JP2009057643A - Glass roving, traverse device for manufacturing glass roving, and method of manufacturing glass roving - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a glass roving capable of forming a fiber-reinforced resin of stable performance by suppressing the lowering of manufacturing efficiency or the like during manufacturing the fiber-reinforced resin, a traverse device for manufacturing the glass roving, and a method of manufacturing the glass roving. <P>SOLUTION: This glass roving 10 is made by winding up a glass filaments constituting a glass strand 20 so as to have a ply-twist of alternative right and left twists in the length direction of the filament. The traverse device for manufacturing the glass roving 10 is formed with a thread groove at a tread guide member of the device, and the ratio of the width of the thread groove to the thickness of the tread guide member in a direction of the thread guide of the thread groove is not smaller than 1.0. In the manufacturing method of the glass roving, this glass roving 10 is manufactured by coating the glass filament with a sizing agent, winding up a glass filament bundle, traversing with a traverse width of from 250 mm to 400 mm, into a roll using a traverse device for a glass roving manufacturing which has the thread guide member, and then being dried. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a glass roving used in fiber reinforced resin (FRP) applications using glass fibers, a traverse device for manufacturing glass roving used for manufacturing the glass roving, and manufacturing of glass roving using the device. Regarding the method.

  Glass roving for FRP is used for glass fiber reinforced resin having excellent performance by various molding methods. This glass roving is generally manufactured by the following process. First, the homogeneously melted molten glass is formed as a glass filament having a diameter of several μm to several tens of μm by being drawn out from a number of nozzles provided at the bottom of a platinum bushing. Next, for example, in order to form a single-ended glass roving, a sizing agent is applied to the surface of each glass filament, and then several hundred to several thousand glass filaments are bundled into one glass strand. It is wound up to a predetermined length as glass roving (DWR: Direct Wound Roving) while applying a predetermined twill. Here, as a method of hanging the glass strand, the yarn path of the glass strand is controlled by reciprocating the crossing device (traverse device) along the rotation direction of the collet in the vicinity of the collet which is a winding device. The twill method is generally used. As a method of controlling the glass strand, it is linked electronically by reciprocating the traverse at a fixed ratio mechanically or electrically linked to the collet rotation speed, or by driving each mechanism separately. There is a way to make it. The glass roving thus formed is subjected to a drying process, and after the glass strands are properly dried, the glass roving is subjected to a necessary treatment such as removing the take-up tube used at the time of winding, that is, forming the glass roving. And single-ended roving will be completed.

  Since such glass roving is one of the materials indispensable when constructing a structural material that is lightweight and has high mechanical strength, many inventions have been made for the purpose of improving the performance of glass roving and improving its quality. Has been done. For example, in Patent Document 1, an FRP molded body is externally used by using the longest glass filament having a yarn length difference of 0.1 to 0.5% and a yarn length variation of 0.05% or more. An invention is disclosed in which an FRP molded body that does not break immediately even when a stress exceeding the fracture strength is applied can be configured. Moreover, in patent document 2, in order to suppress the puncture which generate | occur | produces at the time of the drying of the glass roving formed so that it might become a high winding density, when the glass strand is wound up, the rhombus-shaped gap | interval formed by a strand crossing Has been proposed to have a structure in which openings are arranged in a spiral shape from the inner surface to the outer surface of the glass roving. Furthermore, in Patent Document 3, the strand pitch of the glass strand is in the range of 50 to 80 mm and the wind number is in the range of 5 to 9 as a configuration for suppressing the occurrence of fluff, lifting and collapse of the glass strand. An invention has also been made.

A number of inventions have also been made for traverse devices used to twill glass strands. For example, Patent Document 4 discloses an invention in which an eyelet member formed with a yarn introduction hole through which fibers pass is rotated, thereby preventing uneven wear of the yarn introduction hole and extending the life of the eyelet member. Moreover, in patent document 5, when using the conventional spiral traverse wire, the so-called parallel winding part wound along the circumference of a collet peripheral surface arises, and it is glass by having this parallel winding part. Traverse wire with a specific shape that is not a spiral shape in order to prevent the phenomenon of fluffing due to the influence of adjacent glass strands when pulling out the strands, and the phenomenon of breaking glass strands Inventions have been made that can be improved by using.
JP 2002-80237 A JP 2003-212590 A JP 2007-112636 A JP-A-9-169470 JP 2004-217325 A

  However, it cannot be said that the inventions that have been made so far are sufficient for further improving the performance of glass roving. Many glass fibers used as structural materials are supplied at a low price except for their advanced performance, and when used as a reinforcing material in FRP, it is possible to reliably achieve a high reinforcing effect. It is an excellent core material. Therefore, there is no doubt that glass fibers will be used in more and more applications such as structural members that require high strength. Studying and investigating further improvements in performance and stable quality of fiber reinforced materials and constituent materials used in them will increase the versatility of glass fibers such as glass roving. It is important to always pursue glass fiber with higher performance than before because it is likely to lead to finding new usage methods and unfocused functions. It is. And in order to obtain FRP having high mechanical strength, rigidity, etc., or to obtain a composite material having a new function that has not existed before, the glass fiber used to reinforce it also has a certain high quality and Performance will continue to be required. For this reason, although the inventions made so far are also effective in improving the quality of the glass fiber, in order to achieve higher quality in various points and exhibit stable performance, Improvement is needed.

  In the present invention, from the above-mentioned viewpoint, attention is paid to the following problems as performance of glass roving, particularly single-end roving called DWR, and an attempt is made to improve it. In other words, when manufacturing FRP using glass roving, various manufacturing methods are known. Among them, the filament winding method ( FW method) and pultrusion method (also called drawing method). In the case of applying the FW method or the drawing method as the FRP manufacturing method, after impregnating the glass strand with a predetermined resin using an impregnation tank or the like, the excess resin adhering to the glass strand is obtained by using a die or the like. The process of squeezing the surplus through the narrow gaps or pores is required. However, in such a process of squeezing out the excess resin, the glass strand in a state containing the resin is excessively defibrated, that is, even if each filament contains the resin, it is likely to be in a state where the filaments are not converged. In the phenomenon (hereinafter, this phenomenon is referred to as an over-opening phenomenon), when the resin is squeezed, the glass filament is excessively rubbed with a die or the like so that the surface is scratched or broken. There is a problem that thread breakage occurs and FRP cannot be continuously formed, resulting in a decrease in production efficiency. In addition, when a glass strand having such a structural defect is used, there is a concern that various high performances of the molded FRP cannot be sufficiently exhibited.

  Therefore, the present invention suppresses the decrease in production efficiency and the performance decrease of the fiber reinforced resin caused by the appearance quality of the glass fiber when manufacturing the fiber reinforced resin using the glass fiber, and the fiber reinforced resin with high efficiency. Glass roving capable of forming a fiber reinforced resin that exhibits stable performance according to the material design, a glass roving manufacturing traverse device capable of forming such glass roving, and this glass It aims at providing the manufacturing method of the glass roving which uses the traverse apparatus for roving manufacture.

  The glass roving of the present invention is a glass roving in which a plurality of glass filaments are converged on a single glass strand and wound in a spiral shape, and the glass filament constituting the glass strand is in the filament yarn length direction It is characterized by being wound in a single yarn twisted state in which a right twist and a left twist are alternately repeated.

  Here, a glass roving in which a plurality of glass filaments are focused on a single glass strand and wound in a spiral shape, and the glass filament constituting the glass strand is twisted rightward in the filament yarn length direction. It is as follows that it is wound up in a state where a single yarn is repeatedly twisted alternately with left twisting. That is, the glass roving of the present invention is formed by applying a bundling agent to a large number of glass filaments so as to be bundled in a gathering process into glass strands, and the glass strands are wound around a collet attached to a winder. This is a wound glass roving. And about this glass roving, it is not the state of the double yarn twist which bundles and twists the several filament which comprises the glass strand wound up, but the state which twisted each filament individually, ie, the state of single yarn twist Furthermore, the glass filament is in a state of being concentrated and dried while being twisted so that the twisting direction of one glass filament is repeated in the right and left screw directions in the yarn length direction. It represents that the glass strand containing is wound up.

  The present inventor suppresses the occurrence of the excessive opening phenomenon while conducting research for many years on the method of preventing the excessive opening phenomenon of the glass roving which is a problem in the FRP molding process by the filament winding method or the pultrusion method. Invented a glass roving manufacturing method and a glass roving manufacturing traverse apparatus related to the glass roving manufacturing method capable of realizing a strand structure that suppresses the excessive opening phenomenon while further finding a glass strand structure that can be performed. It is presented here.

  In order to efficiently suppress the occurrence of the over-opening phenomenon, as described above, some of the glass filaments constituting the glass strand are right-twisted (or right-handed) and left-twisted (or It is important to have a single yarn twisted structure (hereinafter referred to as a self-twisting repeat structure) that repeats “left-handed”, and glass strands that do not have such a structure often experience excessive opening. become. Here, it is better that the number of filaments having a self-twisting repeating structure is larger, but it is not always necessary that all glass filaments constituting the glass strand have a self-twisting repeating structure, and at least the glass filament constituting the glass strand. It is sufficient that at least one of the has a self-twisting repeating structure. In addition, the self-twisted repeating structure is not particularly limited with respect to the length of the portion subjected to right-hand twist or the length of the portion subjected to left-hand twist. Also, it is not limited to whether it is strong twist.

  Moreover, in order to realize the structure of the glass filament that constitutes the glass strand in a self-twisting structure, a method that forms a self-twisting structure is adopted regardless of the method used. However, when the glass fiber is wound on the collet in a spiral shape, it is preferably manufactured so that a self-twisting repeating structure is realized, and more specifically, a predetermined condition is set as described later. This can be achieved by using a satisfactory traverse device.

  As a method of confirming whether or not the glass filaments constituting the glass strand have a self-twisting repeating structure, the glass filaments that have been focused by a sizing agent and dried are carefully opened from the sampled glass strands. By observing the twisted state, a self-twisting repeating structure can be recognized. In the filament having a self-twisting repeating structure, a phenomenon is observed in which the twist due to the right twist and the twist due to the left twist appear alternately. However, when performing the opening operation for confirmation, care should be taken so that the twisted state of the glass filament does not change. Also, other confirmation methods are not particularly limited as long as they use a confirmation method that surely shows that the glass filament is twisted.

  The glass filament constituting the glass strand is wound up in a single yarn twisted state in which the single filament is alternately repeated in the filament yarn length direction in the direction of the filament yarn, that is, the glass filament is a self-twisting repeating structure. It is not known in detail about what mechanism makes it possible to suppress the excessive opening phenomenon of the glass strand in the state impregnated with the resin. However, the present inventors bundle glass filaments having a self-twisted repeating structure with glass filaments having a self-twisting repeating structure by virtue of the presence of glass filaments in which right-handed twist and left-handed twist are alternately repeated in the glass strand. The structure in which the right twist and the left twist are alternately repeated causes the binding force to be evenly applied to the left and right, and the filament causes excessive opening of the glass strand as a whole. In addition, the glass strand is not considered to be greatly twisted.

  Further, if the glass roving of the present invention is a single end roving in addition to the above, an FRP structure having a high strength structure as designed can be obtained. Here, the glass roving is a single-end roving means that the glass strand end positions are not aligned as in the multi-end roving, but the glass strand end positions are aligned. is there.

  Furthermore, in the glass roving of the present invention, in addition to the above, if the glass filament that has been single-twisted is formed by alternately repeating right and left twists in the filament yarn length direction, The entire glass strand contained does not have a twisted outer shape, and it is easy to obtain a molded body having a homogeneous structure when molding a composite material by various molding methods using the glass strand. .

  Here, the alternating right twist and left twist in the filament yarn length direction of the single-twisted glass filament are periodically repeated means that one glass filament is in a right-twisted state. The length in the left-twisted state and the length in the left-twisted state are equal for each adjacent twist in the same direction across the twisted portion in the opposite direction, or both the length in the right-twisted state and the length in the left-twisted state Are both equal. Further, the term “periodic” is not limited to the entire roving, but may be any one that has at least 10 times repeatability per roving and is partially periodic. Moreover, the lengths of the right twist and the left twist may gradually increase or decrease gradually.

  In order to confirm that the alternating right twist and left twist in the filament yarn length direction of the single-twisted glass filament are periodically repeated, when performing the releasing operation as described above, What is necessary is just to measure the length of a glass filament. As the measuring device, a calibrated measuring device, jig, or the like, such as a caliper, a tape measure, or a laser measuring device, may be used.

  The glass roving of the present invention is characterized in that the alternating repetition of the right twist and the left twist in the filament yarn length direction of the single-twisted glass filament is formed by traversing operation of the traverse device. To do.

  Here, it is included in the glass strand that the alternate repetition of the right twist and the left twist in the filament yarn length direction of the single-twisted glass filament is formed by the traversing operation of the traverse device. A structure in which the twisted state of the glass filament is wound in a state where the right twist and the left twist are repeatedly formed in the yarn length direction is formed, and a plurality of glass filaments that are not originally twisted are bundled with a bundling agent, It means that it is formed by winding while traversing a collet around a collet by a traverse device used to hang the wire.

  As the traverse device, any configuration and drive system that can be traversed without causing damage such as scratches on the surface of the glass fiber can be adopted. Therefore, for various manufacturing conditions such as the traverse speed, traverse width, traverse angle, and number of winds, necessary conditions may be adopted depending on the dimensions of the roving to be manufactured.

  The material of the glass fiber constituting the glass roving of the present invention may be any material. That is, E glass (non-alkali glass composition), AR glass (alkali resistant glass composition), C glass (acid-resistant alkali lime-containing glass composition), D glass (composition realizing a low dielectric constant), S glass (high strength) , A composition realizing a high elastic modulus), T glass (a composition realizing a high strength and a high elastic modulus), and H glass (a composition realizing a high dielectric constant).

  The fiber diameter and fiber cross-sectional shape of the glass filament constituting the glass strand of the present invention are not particularly limited. That is, a glass filament having a diameter of several μm to several tens of μm can be used, and a true circle, a substantially ellipse, a flat circle, a hollow circle, or a substantially rectangular shape can be appropriately employed for the cross-sectional shape.

  The sizing agent used for sizing the glass roving of the present invention may be any sizing agent as long as it exhibits the desired sizing property, and other additives may be added in addition to the sizing agent. It is also possible to add and use as appropriate.

  The traversing apparatus for producing a glass roving according to the present invention is a traversing apparatus that causes a glass filament bundle to traverse by a yarn guide member when the glass roving is wound in a spiral shape, and the yarn guide member is threaded. A groove is formed, and the ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the yarn path direction of the yarn groove is 1.0 or more.

  Here, when winding the glass roving into a spiral shape, a traverse device for traversing the glass filament bundle by the yarn guide member, wherein a yarn groove is formed in the yarn guide member, The ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the yarn path direction of the yarn groove being 1.0 or more is as follows. That is, with respect to a traverse device that traverses by reciprocating in the direction parallel to the collet rotation axis when winding the long glass fiber strand around the collet, a yarn guide portion (traverse guide) that performs the reciprocal motion of this device A yarn guide for guiding the glass strand is formed in the material so that the glass strand is wound on the collet so as to have a predetermined traverse width, and a yarn guide in the groove length direction of the yarn groove is formed. The ratio of the width dimension of the yarn groove to the thickness dimension of the portion, that is, the value obtained by dividing the width dimension of the yarn groove by the thickness dimension of the yarn guide portion is 1.0 or more.

  The yarn guide member of the traverse device is provided with a yarn groove as described above, and does not form a flaw or the like that is a defect on the surface of the glass fiber, and the yarn guide member itself is worn out. If it is not significant, it can be adopted.

  Regarding the yarn guide member of the traverse device, the width of the yarn groove is preferably a parallel groove width, but may not be parallel if necessary. When the groove width is not parallel, the average groove width corresponds to the groove width in the present invention. As for the thickness dimension of the yarn guide portion, as in the case of the groove width, if the thickness dimension of the yarn guide portion is not constant, the average value is taken as the thickness dimension of the yarn guide portion. However, for the thickness dimension of the yarn guide part, only the thickness dimension of the part with the groove is important. Therefore, when the thickness dimension varies, the average value of the part with the groove is the thickness of the yarn guide part. Dimension. For measurement of the width dimension of the yarn groove and the thickness dimension of the yarn guide portion, it is possible to use various calibrated measuring instruments and jigs as described above.

  In the traversing apparatus for producing glass roving according to the present invention, an appropriate stress is applied to the glass strand by setting the ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the yarn path direction of the yarn groove to 1.0 or more. However, if this ratio is less than 1.0, the ratio of the thickness dimension becomes too large. As a result, the glass strand is strongly pressed against the guide member, and as a result, the glass constituting the glass strand. This is not preferable because only one filament is not wound in a state where the right twist and the left twist are alternately repeated in the filament yarn length direction.

  In the glass roving manufacturing traverse apparatus of the present invention, if the ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the yarn path direction of the yarn groove becomes too large, the glass strand is traversed to a predetermined position. From such a viewpoint, the ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the yarn path direction of the yarn groove is preferably 5.0 or less, More preferably, it is 4.0 or less, and more preferably 3.0 or less.

  Furthermore, in the traversing apparatus for producing a glass roving according to the present invention, there are an upper limit value and a lower limit value for the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member due to the restriction due to the outer diameter dimension of the traversed glass strand. 0 mm, the lower limit is 0.5 mm. In order to produce a more stable glass strand with respect to the upper limit value and the lower limit value, the upper limit value is preferably 3.0 mm and the lower limit value is 1.0 mm.

  In addition to the above, the traverse device for glass roving production of the present invention has a yarn guide elasticity that is within the range of 6 GPa to 20 GPa in accordance with JIS K6911 (1995) of the yarn guide member of the traverse device. It is preferable because it has an appropriate elasticity that is neither too large nor too small, and exhibits stable performance in terms of forming a twist of the glass filament in the glass strand during the traverse operation. When the bending elastic modulus according to JIS K6911 (1995) of the yarn guide member of the traverse device is smaller than 6 GPa, the yarn guide is too soft and easily bends too much, so the probability of misguided glass strands increases. On the other hand, if the bending elastic modulus according to JIS K6911 (1995) of the yarn guide member of the traverse device exceeds 20 GPa, the material becomes too hard, which may undesirably increase the manufacturing cost for processing such as grooving. .

  Moreover, the traverse apparatus for glass glass roving manufacture of this invention can comprise the yarn guide member of a traverse apparatus with a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, etc. For example, polycarbonate, urethane resin, urea resin, phenol resin, polyacetal resin, and the like can be used as appropriate. These resin materials can employ not only single members but also various composite materials. For example, you may use what contained carbon fiber, glass fiber, etc. in a suitable quantity. In addition to the fiber material, a mixture of granules, powder and the like may be used. Further, the yarn guide member of the traverse device may have a structure in which a plurality of members are combined. For example, only the surface of the yarn groove surface may be a glass fiber reinforced phenol resin plate, and the plate may be affixed to a polycarbonate substrate.

  Further, the surface of the yarn groove of the yarn guide member of the traverse device does not necessarily have to be flat, and may be convex or uneven, and a rotatable roller is attached to the yarn groove. It may be configured as described above.

  The glass roving manufacturing method of the present invention uses a glass roving manufacturing traverse device having a yarn guide member after applying a sizing agent to a glass filament drawn from a bushing nozzle. A glass roving according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is produced by winding the glass strand in a spiral shape by traversing with a swing width and then drying the moisture. .

  Here, after applying the sizing agent to the glass filament drawn from the bushing nozzle, the glass filament bundle is traversed at a traverse width of 200 mm to 400 mm using a glass roving manufacturing traverse device having a yarn guide member. Thus, winding the glass strand in a spiral shape and then drying the moisture is as follows. That is, a bundling agent is applied to a glass filament formed by continuously drawing molten glass from a nozzle disposed in a bushing, and a thread groove is formed on the yarn guide member of the bundle of glass filaments. Using a traversing device for glass roving in which the ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the road direction is 1.0 or more, the traverse width of the yarn guide member is in the range of 200 mm to 400 mm. The glass filament constituting the glass strand is wound in a spiral shape as a glass strand so that the glass filament constituting the glass strand becomes a state in which the right twist and the left twist are alternately repeated in the filament yarn length direction with only one piece. Represents the glass roving that is dried by heating the moisture adhering when the sizing agent is applied afterwards. There.

  Various specifications may be adopted for the bushing for producing the glass fiber, and the optimum number of bushing nozzles and nozzle arrangement may be used as appropriate. Various methods can be adopted as a method for applying the sizing agent. For example, an appropriate amount may be applied using a known aspirator or the like.

  When the glass filament bundle is traversed at a traverse width of 200 mm to 400 mm, a self-twisting repetitive structure is formed at an appropriate period when the glass filament bundle is wound in a spiral shape. By drying the glass roving after the winding is finished, the self-twisting repeating structure is not released even by vibrations during transportation, and a glass roving having a stable twist quality can be obtained.

  When the traversing width is less than 200 mm, the width of the formed glass roving is small, and the production efficiency is poor. If the traversing width exceeds 400 mm, the weight of the glass roving becomes too heavy, and it may be necessary to modify the process equipment so as to be able to withstand this weight.

  In addition, any method for drying moisture may be used as long as it can be dried with sufficient efficiency. For example, the treatment is performed in a drying furnace at 120 ° C. to 140 ° C. for several to several tens of hours. Either a drying method using hot air that dries while retaining glass roving for a period of time or a dielectric drying method that uses microwaves or high frequency to dry in about several hours may be employed.

  According to the prediction of the present inventor about how the twist is formed in the glass filament in the glass strand when the glass roving of the present invention is obtained using the traverse device for manufacturing the glass roving of the present invention. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 (A) is a partial plan view during a winding operation on a collet using glass strands as glass roving, and FIG. 2 (B) shows a partial perspective view. In FIG. 2, 10 is a glass roving, 20 is a glass strand, 50 is a collet, 60 is a traverse device, 61 is a traverse device drive unit, 63 is a yarn guide member, 64 is a yarn groove, R is a rotation direction of the roving, V Is the moving direction of the yarn guide member, W is the tensile force applied to the strand as the roving rotates, and H is the resultant force (= twisting stress) of V and W.

  As apparent from FIG. 2 (A), when the operation of winding the glass strand 20 in the rotation direction R of the collet 50 is performed, the device drive unit 61 is moved in the axial direction of the collet 50 by the traverse device 60 immediately before winding. The yarn is wound while being traversed by the movement of the yarn guide member 63 that is driven by the movement of the yarn guide member 63. The stress which acts on the glass strand 20 during the winding operation | movement of such a glass strand 20 is demonstrated using the partial perspective view shown to FIG. 2 (B). This figure illustrates the middle of the winding operation. Here, the glass strand 20 applies the stress V accompanying the movement of the yarn guide member 63 operating in the right direction of the traverse to the yarn groove of the yarn guide member 63. At the same time, a tensile force W along the yarn length direction is received by the roving 10 that rotates according to the rotation direction R of the roving 10. For this reason, the glass strand 20 is subjected to a twisting stress H that is a resultant force of V and W at the position of the yarn guide member 63 during traversing, and the glass strand 20 is subjected to the traverse operation of the yarn guide member 63 during traversing operation. If the yarn groove is pressed against the inner surface of one of the grooves and is not free to be twisted, that is, if the ratio of the yarn groove width to the thickness of the yarn guide member is 1.0 or more. Glass filaments near the surface of some strands in the glass strand are twisted. The example illustrated here is for the case where the yarn guide member 63 moves in the right direction. However, when the yarn guide member 63 moves in the opposite direction, the stress in the direction opposite to the right direction, that is, the left Since the twist stress in the direction works, the twist direction is reversed during the reciprocation of the yarn guide member 63. Such a possibility becomes impossible when the yarn guide member 63 during the traversing operation has a strong holding property that does not cause twisting of the glass strand as described above.

  That is, in order to form a self-twisting repeating structure on the glass filament in the glass strand, a restriction in the structure of the yarn guide member 63 does not cause a guide error and a predetermined twist can be realized. The yarn guide member 63 has a degree of freedom. Such a configuration is realized when the ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member 63 in the yarn path direction of the yarn groove 64 is 1.0 or more.

  The glass roving manufacturing method of the present invention uses a winding device including a collet arranged so as to be substantially perpendicular to the drawing direction of the glass filament from the bushing nozzle in addition to the above, and is parallel to the collet axial direction. If the glass filament bundle is traversed in any direction to wind the glass strand in a spiral shape, a stable traversing motion can be performed and a high-quality glass roving can be obtained.

  (1) As described above, the glass roving of the present invention is a glass roving in which a plurality of glass filaments are focused on a single glass strand and wound in a spiral shape, and constitutes the glass strand. Since the glass filament is wound in a single yarn twisted state in which the right and left twists are alternately repeated in the filament yarn length direction, when manufacturing fiber reinforced resin using glass fibers A fiber reinforced resin that can suppress the decline in production efficiency and the performance of fiber reinforced resin caused by the appearance quality of glass fiber, etc., realize the production of highly efficient fiber reinforced resin, and demonstrate the performance according to the material design Can be molded.

  (2) Further, if the glass roving of the present invention is a single end roving, it becomes a glass roving having a particularly suitable structure as a fiber reinforced resin such as an engineering plastic that requires high strength.

  (3) Furthermore, in the glass roving of the present invention, if the alternating right and left twists in the filament yarn length direction of the single-twisted glass filament are periodically repeated, there is no unevenness. Since it becomes easy to obtain a simple glass strand, a high-quality reinforced resin material having uniform and stable performance can be molded.

  (4) Further, the glass roving of the present invention may be formed by alternately repeating right and left twists in the filament yarn length direction of a single-twisted glass filament by traversing operation of a traverse device. In the step of squeezing excess resin from the glass strand after impregnating the resin, no defects such as loops and yarn breaks are generated in the glass strand.

  (5) The traverse apparatus for producing a glass roving according to the present invention is a traverse apparatus that causes a glass filament bundle to traverse by a yarn guide member when the glass roving is wound in a spiral shape. If the groove is formed in the member and the ratio of the thread groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the thread path direction of the thread groove is 1.0 or more, the glass filament in the glass filament yarn length direction Makes it possible to produce a glass roving having high performance and quality that is wound in a single yarn twisted state in which right and left twists are alternately repeated.

  (6) The glass roving manufacturing method of the present invention uses a glass roving manufacturing traverse device having a yarn guide member after applying a sizing agent to the glass filament drawn from the bushing nozzle, and the glass filament bundle is 200 mm to 400 mm. A glass roving according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is manufactured by winding a glass strand in a traverse shape by traversing with a traversing width of 5 and then drying the moisture. Therefore, it is possible to traverse the glass filament in the glass strand with a degree of freedom that allows the glass filament in the glass strand to be twisted, and it does not cause various problems during use. Can be manufactured.

  (7) The glass roving manufacturing method of the present invention uses a winding device including a collet arranged so as to be substantially perpendicular to the drawing direction of the glass filament from the bushing nozzle, and is parallel to the collet axial direction. If the glass filament bundle is traversed in the direction to wind the glass strand in a spiral shape, a stable traversing motion can be performed, and high-quality glass roving can be obtained. It is possible to produce and supply a sufficient amount of glass roving with stable quality.

  Below, the glass roving of this invention, the traverse apparatus for glass roving manufacture, and the manufacturing method of the glass roving which uses this apparatus are demonstrated concretely.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view of the glass roving of the present invention. In this figure, 10 is a glass roving, 20 is a glass strand, 30 is a glass filament in which a self-twisting repeating structure is recognized, 40 is a glass filament in which no self-twisting repeating structure is recognized, and 31 and 33 are self-twisting repeating structures. The recognized right-twisted portions of the glass filament, 32 and 34, respectively, represent the left-twisted portions of the glass filament that are recognized to have a self-twisting structure.

  This glass roving 10 is a single-end roving of 2200 g / 1000 m of E glass material having a diameter of 23 μm. And this glass roving 10 is used in order to form the beam material utilized as a structural reinforcement by the pultrusion method using an epoxy resin etc. The glass roving 10 has a linear thread groove formed on a yarn guide member made of glass fiber reinforced phenol resin of the glass roving manufacturing traverse apparatus of the present invention, that is, the traverse apparatus, and the yarn path direction of the thread groove. The ratio of the thread groove width dimension (2.2 mm) to the thickness dimension (1.8 mm) of the yarn guide member is about 1.2, and this value is 1.0 or more. After being drawn from the bushing, it is manufactured by applying a sizing agent and winding it on a collet with a traverse width of 260 mm, and then drying by a drying method using hot air at 120 ° C. It has characteristics.

  That is, when the glass filament constituting the glass strand 20 is released after the glass roving 10 is taken out of the glass strand 20 wound up as the glass roving 10, for example, about 3 m of the glass roving 10, A glass filament 30 having a so-called self-twisting repeating structure in which right-twisted portions 31 and 33 and left-twisted portions 32 and 34 in the filament yarn length direction are periodically repeated with the same length is recognized. The glass strand 10 also includes a glass filament 40 having no self-twisting repeating structure, but the glass filament 40 having no self-twisting repeating structure was easily opened by the glass filament 30 having the self-twisting repeating structure. Since it is constrained so as not to be in a state of being bound, it has a structure in which the glass filament is not easily released.

  Further, when the glass filament 30 having this self-twisting repeating structure is observed in more detail, a repeating structure of about 10 times within a length of 3 m can be confirmed, which corresponds to the traversing operation by the yarn guide member. In addition, since the right-twisted portions 31 and 33 and the left-twisted portions 32 and 34 are bent as if they were twisted in the opposite direction, they can be easily identified even by visual observation.

  Using this glass roving 10 and attempting to produce a fiber reinforced resin, after impregnating the epoxy resin to apply the pultrusion method and then squeezing excess resin from the glass strand, the glass strand is observed. It can be confirmed that the glass strand has no defects such as loops and yarn breakage and has high quality.

  Next, the evaluation performed for confirming the performance of another glass roving of the present invention will be described, and the traverse apparatus for manufacturing a glass roving of the present invention used for manufacturing this glass roving will be exemplified.

  First, a sizing agent is applied to a glass filament made of E glass having a diameter of 23 μm, 2,000 glass filaments are bundled into one (2200 tex) to form a glass strand, and the present invention has a traverse structure similar to that shown in FIG. A glass roving was produced with a traverse width of 260 mm using a traversing apparatus for producing glass roving, and water was dried by a drying method using high frequency.

  The traverse device for glass roving production used here has a straight yarn groove formed in a yarn guide member made of glass fiber reinforced phenol resin of the traverse device, and a yarn guide member in the yarn path direction of this yarn groove. The ratio of the thread groove width dimension to the thickness dimension (2.5 mm) is changed.

  Next, this glass roving was evaluated for filament breakage during resin squeezing in the filament winding method. In the evaluation method, first, a glass strand is pulled out from glass roving using a filament winding machine. Next, an epoxy resin prepared in advance for a predetermined length (15 m) of the glass strand is heated to a constant temperature and the resin tank is kept in a state where the glass strand is impregnated with the resin. After the resin impregnation operation, The number of filament loops generated on the glass strand after passing through the resin squeeze die was measured while visually observing. When no loop is observed in the glass strand, the glass strand is observed in a state as shown in FIG. 3, but when a loop is observed in the glass strand, it is observed as shown in FIG.

  The evaluation results are summarized in Table 1. In this table, for glass strands having a length of 15 m as shown in FIG. 4, it can be judged that there is obviously a problem when the number of appearances is 50 times or more. “○” was given, and “×” was given for many items, and the number of loop appearances was shown under each notation.

  As is clear from Table 1, sample No. No. 1 was wound by using a traverse device for glass roving production having a yarn guide member having a ratio of the yarn groove dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member of 1.0. When the number of appearances of the loop was measured for glass roving, the number of times was 41 times and 50 times or less, and it was revealed that the quality was satisfactory without practical use, and the judgment was “◯”. Further, when the glass strand of this glass roving was opened and investigated by 1 m, the presence of glass filaments that were recognized that the right twist and the left twist were repeated three times in the glass strand could be confirmed.

  In addition, sample No. as an example. For 2, was wound by using a traversing device for glass roving production having a yarn guide member having a configuration in which the ratio of the yarn groove dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member is 2.5, When the number of appearances of the loop was measured with respect to the glass roving of 15 m, the number of times was as small as 18 times, and it was a quality that had no problem at all in actual use. Further, this glass roving was also examined by opening the glass strand by 1 m and examining it. In the same manner as in No. 1, it was confirmed that glass filaments in which right twist and left twist were observed three times were present in the glass strand.

  On the other hand, as a comparative example, Sample No. No. 3 was wound by using a glass roving manufacturing traverse device having a yarn guide member having a yarn groove dimension ratio of 0.8 relative to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member. When the number of appearances of the loop for roving was measured, it was clearly as many as 112 times, and it was judged as “x”. As for this glass roving, when the glass strand was opened by 1 m and investigated, a glass filament in which twist was observed in the glass strand could not be confirmed.

  Furthermore, sample No. which is a comparative example. No. 4 is wound by using a traverse device for manufacturing a glass roving having a yarn guide member whose ratio of the yarn groove dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member is as small as 0.5. When the number of appearances of the loop for roving was measured, it became very high as 148 times, and it was judged as “x”. And when this glass strand was opened and investigated by 1 m, no glass filament in which twist was observed in the glass strand could be confirmed.

  As described above, the structure of the traverse apparatus for producing glass roving according to the present invention can impart an appropriate repeating twist to the glass filament in the glass roving, and has a structure in which an appropriate repeating twist exists in the glass filament. As a result, it became clear that excessive opening phenomenon such as loops can be efficiently suppressed.

  Next, a plurality of examples of the yarn guide member, which is the main part of the glass roving manufacturing traverse device of the present invention, will be shown.

  The traversing device for glass roving production having the yarn guide member according to the present invention avoids the ear height phenomenon in which the glass fiber is bulky and becomes thicker at the turning point when the glass strand is traversed. A creeping mechanism that can be adjusted, and an adjustment mechanism that can finely adjust fluctuations in the traverse speed and traverse width. The yarn guide member 63 performs the left-right repetitive operation in the collet 50 axis direction by electromagnetic operation in accordance with a signal from the traverse device drive unit 61 having such a drive system.

  FIG. 5 is a yarn guide member used in the traversing apparatus for producing a glass roving according to the present invention. In the drawing, 63 is a yarn guide member (traverse), 64 is a yarn groove, and 65 is a yarn guide member. The left yarn support portion, 66 is the right yarn support portion of the yarn guide member, X is the width dimension of the yarn groove 64, and Y is the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member 63.

  In the yarn guide member 63, when the glass strand is traversed, the glass strand repeatedly contacts the left yarn support portion 65 of the yarn guide member 63 and the right yarn support portion 66 of the yarn guide member 63. However, it will be rolled up. In this case, if the glass strand is excessively pressed against the support portions 65 and 66, the movement of the glass filament in the glass strand is hindered, and as a result, a glass filament having right and left twists that are repeatedly repeated is formed. It will not be. On the other hand, if too much emphasis is placed on the movement of the glass strand, the glass strand is liable to come off from the yarn groove 64, and the yarn guide member 63 is also easily worn, resulting in low durability. Therefore, the present invention can be achieved by setting the ratio of the groove width dimension X to the thickness dimension Y of the yarn guide member 63 to 1.0 or more. In the yarn guide member 63 shown here, The yarn guide member 63 has a thickness dimension Y of 2.0 mm and a thread groove 64 width dimension X of 2.5 mm.

  6 is a yarn guide member used in another glass roving manufacturing traverse apparatus of the present invention, in which 67 is a yarn guide member (traverse), 68 is a yarn groove, and 69 is a yarn. The left yarn support portion of the yarn guide member, 70 is the right yarn support portion of the yarn guide member, X is the yarn groove width dimension, and Y is the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member.

  In this yarn guide member 67, the shape of the left yarn support portion 69 of the yarn guide member 67 that comes into contact with the glass strand and the right yarn support portion 70 of the yarn guide member 67 are curved in a convex shape so that the glass strand and In this case, the width dimension X of the yarn groove 68 of the yarn guide member 67 may be determined by measuring the average value of the convex portions. Since the value is 2.4 mm and the thickness dimension Y of the yarn guide member 67 is 1.9 mm, the ratio of the groove guide dimension to the thickness dimension Y of the yarn guide member is about 1.3, 1.0 or more. Even when this yarn guide member 67 is used, for example, a glass filament having a right twist and a left twist that are repeatedly repeated is formed by being mounted on a device that performs a traverse operation with a width of 350 mm. Can be confirmed.

Explanatory drawing of the glass roving of this invention. It is explanatory drawing about the twist formation by the traverse apparatus for glass roving manufacture of this invention, (A) represents the partial top view, (B) represents the partial perspective view. Photo of glass strands with no loops. A photo of a glass strand with a loop. The perspective view of a yarn guide member. The perspective view of another yarn guide member.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Glass roving 20 Glass strand 30 Glass filament 40 in which self-twisting structure is recognized Glass filament 31, 33 in which self-twisting structure is not recognized Right-twisted portion 32, 34 of glass filament in which self-twisting structure is recognized Left-hand twisted portion 50 of the glass filament whose structure is recognized Collet 60 Traverse device 61 Traverse device drive unit 63, 67 Thread guide member (traverse)
64, 68 Yarn groove 65, 69 Left yarn support portion 66, 70 of yarn guide member R Right yarn support portion of yarn guide member R Roving rotation direction V Stress associated with movement of yarn guide member W Accompanying rotation of roving Tensile force applied to the strand HV Combined force of W and W (= twist stress)
X Thread groove width dimension Y Thread guide member thickness dimension

Claims (7)

A glass roving in which a plurality of glass filaments are focused on a single glass strand and wound in a spiral shape,
A glass roving characterized in that the glass filament constituting the glass strand is wound in a single yarn twisted state in which a right twist and a left twist are alternately repeated in the filament yarn length direction.   The glass roving according to claim 1, wherein the glass roving is a single-end roving.   The glass according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the right and left twists in the filament yarn length direction of the single-twisted glass filament are periodically repeated. Roving.   The alternate repetition of the right twist and the left twist in the filament yarn length direction of the single-twisted glass filament is formed by traversing operation of the traverse device. Glass roving as described in any of 3 above. When winding the glass roving into a spiral shape, a traverse device that causes the glass filament bundle to traverse the yarn guide member,
A glass roving characterized in that a yarn groove is formed in the yarn guide member, and the ratio of the yarn groove width dimension to the thickness dimension of the yarn guide member in the yarn path direction of the yarn groove is 1.0 or more. Manufacturing traverse device.   After applying the bundling agent to the glass filament drawn from the bushing nozzle, the glass filament bundle is traversed with a traversing width of 200 mm to 400 mm using a glass roving manufacturing traverse device having a yarn guide member, and then wound. A glass roving according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the glass roving is produced by winding the glass strand into a shape and then drying the moisture.   Using a winding device having a collet arranged so as to be substantially perpendicular to the drawing direction of the glass filament from the bushing nozzle, the glass filament bundle is traversed in a direction parallel to the collet axis direction. The method for producing a glass roving according to claim 6, wherein the glass strand is wound into a wound shape.