a handling robot 7, which in turn is used with a specially for this task and this substrate trained resin mat gripper 27 is equipped.
- the handling robot places it in a heated position in a heated molding tool 35 of the molding press 8.
- the molding tool is pressed by the press until the shaping surface of the cavity comes into contact with the resin mat stack closed and tensioned in the closing direction with a defined, initially low force.
- the resin mass heats up and softens. Due to the closing force of the molding tool 35, the resin mass begins to flow and thereby completely fills the cavity of the more and more closing molding tool.
- the tool is then held in the closed state for a certain time with increased force, the resin composition thermally curing.
- the press 8 opens the tool, the finished SMC part remaining in the lower, stationary mold half.
- a removal robot 9 provided with a removal tool 29, the SMC part can be removed from the press and placed in a cooling station 11. While the cutting and handling robots 5 and 7 are preparing a new resin mat stack, the opened mold is cleaned by two cleaning robots 10 so that it is ready to receive a new resin mat stack.
- the process described for the production of the SMC parts requires that the resin composition entered into the molding tool corresponds very precisely to a specific target weight.
- the cavity of the mold must be completely filled by the resin mass introduced, on the other hand, there must not be too much resin mass in the cavity, because otherwise the mold cannot be closed completely and the molded SMC part is not molded to size.
- an unnecessary amount of resin mass oozes out at the parting line of the tool, which makes the cleaning process more difficult.
- the resin mat web 22 has impermissibly high fluctuations in the basis weight, which cannot be avoided in the production of this preliminary product.
- the present invention provides a special method for cutting the cut parts of the Resin mats in front.
- the largely correct assumption is made that the basis weight of the resin mat web changes only negligibly within a surface area that is required for the resin mass of an SMC part.
- the cut parts 24, 25 to be used for the resin mat stack 31 of a specific SMC part are not only cut out of one and the same resin mat web 22, but also in the immediate vicinity of one another.
- a special blank part, a reference blank part 24 is cut with a shape and surface area F r that is always the same for all successive resin mat stacks and, after the blanking, is weighed individually and its actual weight G r , i St is determined.
- the local, actual basis weight of the resin mat web is known to a certain extent.
- the required resin mat stack consists of further, variably designed blank parts 25.
- the resin mat stack 31 put together with the weighed, area-constant reference blank part 24 and with the other blank parts 25 individually dimensioned in terms of surface area has a total weight G g which, apart from a few parts per thousand, corresponds to the target weight.
- the predetermined target weight of the resin mat stack could be maintained over a spread of + 0.3%.
- the weight-consistant resin mat stack formed in this way can thus be easily inserted into the ready-to-use mold 35 of the molding press 8 for further processing.
- the ongoing weighing of reference blanks of equal area which is carried out when the method according to the invention is carried out as standard, also gives a reliable wealth of data with regard to the course of the basis weight of the resin mat web in the longitudinal direction of the web.
- the generated, very dense amount of data can be in several ways be evaluated.
- the basis weight of the resin mat web in the longitudinal direction of the web can be printed out as a longitudinal profile, ie as a line, the average basis weight, the standard deviation and the maximum deviation from the mean value can be determined. This data enables reliable quality control and monitoring of the resin mat webs delivered.
- the total weight G g of the fiber mats is entered as a target size in a computational process for each workpiece, from which the resin mat parts are then cut individually and precisely.
- the invention makes it possible, without further ado, to change this target variable slightly, if necessary, or to adapt it to new knowledge or circumstances.
- the target weight can be corrected in the course of series production from a value X to a value of, for example, X + 0.5% or, for example, to a value X - 1.3%.
- the new target weight is entered, the actual total weights of the resin mat stacks produced after the change are correspondingly higher or lower, and likewise with the accuracy of ⁇ 0.3% mentioned.
- the invention therefore allows a sensitive and precise specification of the total weight of the resin mats to be inserted into the molding tool 35.
- the resin mat stacks After the resin mat stacks are put together on a scale, it is easily possible to exactly determine the actual total weight of the finished resin mat stacks by weighing and to record them for each workpiece. This not only allows monitoring of the method of weighing the resin mat webs according to the invention. Rather, the actual weights of the finished resin mat stacks, which are recorded individually for the workpiece, also provide essential data for quality monitoring of the pressed part production. From the made and permissible assumption that the gradient of the basis weight within the resin mat web 22 is only slight, it follows that the basis weight within the surface bath requirement for a resin mat stack is constant with sufficient accuracy.
- the dimension 1 of the rectangular side of the remaining blank parts 25 is expediently used for all successive resin mat stacks 31 left unchanged, whereas only the transverse dimension b of the rectangular side of the remaining blank parts 25 for the current resin mat stack is individually dimensioned according to the technical teaching of the present invention.
- the unchanged longitudinal dimension l is parallel and the individually dimensioned width dimension b of the rectangular side of the other blank parts is oriented transversely to the longitudinal direction of the resin mat web 22.
- the usable width of the resin mat web 22 is at least slightly larger than the width B of the reference blank 24 plus three times the greatest width b of the other blank parts 25. This generally results in an edge strip 30 as a loss of blank on one edge of the resin mat web is discharged into the waste container 4. Only in the extreme case of an extremely low basis weight of the resin mat web may this marginal loss be negligibly small.
- the resin mat stack to be formed consists of a total of seven blank parts, namely a particularly large reference blank part 24 and six substantially smaller, remaining blank parts 25, which are arranged in two small, adjacent stacks on the bottom lying reference blank 24 are stacked.
- the largest possible blank should be selected for the reference formation, so that the weight determined is also reliably representative of the weight per unit area of the resin mat web in the area of the web end being worked on.
- the reference blank part should expediently have a size of approximately 20 to 60% of the total area of all blank parts of the resin mat stack 31. If it is too small, the weight and the area do not represent the local basis weight with sufficient accuracy.
- the reference blank is too large, it may be the case that the weight balance cannot always be achieved with the relatively small remaining blank or parts without in extreme cases with a very high basis weight, they must be trimmed to an unacceptably high degree. In such a case, it is then better to remove at least part of the excess mat weight from the reference blank itself. This will be discussed again below in connection with a further exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 6.
- the blank part lying in the bottom of the resin mat stack 31 is of sufficient size to be able to be selected as a reference blank part 24.
- the remaining cut parts 25 can be stacked on the reference cut part still lying on the weighing plate 16 of the balance 15 to form the resin mat stack 31.
- the bottom cut part will therefore be selected as the reference cut part and always cut to the same area.
- the two resin mats at the bottom is a rare occurrence, you will, for example, choose the two resin mats at the bottom as a reference blank, always cut them to the same area and weigh them together.
- the reference blank 24 is not only weighed when it is placed on the scale 15, but at the same time also preformed in a manner which is later useful for inserting the finished resin mat stack 31 into the mold.
- a stacking device 17 is fastened on the weighing plate 16 of the balance, which enables the step-by-step preforming of the reference blank by the handling robot and the resin mat gripper.
- the remaining cut parts 25 are stacked on the lower or upper section of the stepped reference blank.
- the invention can also be implemented in a manually operated process sequence, in which, for example, the cutting parts are cut out by means of a hand-held knife and steel ruler on a steel base, and in which the cutting parts are handled manually by the worker.
- This method of working can still occasionally be found today in the series production of SMC parts.
- the reference blank 24 could be cut relatively precisely using a template. Templates of different shapes could also be used for the other blank parts 25, and after weighing the reference blank part it is automatically output which template from a finely graduated set is to be used. It is also conceivable to cut using punching tools, such as those used when cutting leather in a flat press, possibly supported by vibrators. A set of finely graduated punching tools had to be kept ready for the area-flexible cutting of the other cut parts. Depending on the calculation result, an individually determined punching tool would have to be output from the supply and placed on the resin mat web for punching out a blank.
- a sharp knife with an exchangeable blade can be used, which with a pulling cut, i.e. at a shallow angle, through which the resin mat is moved, although it must be monitored that there are no fiber bundles hanging on the cutting edge that interfere with a clean cut.
- a high-frequency rotary-oscillating circular saw blade 21 is recommended for the automated cutting of the cut parts using cutting robot 5 as cutting tool, which performs small rotary strokes around a stationary central position.
- the resin mat web 22 is supported by a smooth, continuous and shock and joint-free base in the form of a thick glass plate 23, which is harder than the cutting teeth of the circular saw blade.
- a drive motor 20 for the circular saw blade 21 is held in a position such that the wrist axis 19 crosses the axis of the rotational oscillation movement of the circular saw blade via a holding bracket.
- the drive motor sets the circular saw blade in rotary oscillations with about 20,000 turning strokes per minute via an integrated lifting gear.
- the cutting tool is guided along the desired cutting line so that the circumference of the circular saw blade touches the glass plate 23 with little force during the cutting.
- the very small rotary oscillation strokes h performed by the circular saw blade are larger than the tooth pitch t, but are smaller or slightly larger than the thickness s of the resin matting 22.
- the rotary oscillating circular saw blade works similarly to a jigsaw, but with two basic differences.
- the sawing tool is a circular path stroke of the sawing tool, which plunges tangentially into the material to be cut and does not emerge from the material to be cut on the underside; the arcuate cutting strokes are oriented at a very flat angle to the mat level.
- the material to be cut cannot follow the high-frequency oscillation movement due to inertia, even when it is lying loosely, so that the resin mat lying loosely on the glass plate can also be cut without any problems.
- the advantage of this cutting tool is not only trouble-free and low-wear work when cutting resin mats, but also the possibility of being able to perform tight curve cuts precisely.
- a reference blank 32 with a shape and surface area F r that is always the same for all successive SMC parts is first cut, and this is weighed after the blanking, whereby that actual weight G r is determined.
- the shape and the area For this Reference blanks are selected so that the latter in any case overhangs the blank on all sides.
- the reference blank is large enough to be able to cut out the usable blank 33 with the prescribed weight G n of the usable blank 33. In any case, a more or less large piece of waste 34 is obtained when the reference blank is cut back, ie when the usable blank 33 is cut out of it.
- a rectangular shape with the side lengths A 'and B' is selected for the reference blank 32, the width dimension B 'corresponding to the usable width of the resin mat web 22'.
- the reference blank can then be cut by means of a straight cut made transversely to the longitudinal direction of the resin mat web at a distance A 'from the previous end edge. It only has to be ensured that the area F r of all reference blanks with an error deviation of very few parts per thousand is the same.
- the cutting table 3 'used to cut the reference blank 32' is at the same time designed as a scale, ie the glass plate 23 forming the table top is also the weighing plate of a scale.
- the end of the resin mat web 22 ' has to be temporarily lifted off the cutting table 3' by the handling robot 7 or by another, simpler auxiliary device.
- the area F a of the surplus of the reference blank 32 in relation to the area F n of the usable blank 33, ie the area of the waste piece 34, is determined.
- the relationship F a F r . (1 - G n / G r , ist) or a derived, in principle similar relationship.
- this date can be automatically entered into the control of the cutting robot 5 in a suitable, for example digitized form for each workpiece.
- a finely graduated family of movement lines for guiding a curved cut is stored in the robot control, with a certain area F a being assigned to each individual movement line. Three of these cutting lines are indicated in FIG.
- the associated movement program is activated in the control of the trimming robot and the trimming robot is then moved.
- the hatched area lying outside the actual cutting line represents the waste piece 34 to be removed. If the reference blank is very heavy, a waste piece 34 with a large area F a is cut off, with a light reference blank the reverse is the case.
- the pieces of waste to be cut are similar in shape and in any case a piece of surface with the weight G n which corresponds to the shape and size of the desired usable blank 33 remains, which can be inserted into the mold.
- the reference blank if it has been cut using an industrial robot, is no longer moved after being cut, ie the reference blank must not be weighed from the base on which it was cut , taken down or moved, otherwise the reference to the The cutting robot system is lost. This is also the reason why the cutting table is also designed as a scale or as a weighing plate.
- the cutting table which is also a weighing plate
- the actual weight of this reference part can be determined, which is usually too high compared to the target weight to be maintained.
- the excess weight of the current reference part is converted into a new cutting contour, similar to that already described in connection with FIG. 6, three of which are indicated in FIG. 6 by differently drawn lines.
- the reference part is deliberately reduced in weight and the target weight of the usable blank 33 is thereby precisely controlled.
- the shape-related waste only falls a relatively narrow, weight-related edge strip as a blend.
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