JPS59500906A - automatic fiber loading machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] automatic fiber loading machine Technical field The present invention relates to the field of machines suitable for the production of composite structures, in particular those containing textile materials. Concerning automatic machines suitable for

Background technology In this era where labor costs are rapidly rising and people are becoming indifferent to working in factories, This will require automation of the manufacturing process. A relatively new manufacturing professional.

In one process, the dry fibers are chewed with wet resin to form a network structure. It uses a composite material of formula. One such structure is [How to make hollow laminates] There is. This structure roughly consists of glass fiber, Graphai 1-Katsutake boron filler. A fibrous material such as a material, and an organic resin is placed on a mandrel, which is then Formed by hardening under heat and pressure.

In order to have an efficient automated nil equipment process, it is necessary to It becomes necessary for the material to be moved quickly and precisely over the surface on which it is to be placed.

ChitwooC material placement head typically used in prior art machines i, U.S. Pat. No. 3,574,040 and Karlson, et al. No. 6,775,219, incorporated herein by reference. These machines In the machine, the mounting head not only supports the mechanism of placing the material, but also supports the material It also supports a mechanism for holding the susol and placing material into the material placement head. . Therefore, the head installed in the Moon family is inevitably large in shape and has 11 swords ↓ Imono. Therefore, due to their M amount and inertia, it becomes difficult to operate them accurately in a 1:1 ratio. There is.

Accordingly, the overarching object of the present invention is to provide an improved automatic textile fabric for producing network structures. Our purpose is to provide maintenance machinery.

Another object of the present invention is the fibrous material f! Improved automatic fiber placement that allows rapid and accurate placement of 4 Our purpose is to provide maintenance machinery.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an improved installation head with a minimum size and weight. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic fiber placement machine.

A further object of the present invention is to improve the ability of the installation head to be operated quickly and accurately. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a type of automatic fiber placement machine.

Disclosure of invention An improved automatic fiber-laying machine for producing reticulated structures is provided. This placement machine ii an upper carriage containing a source of resin and supporting a fibrous material conveyance system; Includes the lower trolley that supports the throat tray for installation. The upper and lower carts are each made of textile material A selected number of It has a self-Fh degree of movement. Move the upper and lower trolleys and control their movement A device is provided to do this. Fiber month y-+storage/stem is fiber material placed on fiber installation head The movement of the upper trolley does not follow the movement of the lower trolley in order to allow the It will be done. The fiber placement head can also be rotated for extra freedom of movement. It is also possible to move independently perpendicular to the plane. Resin is a fiber installation head with fiber material. The fiber setting head lays the grated fiber material f-1 flat on the work surface. It looks like this.

The present invention, together with its features and benefits regarding its mechanism and method of operation, for a better understanding from the following description of the accompanying drawings in which preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated. It will be done. It is to be understood, however, that the words and drawings are illustrative and descriptive only. It is intended as a purpose and is not intended as defining the scope of the invention. It is.

ffIJ simple explanation of the drawing FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-section of the invention taken along line 2-2 in FIG. 3 is a plan view of the invention taken from line 3-6 in FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a plan view taken from line 3-6 in FIG. An enlarged sectional view of the present invention taken along line 4-4, FIG. The plan view, FIG. 6, shows a fiber arrangement of the invention similar to that of FIG. 5 with the bottom rotated 90 degrees. A sectional view of the fiber placement head, FIG. 7, is a top view of the fiber placement head of FIG. 5, FIG. 8a, and Fig. 8b is a cross-sectional view of the fiber bundle used in the present invention, and Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the fiber bundle used in the present invention. A cross-sectional view of the fiber placement head of FIG. 6 taken along, FIG. FIG. 11 is a plan view of a part of the mounted tool shown in FIG. 1. It is.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Referring to FIG. 1, a perspective view of an automatic fiber W and placement machine 0 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown. It is shown. This loading machine 10 is an upper carriage to which a material transfer system 14 is connected. It has 12. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the upper truck 12 is mounted on rollers 18. Therefore, it is installed on a pair of rails 16 and is moved to the rails 16 by the motor 20. Driven in the Y direction. The motor 20 is connected to a worm disk connected to the upper truck 12. The worm screw drive shaft 22 is rotated via the screw drive nut 24. Leh The wheel 16 is placed on the beam 26 and the beam is moved onto the beam 28 by rollers 30. It is listed on. A motor 32 attached to the lower side of the beam 26 drives a gear 34. The gear 3A engages the toothed underside 36 of the beam 28 and thus the upper carriage 1 2 in the Y direction. Beam 28 is connected to a support structure 38, which support structure The beam 28 and the upper carriage 12 are moved by a selected distance to the work bed or the mounting tool. Support above 40.

The mounting machine 10 further includes a beam 42, which, as shown in FIG. A lower cart 44 for the fiber installation head 46 shown in FIG. 5 is connected to the fiber installation head. 46 is fully enabled to be driven in the χ and Y directions. The lower truck 44 has the winding 4 8 is connected to the beam 42 through the support 47'ff, whose winding is A moving coil (rotor) of a linear induction motor 50 supported by roller bearings 49 form. Beam 42 has a surface pattern 52 of conductive and non-conductive areas, with lines The stator of the shaped induction motor 50 is formed. Such a linear induction motor 50 is χynet1 in Santa Clara, Fornia. Monthly Tsuso is marketed by C8 Company. The principle of operation is described in U.S. Patent No. 27,436 to Sawyer. Ru. The linear induction motor 50 moves the lower truck 41 in the Y direction rapidly and accurately. B The beam 42 is connected by a beam 56 to a winding 54 supported on air bearings and The film 56 has a surface pattern 58 of conductive and non-conductive areas. As above, the table Beam 56 with surface pattern 58 and winding 54 are connected to the step of linear induction motor 60. The motor 60 is connected to the beam 42 and the lower truck 44t. Move rapidly and accurately in the X direction. Beam 56 is coupled to support structure 62; The support structure consists of a beam 56 and a lower carriage 44'fi: placed at a selected distance. It is supported above the tool 4o. The fiber placement head 46 is also driven in the Z direction. and can rotate in place of the Z axis. As shown in Figure 4, Fiber installation - No. 1 4G is mounted on the lower truck 44 and supported by the bracket 63. Connected to the ohm screw drive shaft 62 and the worm screw drive nut 64. The drive shaft 62 is connected to the mokuro 5 in order to drive the fiber installation head 46 in the Z direction. Therefore, it is driven.

As shown in FIGS. 5-7, the fiber installation-rad 46 is selected by the lower trolley It is supported above the mounting tool 40 by a distance. The fiber installation head 46 is a fiber installation nozzle. The nozzle 66 slides inside the bearing member 68 and the camp 7 The slot of the mounting tool 40 is held between the top A4 and the plate 71 in order to connect it to the A limited degree of infantile oblique movement becomes HJ function to allow for changes in There is. The fiber placement nozzle 66 and cap 70 are rotatable within the bearing member 68 and As far as the installation of the Weizuki Ri is concerned, the fiber installation-rad 46 can be rotated instead of the Z axis. It is made into Noh.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Rika transport system 14 includes a series of It consists of a fiber spool 74 and a resin pot 78, with a fixture 76 and a resin pot 78 on the top. It is supported by a plate 80 connected to the subcarriage 12.

The fibers 82 pass through the holes 84 and are guided into the cap 070 shown in FIG. Figure 7, As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the fiber bundle 86 is inserted into the hole 88 of the cap 70. Rule 11 is correct (separated into hexagonal fibers as shown in the figure). The resin in the tray 78 is pressurized and descends to 90,000 yuos and enters the passage 9 of the lower truck 44. Extruded into 2. The passage 92 communicates with the hole 96 of the bearing member 68 through the hole 94f. There is. Bearing member 68 has a circular passageway 98 on its inner surface connected to bore 96 .

Fiber placement nozzle 66 has a plurality of holes 100 adjacent to detour 98. contact and resin passes from passageway 92 through holes 94 and 96 to passageway 98 and into the fiber installation nozzle. Allowing it to flow into the hollow interior 102 of the nozzle 66 and impregnate the fiber bundle 86.

The resin flow is controlled by needle valve 104 which controls the effective size of hole 94. It will be done. As shown in FIG. 9, the fiber installation nozzle 66 has a convex surface 106, and The fiber bundle 86 impregnated with Separated, the fibers are laid flat on the surface of the mounting tool 40.

During operation, power is supplied to the motors 20, 32, 50, 60])y++ C12 and 44 lower carts were moved, and the fiber conveying system 14 and fiber installation were carried out. 46 is moved into position where the fiber bundle 86 is placed onto the mounting tool 40. converter 110 and 112 are used to control the movable crab load to motors 32 and 20. Δ1'', the upper truck 12 follows the movement of the lower truck 44.

Transducer 110(l'', cylinder 110a mounted on beam 42 and its cylinder The rod 110b is inserted into the part 110cK. Therefore, the beacon 26 supporting the upper truck 12 is removed.

If the lower truck 44 moves in the Y direction and the upper truck 12 does not move in the same way, / A relative movement is caused between the cylinder 110α and the rod 110b, which generates an output signal. Activate the motor 32. In the same stock, there are several numbers in the winding 48 of the converter 112fd motor 50. The illustrated cylinder 112a and the rod 112 inserted into the seven cylinders 112a b, and the rod 112b is attached to the upper truck 12 and is connected to the Tomobetsuki 112C. Subject to spring load. The movement of the f section truck 44 in the Y direction is similar to that of the upper truck 12. If there is no movement, the cylinder 112a and rod 112b will move in phase N'ff: The motor 20 is activated, which generates an output Ih and activates the motor 20.

When the fiber installation head 46 (d) is in a predetermined position, the installation tool is activated by the operation of the motor 65. It will be lowered to 400 levels. The fiber installation head 46 provides a fiber installation head for the mounting tool 40. A direction substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane in contact with the surface of the mounted tool 40 at the contact point of the nozzle 66 will be lowered overall. Then, the controller 113 selects the Since the fiber bundle 86 is selectively powered or loaded, the fiber bundle 86 is attached to the selected surface of the mounting tool 40. can be placed in a pattern. The height of the fiber installation throat 46 in the Z direction is the height of the fiber bundle. 86 is placed on the moon, as shown in Figure 10, in order to create a network structure, many passages are control to allow multiple layers of fiber bundle 86 to cross over themselves. be done. The network structure shown in FIG. by placing the fiber placement head A6 in the position specified. That die is During this time, the sown fiber installation nozzle 66 is inserted into the slot 72. a: Figure 11 According to the end of the slot 72, the nozzle 66 is located in the slot 72. and is moved toward the support column 116. ] The fiber installation supported by the cart 44 The direction of the head 46 is changed so that the strut 116'fc is switched, and the optional As the actuation changes, the nozzles 66 alternate around the periphery of the struts 116 and The column 116 rotates the nozzle 66 about the dimension of the Z axis, and then reverses the direction and inserts the slot. 7. Insert into 2'. Properly installing the support 116 around the die 114 Thus, fiber bundles 86 can be placed in all slots 72 a selected number of layers deep. , a network structure shown in FIG. 10 is created. If desired, the Z-axis direction of the fiber installation head 46 can be adjusted. The motion can also be mechanized as shown in the applicant's pending application in the United States. However, the support column 116 can also be omitted. Furthermore, in short passages, Eiwa 82 and and tube 90 reach and move with the moving fiber placement head 46. Since the upper carriage 12 can be made sufficiently long, the upper carriage 12 can be omitted. .

We have described automatic T11 fiber loading equipment, but here we will focus on heavy and large-sized fibers. The textile material W transport system is removed from the throat to the textile installation. Minimum shape and weight The fiber placement head has a rapid and accurate positioning and driving system. supported by a separate drive system that follows the movement of the fiber placement head The fiber feeder is fed by a supported fiber feeder 7 stem. According to this description It is clear that many variations and ideas can be devised by the underworld. Ru. Accordingly, the invention is to be limited only by the scope and spirit of the claims. should be interpreted.

Industrial applicability This automatic twill Mt-laying machine is suitably used for the production of net-like composite structures.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fiber placing machine for placing a fiber material, said fiber containing a resin layer. a supply device for supplying the fiber material; and a supply device connected to the ijt supply device and configured to a fiber placement device configured to receive the resin and place the resin-impregnated fiber; The fiber placement device is adapted to support the fiber placement device and to control the position of the fiber placement device. a trolley device having a selected number of degrees of freedom of movement for sterilization; Fiber placement machine, including moving equipment. 2. Move the fiber installation device in a direction almost perpendicular to the surface of the 611th military device in a cave. 2. A fiber placement machine according to claim 1, comprising a moving device. 6. Furthermore, the fiber installation device is placed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane in contact with the surface of the mounting tool The fiber placement machine according to claim 1, further comprising a device for moving the fiber placement machine. 4. The fiber placement device includes a fiber placement nozzle, and the fiber placement nozzle includes a placement tool. A fiber-laying machine according to claim 1, which is adapted to follow the contour of . 5. Further, at the point of contact of the fiber installation nozzle with the installation tool, A device that moves the fiber installation device in a direction substantially perpendicular to a horizontal plane in contact with the surface of the tool. A fiber mounting machine according to claim 4, which spins a fiber. 6. The fiber setting horn S is configured to place the fiber material in a field on the setting tool. The fiber placement machine according to claim 6, wherein the fiber placement machine is 7. The fiber placement nozzle has a convex inner surface, and the fiber material is placed on the placement tool. 7. A fiber placement machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein the fiber placement machine is pulled over said convex surface into a bend to be placed. 8. The installation tool has a plurality of pillars installed there, and the pillars are the fibers. When the fiber comes into contact with the installation nozzle, the direction of the installation nozzle changes. A fiber mounting machine according to claim 6. 9. The fiber placement device is configured to remove the fiber material after the fiber material enters the fiber placement device. Claim 1, wherein the fibers are impregnated with a resin before the material is laid down. textile loading machine. 10, Front R (2F171 fiber installation head is Z・Before impregnating the fiber material with all resin) 10. A fiber placement machine according to claim 9, which separates the fiber material. 11. Furthermore, the degree of freedom of movement of the number arranged to support the said feeding device is and a second trolley device having. The fiber mounting machine according to claim 1, further comprising a device for moving the second cart device. . 12. Further, a device for causing the movement of the second truck device to follow the movement of the truck device. The fiber mounting machine according to claim 11, comprising: 1, the following device (rj, connected to the truck device and the second truck device); a transducer device connected thereto for sensing relative motion and responding to said relative motion; In response, an output signal is generated to control the device that moves the second truck device. The fiber mounting machine according to claim 12. 14. The fiber placement machine of claim 1, further comprising a controller device.