WO1991014480A1 - Procede de fabrication d'un manche de canne de golf en fibre et manche de canne de golf en fibre - Google Patents

Procede de fabrication d'un manche de canne de golf en fibre et manche de canne de golf en fibre Download PDF

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WO1991014480A1
WO1991014480A1 PCT/FI1991/000087 FI9100087W WO9114480A1 WO 1991014480 A1 WO1991014480 A1 WO 1991014480A1 FI 9100087 W FI9100087 W FI 9100087W WO 9114480 A1 WO9114480 A1 WO 9114480A1
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Heikki Ratia
Matti Suominen
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C70/00Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
    • B29C70/04Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts comprising reinforcements only, e.g. self-reinforcing plastics
    • B29C70/28Shaping operations therefor
    • B29C70/40Shaping or impregnating by compression not applied
    • B29C70/50Shaping or impregnating by compression not applied for producing articles of indefinite length, e.g. prepregs, sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or cross moulding compounds [XMC]
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00Golf clubs
    • A63B53/10Non-metallic shafts
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C53/00Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C53/56Winding and joining, e.g. winding spirally
    • B29C53/58Winding and joining, e.g. winding spirally helically
    • B29C53/60Winding and joining, e.g. winding spirally helically using internal forming surfaces, e.g. mandrels
    • B29C53/62Winding and joining, e.g. winding spirally helically using internal forming surfaces, e.g. mandrels rotatable about the winding axis
    • B29C53/66Winding and joining, e.g. winding spirally helically using internal forming surfaces, e.g. mandrels rotatable about the winding axis with axially movable winding feed member, e.g. lathe type winding
    • B29C53/665Coordinating the movements of the winding feed member and the mandrel
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C70/00Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
    • B29C70/04Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts comprising reinforcements only, e.g. self-reinforcing plastics
    • B29C70/06Fibrous reinforcements only
    • B29C70/10Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres
    • B29C70/16Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length
    • B29C70/20Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in a single direction, e.g. roofing or other parallel fibres
    • B29C70/205Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in a single direction, e.g. roofing or other parallel fibres the structure being shaped to form a three-dimensional configuration
    • B29C70/207Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in a single direction, e.g. roofing or other parallel fibres the structure being shaped to form a three-dimensional configuration arranged in parallel planes of fibres crossing at substantial angles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29LINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2031/00Other particular articles
    • B29L2031/52Sports equipment ; Games; Articles for amusement; Toys
    • B29L2031/5227Clubs

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  • the present invention relates to a method as set forth in the preamble of claim 1 for manufacturing a golf- club shaft of a fibre material as well as to a golf- club shaft made of a fibre material, as set forth in the preamble of claim 6.
  • the golf-club shafts made of a fibre mate ⁇ rial are usually manufactured by manual lamination from a pre-preg material, i.e. resin-moistened fibre mats.
  • a problem with these is to achieve a desired adjustment of the properties repeatedly required of a club, in ⁇ cluding e.g. the twist, torsion, vibration and ri ⁇ gidity and especially the position of the centre of gravity of a club shaft.
  • the position of the centre of gravity will be indefinite and, thus, the ultimate centre of gravity must be lo ⁇ cated by changing the weight of a head portion attach ⁇ ed to the shaft of a club. Such a procedure is rela ⁇ tively slow.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a golf-club shaft formed of continuous fibres, said method facilitating the adjustment of shaft properties and the determina ⁇ tion of the centre of gravity of a shaft for any given club head portion whereby, after finishing a shaft, said head portion can be attached as such to the shaft portion.
  • a method of the invention is characterized by what is set forth in the character ⁇ izing clause of claim 1.
  • a golf- club shaft of the invention is characterized by what is set forth in the characterizing clause of claim 7.
  • the most important advantage gained by a method of the invention is that the shaft properties can be adjusted simply by varying the angle of winding the fibres at various locations of a shaft.
  • This angle of fibres is varied or changed in a manner that the winding angle of a pair formed by any given two superimposed trans ⁇ verse fibre layers is mutually equal but reversed at each lengthwise location of a shaft.
  • the shaft may consist of a plurality of such pairs formed by two transverse layers, whereby the winding angle of one pair at least over a portion of the shaft length can be different from that of the other pair at the cor ⁇ responding location of the shaft for adjusting the desired properties of a shaft.
  • the ad ⁇ justment of the centre of gravity is preferably effect ⁇ ed by means of inner pairs of transverse fibre layers and the adjustment of torsional rigidity, in turn, by means of fibre layers located close to the surface.
  • the inner and outer layers preferably comprise longitudinal fibre layers whose fibres are substantially parallel to the longitudinal shaft axis, i.e. the winding angle is appr. 0°.
  • the longitudinal rigidity and pro ⁇ duct strength can be increased with a minimum amount of fibre.
  • the shaft properties can also be affected by the selection of fibres used for each fibre layer, said fibres being continuous.
  • the fibre material may com ⁇ prise various types of carbon fibres (HS, IM, HM) , glass fibres, polyester, polyethylene, aramide, nylon and the like fibres suitable for reinforcement, e.g. metal-based fibres.
  • the fibres have a filament thick ⁇ ness typically within the range of 5-30 um and the fibre weight is usually 0,1-2,4 g/m.
  • a useful bind ⁇ er it is possible to employ e.g. heat-setting resins, epoxies, vinyl esters, methacrylates, polyesters, phenols, polyides etc.
  • the shaft fibre layers can be built e.g. in a manner that appr. 40 % of the total amount of fibres in a shaft include substantially straightforward fibres extending longitudinally of the shaft and the rest, appr. 60 %, include fibres wound transversely at varying angles. As for these longitudinal fibres, for instance 1/3 can be laid in ⁇ side the shaft and appr. 2/3 on top of the shaft, the transverse fibre layers being laid between said longi ⁇ tudinal fibre layers.
  • said innermost layer of longitudinal fibres may comprise carbon fibres having a modulus of 230 GPa and an elongation at rup ⁇ ture of 1,6 % and the outer layer of longitudinal fibres may accordingly comprise a composite including 10 % of carbon fibres having a modulus of 380 GPa and an elongation at rupture of 1,3 % and 90 % of carbon fibres having a modulus of 230 GPa and an elongation at rupture of 1,6 %.
  • a pair formed e.g. by the two innermost layers may com ⁇ prise e.g.
  • carbon fibres having a modulus of 230 GPa and an elongation at rupture of 1,6 % and the outer pair may accordingly comprise a- composite having 40 % of carbon fibres with a modulus of 295 GPa and an elongation at rupture of 1,4 % and 60 % of carbon fibres with a modulus of 380 GPa and an elongation at rupture of 1,3 %.
  • the mutual relationship of these pairs can be varied e.g. in a manner that the two innermost layers have a share of 10 % while the pair consisting of the top two layers has a share of 90 % or, for example, in a manner that these propor ⁇ tions are reversed, i.e. 90 %/10 %.
  • Such use of vari ⁇ ous fibres and fibre compositions in various layers facilitates an almost limitless adjustment of various properties.
  • fig. 1 shows schematically the various operations in ⁇ cluded in a method of the invention
  • fig. 2 shows the principle of one transverse or cross- winding unit applicable in a method of the in ⁇ vention
  • fig. 3 illustrates a shaft element manufactured by means of a method of the invention
  • fig. 4 shows a cross-section of the shaft element of fig. 3 in a larger scale
  • fig. 5 shows a definition for the direction of a wind ⁇ ing angle.
  • I supplying successive, joint cores 1 to a production line and supplying longitudinal fibres from a reel 5 through a resin vessel 6 into a longitudinal-fibre feeding unit 2 for feeding the longitudinal fibres on top of core 1.
  • fig. 1 discloses two longitudinal- fibre feeding units 2 and four cross-winding units 3 , but of course the number thereof can be varied as de ⁇ sired.
  • the number of cross-winding units 3 can suitably be four to eight, but preferably al ⁇ ways an even number.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates an exam ⁇ ple of one embodiment of cross-winding unit 3.
  • the cross-winding unit comprises a circular disc 7 which is provided with eight fibre rollers 9 for feed ⁇ ing bundles of fibres 10 on top of core 1.
  • any other desired number of rollers e.g. 4-16 rollers.
  • said bundles of fi ⁇ bres 10 can be simultaneously supplied out of a desired number of rollers, e.g. 4-16 rollers.
  • Each bundle of fibres 10 includes a large number of filamants, even tens of thousands of filaments.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a shaft element 11 manufactured by the application of a method of the invention, wherein the top lengthwise fibre layer is not shown for the sake of clarity.
  • the individual bundles of fibres are shown at an exaggerated distance from each other, as in practice it is nevertheless possible to form a substantially continuous fibre layer thereof.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a cross-section of shaft 11 of fig. 3, whereby a top lengthwise fibre layer 12 is added thereto.
  • the club shaft is designed to be hollow.
  • the crosswise fibres have a winding angle , prefer ⁇ ably within the range of circa (+)30 - circa (+)60 or within the range of circa (-)30 - circa (-) 60 .
  • the (+)-angle refers to an angle which opens anticlockwise relative to a shaft element longitudinal axis 18 and the (-)-angle accordingly re ⁇ fers to an angle which opens clockwise relative to said shaft element longitudinal axis (18).
  • the top shaft end is provided with crosswise fibres having a winding angle of circa 30
  • the bottom shaft end (thinner end) being provided with crosswise fibres having a winding angle of circa 45 .
  • This variation of winding angleC - at a desired location of each cross ⁇ wise layer is effected for example in a manner that the advancing speed of cores 1 is maintained constant but the rotating speed of disc 7 of winding unit 3 is changed in order to obtain a desired angular position.
  • the variation of angle proceeds in a stepless fashion. For example, reversal of the direction of a winding angle is effected in a manner that, in sequen ⁇ tially mounted winding units 3, the rotating direction of a downstream unit is reversed relative to that of the preceding winding unit while still maintaining the same rotating speed at the corresponding locations of a shaft, whereby said winding angle - ⁇ . will be equal at each location of a shaft.
  • winding angle is important to maintain an equal but oppositely directed winding angle in a pair formed by two superimposed crosswise layers so as to eliminate the stresses possibly generated in a shaft by fibres wound at an angular position.
  • the winding angle can naturally be varied between various pairs of crosswise layers 12, 13; 14, 15 in shaft 11, as required by desired properties.
  • the centre of gravity can be adjusted quite accurately at a desired loca ⁇ tion which lies e.g. between appr. 40-60 % of the shaft length as measured from the bottom end of a shaft, preferably appr. 51 % of the shaft length.
  • a desired loca ⁇ tion which lies e.g. between appr. 40-60 % of the shaft length as measured from the bottom end of a shaft, preferably appr. 51 % of the shaft length.
  • lengthwise layers can also be laid between crosswise layers instead of only in the inner and outer surface layer.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication de manche de canne de golf en fibre. Le procédé comporte des opérations consistant à appliquer longitudinalement (I, VI) et transversalement (II-V) des couches de fibres sur une tige centrale, ces couches étant constituées de fibres continues; les couches de fibres sont ensuite imbibées de résine ou d'un liant du même type puis le manche est vulcanisé à chaud ou par rayonnement. D'après le procédé, deux couches transversales superposées au moins sont enroulées en formant un angle par rapport à l'axe longitudinal du manche, cet angle étant situé environ entre (+)30° et (+)60° ou entre (-)30° et (-)60°, le signe (+) indiquant un angle s'ouvrant dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre par rapport à l'axe longitudinal et le signe (-) indiquant un angle s'ouvrant dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre par rapport à cet axe. L'invention concerne également un manche de canne de golf en fibre qui comprend plusieurs couches de différentes fibres constituées de fibres continues. Le manche comporte au moins deux couches de fibres transversales superposées enroulées de façon à former un angle par rapport à l'axe longitudinal du manche, l'ouverture de cet angle d'enroulement se situant environ entre (+)30° et (+)60° ou entre (-)30° et (-)60°.
PCT/FI1991/000087 1990-03-28 1991-03-28 Procede de fabrication d'un manche de canne de golf en fibre et manche de canne de golf en fibre WO1991014480A1 (fr)

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