WO2007122275A1 - Método y aparato para fabricación de perfiles macizos a partir de banda de fibra preimpregnada con resina - Google Patents
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- the present invention concerns in general a method and an apparatus for the manufacture of rigid solid profiles from pre-impregnated fiber web with resin, and more specifically, from pre-impregnated carbon fiber web with resin.
- the rigid solid profiles obtained are applicable, for example, for the construction of structures in the aeronautical industry.
- pre-impregnated fiber web with resin stored in coil are commercially available.
- the fiber can be, for example, carbon fiber and the resin a thermosetting resin, whereby the bands are supplied in coils at low temperature, for example, around -16 ° C. Since the sheet webs supplied are of small thickness, several individual lamellar bands are superimposed and laminated to obtain relatively thick pieces.
- Each fiber band pre-impregnated with resin, as supplied, has at least one of its faces protected by a protective layer, for example paper.
- US-A-4114775 discloses a bar for a loom without a shuttle obtained from several pre-impregnated fiber bands with superimposed and laminated resin to obtain a band of a desired thickness which It is subsequently shaped by molding to obtain a corrugated sheet.
- This corrugated sheet is joined by adhesives to a flat band to obtain a reinforced and yet light bar by virtue of the empty spaces existing between the folds of the corrugated band.
- US patent application 2002/0011540 discloses a structure that constitutes a leading edge of an airplane support surface.
- the structure comprises panels and structural elements obtained by rolling pre-impregnated fiber bands with resin.
- the technique of laminating pre-impregnated fiber bands with resin is suitable for obtaining relatively thin flat or shaped pieces, or pieces that include corrugated bands or honeycomb structures.
- a technique is inconvenient to obtain pieces in the form of a bar or solid profile since the commercial laminar bands used as starting material have a very small thickness in relation to the width. It would be necessary to laminate a large number of bands of relatively small width to obtain said piece in the form of a bar or solid profile by rolling, which is not feasible in practice.
- the present invention collaborates to overcome the above and other inconveniences by providing a method for manufacturing solid profiles from pre-impregnated fiber web with resin.
- the method comprises the steps of providing a flat fiber band prepreg with resin, said flat band having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction; corrugating the flat band to form a corrugated band with a plurality of zigzag folds parallel to said longitudinal direction; and compacting said corrugated band in said transverse direction to bring into contact and join with each other surfaces of said plurality of folds to form a solid profile.
- the apparatus includes a corrugated unit comprising at least one pair of corrugating rollers facing each other, provided with conjugated circular grooves, or a pair of facing corrugation combs provided with conjugated teeth, or a combination thereof, adapted to corrugating a flat fiber band preimpregnated with resin to form a corrugated band with a plurality of zigzag folds parallel to a longitudinal direction thereof; and a compaction unit comprising at least one pair of side rollers, facing each other, adapted to laterally compact said corrugated band until contacting and joining each other surfaces of said folds to thereby obtain a solid profile.
- Said compaction unit includes a row comprising said pair of side rollers, and, optionally, said row is a variable pitch row that includes guide means and drive means for displacing at least one member of the pair of lateral rollers in relation to the other member during a pultrusion or extrusion operation to produce variations in the cross section of the solid profile along the longitudinal direction thereof.
- the apparatus preferably includes a band preparation unit comprising a plurality of unwinding and conditioning devices adapted to unwind a plurality of resin preimpregnated fiber web from respective coils of supply and to condition said laminar bands for a laminate.
- the said band preparation unit also comprises one or more laminating devices adapted to superimpose, press and join said plurality of laminar bands with each other to thereby prepare said flat band.
- the apparatus of the present invention includes a first longitudinal cutting device adapted to longitudinally cut some of the laminar bands to reduce their width before being laminated with the remaining ones and at least one cross-cutting device to cut one or more of the laminar bands at a predetermined length before they reach a final laminating device adapted to superimpose and laminate these laminar bands of predetermined length together with the rest of the continuous laminar bands to form the flat band.
- the bands of predetermined length may include some or all bands of reduced width.
- Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating in cross-section some steps of a method for manufacturing solid profiles from pre-impregnated fiber web with resin according to a first aspect of the present invention
- Figs. 2 and 3 are diagrams that show in side elevation some units of an apparatus for manufacturing solid profiles from band fiber pre-impregnated with resin according to a second aspect of the present invention, where the units shown in Fig. 3 follow the units shown in Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows
- Fig. 4 is a very schematic view in side elevation illustrating a unwinding and conditioning device of the apparatus of Figs. 2 and 3;
- Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the construction of a cross-cutting unit according to an embodiment of the apparatus of Figs. 2 and 3;
- Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the construction of a corrugated unit of the apparatus of Figs. 2 and 3;
- Fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the construction of a compaction unit according to an embodiment example of the apparatus of Figs. 2 and 3
- Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the construction of a compaction unit according to another embodiment of the apparatus of Figs. 2 and 3;
- Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view that schematically illustrates a possible assembly of the compaction unit of Fig. 8;
- Fig. 10 is a plan view of the compaction unit of Fig.
- Fig. 11 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an example of a solid profile obtainable by the method and / or apparatus of the present invention.
- the method for manufacturing solid profiles from pre-impregnated fiber web in accordance with the present invention essentially comprises the following steps.
- this flat web 10 has previously been prepared by a rolling operation comprising superimposing and joining with each other a plurality of laminar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of fiber preimpregnated with resin.
- the flat band could be of a single layer.
- the flat band 10 has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, its section in the cross direction being shown in Fig. 1.
- the method comprises corrugating the flat band 10 to form a corrugated band 11 with a plurality of zigzag folds parallel to the longitudinal direction.
- the method of the invention comprises compacting said corrugated band 11 in the transverse direction to bring into contact and join with each other surfaces of said plurality of folds to form a solid profile 12.
- said step of compacting the corrugated band 11 comprises a pultrusion or extrusion operation using a variable pitch row to confer on said solid profile 12 a variable cross section.
- the solid profile 12 has a rectangular cross-section, which could be obtained, for example, by a row composed of two pairs of parallel rollers arranged orthogonally, as described schematically below in relation to Fig. 7.
- the cross section conferred to the solid profile 12 may have another cross section different from the rectangular one.
- a solid profile 12 is described, which can be obtained by the method of the present invention.
- the apparatus includes a band preparation unit 20 (shown in Fig. 2), as well as a corrugated unit 30, a compaction unit 40, a draft unit 50 and heating units 60, 65 (shown in Ia Fig. 3). All the mentioned units are adapted to produce solid profiles 12 by means of chained processes.
- Said band preparation unit 20 comprises a plurality of unwinding and conditioning devices 21 adapted for unwind a plurality of lamellar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of fiber prepreg with resin from respective supply coils 15.
- Figs. 2 and 3 show five unwinding and conditioning devices 21 for five lamellar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, although the number and arrangement thereof may vary depending on the applications. All of the aforementioned unwinding and conditioning devices 21 are substantially the same.
- Each of the unwinding and conditioning devices 21 comprises a support for one of said supply coils 15 bearing the laminar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, which typically can be of a commercially available type.
- the mentioned supports for the supply coils 15 include means (not shown) for controlling the tension of the laminar bands in order to eliminate rotation inertia of the supply coils 15 at the stops.
- the laminated bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 supplied must be conditioned for a subsequent rolling operation.
- each unwinding and conditioning device 21 comprises means for separating a protective layer 16, for example in the form of a paper strip, of the corresponding laminar strip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and collect it in a reel 66. Once the paper strip 16 has been removed, it is necessary to apply at least one layer of adhesive 33 to each laminar strip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 by means of an adhesive applicator 34 associated with each unwinding and conditioning device 21.
- the adhesive layer 33 is in the form of an adhesive strip coated on both sides with two protective layers 68, 69 and supplied in coils 70.
- the adhesive applicator comprises a support for Ia adhesive strip coil 70 and means for removing the two protective layers 68, 69 of the adhesive layer 33 and collecting them in respective coils 71, 72 before the adhesive layer 33 is applied to the corresponding laminar strip 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5.
- Each dis Positive unwinding and conditioning 21 includes a pair of pressure rollers 36 to apply and press the adhesive layer 33 on a face of the web 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- the method of the invention comprises superimposing, pressing and joining with each other the plurality of laminar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 previously conditioned.
- the apparatus of the embodiment example of Figs. 2 and 3 comprises a first laminating device 22 arranged to effect a pre-lamination of some of the laminar bands 1, 2, 3 and a final laminating device 23 arranged to effect a final lamination of the remaining laminar bands 4, 5 with the laminar bands 1, 2, 3 previously laminated to obtain the flat band 10, although the number and arrangement of the laminating devices may vary depending on the applications.
- the laminar strip resulting from the previous lamination of some of the laminar bands 1, 2, 3 has been indicated by numerical reference 37.
- the band preparation unit 20 shown in Fig. 2 includes a first longitudinal cutting device 24, which is shown in greater detail in Fig. 5.
- Said first longitudinal cutting device 24 comprises a blade 17 mounted on a support 26 which is movable along a transverse guide 27.
- Drive means (not shown) are connected to said support 26 and controlled to move said blade 17 in the transverse direction to the laminar band 37 resulting from The prior lamination to a transverse position in accordance with a width selected for the laminar band 37.
- the transverse guide 26 is mounted on a frame 28 which is movable in guide means (not shown).
- Drive means are connected to said frame 28 and controlled to move said blade 17 in a direction normal to the laminar band 37 to insert said blade 17 into the laminar band 37.
- a displacement of the laminar band 37 when the blade 17 is inserted in the same causes a longitudinal cut 38 in the laminar band 37.
- An excess portion 19 of the laminar band 37 is removed by diverting it by means of a support roller 39 and collecting it in a coil 45.
- a device for longitudinal section analogous to that described can be applied to only one of the laminar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or to a laminar band resulting from a different combination of pre-lamination, or there may even be several Longitudinal cutting devices applied individually to several of the laminar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- the band preparation unit 20 shown in Fig. 2 also includes a cross-cutting device 35 for transversely cutting one or more of the lamellar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 before said final laminator 23.
- said cross-cutting device 35 acts to transversely cut the said laminar band 37 resulting from the previous lamination of some of the laminar bands 1, 2, 3, which has previously been cut longitudinally by the first longitudinal cutting device 24, so that the laminar strip 37 is supplied to the final laminator 23 in the form of discontinuous sections of selected width that are to be laminated together with the remaining laminar bands 4, 5, which are continuous, to produce the flat strip 10
- the cross-cutting device 35 may be of a conventional type, for example, a guillotine cutter, so that its detailed description will be omitted.
- the cross-cutting device 35 can be applied to only one of the laminar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or to a laminar band resulting from a different combination of pre-lamination, or there may even be several cross-cutting devices applied individually to several of the laminar bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
- the band preparation unit 20 may include a second longitudinal cutting device 25 arranged to longitudinally cut the flat band 10 with a blade 18 in accordance with a selected width and remove an excess portion thereof before said corrugating operation The initial flat band 10.
- This second longitudinal cutting device 25 may be analogous to that shown in Fig. 5, with said blade 18 mounted on a support movable along a transverse guide by actuation means, and with said guide transverse mounted on a frame movable by drive means in a direction normal to the flat band 10 to insert the blade 18 in the flat band 10.
- the band preparation unit 20 is capable of preparing a flat band 10 in which there is a different number of overlapping layers, and consequently, variations in thickness, in different areas of The same, both longitudinally and transversely, adapted to the characteristics of a solid profile 12 of variable cross section to be obtained.
- corrugated unit 30 shown schematically in Fig. 3 and separately in Fig. 6.
- said corrugated unit 30 comprises a pair of mutually facing corrugation rollers 31, 32, provided with circular grooves on their surface.
- the grooves of both corrugation rollers 31, 32 are conjugated so that the prominent parts of the grooves of one of the rollers penetrate the depressed portions of the grooves of the other of the rollers.
- the flat band 10 is passed through the tightening of both corrugation rollers 31, 32 with the result of the transformation of the flat band 10 into a corrugated band 11 provided with a plurality of zigzag folds parallel to the longitudinal direction of the flat band 10.
- the pair of corrugating rollers 31, 32 may be replaced by a pair of facing corrugation combs provided with conjugated teeth, or a combination of a spline roller and a comb, or other device that can easily occur to an expert in the technique, with an equivalent result.
- the size and shape of the stretch marks or teeth will be in accordance with the number and shape of the folds to be obtained in the corrugated strip 11, and these depending on the cross section of the solid profile 12 to be obtained as the final result.
- the method of the present invention comprises a first heating stage for heating at a temperature of approximately 45 ° C to 6O 0 C the flat band 10 from the band preparation unit 20 immediately before it enters the said unit of corrugated 30.
- the apparatus of the invention comprises a first heating device 60 disposed between the band preparation unit 20 and the corrugated unit 30.
- the apparatus also comprises a second heating device 65 arranged to heat the band corrugated 11 from the corrugated unit 30 immediately before entering a subsequent compaction unit 40 to carry out a second heating stage comprising heating the corrugated band 11 to a temperature of approximately 45 ° C to 60 ° C immediately before carrying out said step of compacting the corrugated band 11 to obtain the solid profile 12.
- the heating devices 60, 65 comprise, for example, infrared radiation lamps installed in respective enclosures 62, 67 through which the flat band 10 and the corrugated band 11, respectively, pass.
- Fig. 7 an example of embodiment of said compaction unit 40 is shown, which preferably comprises a row formed by at least one pair of side rollers 41, 42 facing each other, adapted to laterally compact said corrugated band 11 in the direction transverse thereof until contacting and joining one another surfaces of said folds to thereby obtain the solid profile 12.
- the mentioned lateral rollers 41, 42 of the row are mounted on respective mutually parallel axes 51, 52 and the rollers lower and upper 43, 44 are mounted on respective axes 53, 54 mutually parallel, parallel to the transverse direction of the corrugated band 11 and orthogonal with respect to the axes 51, 52 of the side rollers 41, 42.
- the pair of side rollers 41 , 42 have respective work surfaces configured to form respective lateral surfaces of the solid profile 12, and Ia pair of lower and upper rollers 43, 44 have respective work surfaces configured to form corresponding lower and upper surfaces of the solid profile 12.
- the compaction unit comprises one or more pairs of guide rollers 46, 47 to guide the flat band 10 before it enters the mentioned row.
- both the work surfaces of the side rollers 41, 42 and the work surfaces of the lower and upper rollers 43, 44 are cylindrical, so that the solid profile 12 obtained has a cross section rectangular. Since in the example of Fig. 7 the positions of the axes of the rollers that make up the row are fixed, the rectangular cross section of the solid profile 12 is uniform.
- Figs. 8 to 10 another example of embodiment of the compaction unit 40 comprising a pair of guide rollers 46, 47 and a variable pitch row formed by a pair of side rollers 41, 42 mounted on respective mutually parallel shafts 51, 52 and a pair of lower and upper rollers 43, 44 mounted on respective shafts 53, 54 mutually parallel, parallel to the transverse direction of the corrugated band 11 and orthogonal with respect to the aforementioned axes 51, 52 of the side rollers 41, 42.
- the side rollers 41, 42 comprise work surfaces contoured on purpose to produce a solid profile 12 of a cross-section different from the rectangular one.
- the variable pitch row of the compaction unit 40 is adapted to give the solid profile a variable cross section along the longitudinal direction thereof, in accordance with the method of the present invention.
- variable pitch row comprises a base structure 48 in which first supports 49 adapted to support said shafts 53, 54 of the lower and upper rollers 43, 44 are fixed in fixed positions in relation to the structure base 48.
- Second supports 73 are also attached to the base structure 48 which includes guide means 13, such as elongated holes, adapted to guide displacements of the shafts 51, 52 of the side rollers 41, 42 in some directions perpendicular to said axes 51, 52 and parallel to the transverse direction of the corrugated band 11.
- Drive means 14 for example in the form of a pair of linear actuators 14 with precision spindle, are mechanically connected to move forks 55 which support the shafts 51, 52 of the side rollers 41, 42.
- the drive means 14 can be activated to co-move a member of the pair of lateral rollers 41, 42 in relation to the other, or both lateral rollers 41, 42 at the same time, during a pultrusion or extrusion operation while the lower and upper rollers 43, 44 remain in fixed positions with in order to produce variations in the cross section of the solid profile 12 along the longitudinal direction thereof.
- Other constructions will occur to an expert in the field alternatives to move the side rollers 41, 42 without departing from the scope of the present invention.
- the apparatus includes a firing unit 50 comprising a carriage 56 arranged to be moved along guide means 57.
- a gripping device 58 is mounted, such as a jaw, adapted to grip a leading end of the solid profile 12.
- Drive means (not shown) are arranged to move the carriage 56 and said gripping device 58 along said guide means 57 to thereby pull of the solid profile 12 grabbed by the gripping device 58 and dragging it along at least the said corrugated and compaction units 30, 40.
- the apparatus includes a transverse cutting device 59 disposed at the outlet of the compaction unit 40.
- This cross-cutting device 59 is adapted to section the solid profile 12 and thereby provide a rear end to a finished solid profile 12 and a leading end to the next solid profile 1 2.
- the firing unit 50 has another cross-sectional device 61 associated near the end end of the guide means 57 to section the solid profile 12 and thereby discard a front portion of the profile that may have been damaged by the Ia Grip of the gripping device 58 and providing a new front end to the finished solid profile 12.
- the compaction unit 40 and a first section of the draft unit 50 are installed inside an enclosure 63 (shown schematically by dashed lines in Fig. 3) through which the corrugated band 11 passes through. becomes the solid profile 12.
- This enclosure 63 has the purpose of preserving the heat accumulated by the corrugated band 11 and the solid profile 12 in the preceding steps before finishing its cure at room temperature along the rest of the firing unit fifty.
- FIG. 11 an example of solid profile 12 is shown which can be obtained in general by the method and / or the apparatus of the present invention, and more in particular using the row described above in relation to Figs. 8 to 10.
- the solid profile of Fig. 11 has two end portions 12a whose cross section is shown in the enlarged detail A, a middle portion 12b whose cross section is shown in the enlarged detail B, and two transition portions 12c located between said end portions 12a and said middle portion 12b.
- the contour of the cross section A of the end portions 12a resembles an isosceles triangle having a straight side at the base and two other concave curved sides.
- This cross section A is obtained by arranging the two side rollers 41, 42 so that their respective work surfaces are very close to each other.
- the concave curved sides of the cross section A of the solid profile 12 are the footprint of the convex curved contour of the cross section of the working surface of the side rollers 41, 42.
- the outline of the cross section B of the middle portion 12b resembles an isosceles trapezoid having the major and minor straight bases and the other two concave curved sides, analogous to the concave curved sides of the cross section A.
- the middle portion 12b It is obtained by arranging one of the side rollers 41 so that its work surface is at a selected distance from the work surface of the other side roller 42.
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