WO2022013710A1 - Procédé de fabrication de composants composites - Google Patents

Procédé de fabrication de composants composites Download PDF

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WO2022013710A1
WO2022013710A1 PCT/IB2021/056240 IB2021056240W WO2022013710A1 WO 2022013710 A1 WO2022013710 A1 WO 2022013710A1 IB 2021056240 W IB2021056240 W IB 2021056240W WO 2022013710 A1 WO2022013710 A1 WO 2022013710A1
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Konrad Farbaniec
Marcin GLODZIK
Aleksander BANAS
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Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze Spolka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C70/00—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
    • B29C70/04—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts comprising reinforcements only, e.g. self-reinforcing plastics
    • B29C70/28—Shaping operations therefor
    • B29C70/30—Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core
    • B29C70/38—Automated lay-up, e.g. using robots, laying filaments according to predetermined patterns
    • B29C70/386—Automated tape laying [ATL]

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  • the invention generally relates to the field of manufacturing composite components by automated tape or fiber laying technology. More specifically, the subject matter of the invention is a method of laying individual layers composed of multiple sets of unidirectional tapes or fibers, especially in the process of manufacturing components by the automatic tape or fiber laying technology using thermoplastic carbon fiber reinforced tapes with a matrix made, i.a., of PEEK, PAEK, PPS or PEK.
  • AFP Automated Fiber Placement
  • ATL Automated Tape Lying technologies
  • the difference between the AFP technology and the ATL technology comes down mainly to the fact that AFP uses pre-impregnated single fibers in the form of narrow strips being laid simultaneously, while the ATL technology uses pre-prepared unidirectional tapes in the form of wider strips, being laid individually or in sets of several tapes, layer by layer.
  • the objective of the invention is to minimize the number of defects in the manufactured composite component during laying of the set of unidirectional tapes or fibers layer by layer, and to get rid of the wavy and rough surface on part of the component, and thus to improve the quality of the finished product by laying successive layers in a strictly defined manner while maintaining the best process parameters.
  • a method of manufacturing composite components according to the present invention consists in laying plurality of layers of a composite material, each layer being composed of plurality of unidirectional tapes or fibers in the form of parallel-oriented strips of the composite material.
  • the unidirectional layers with the same orientation of tapes or fibers are being laid with a lateral shift between these unidirectional layers so that the individual tapes or fibers of at least two unidirectional layers with the same orientation are shifted relative to each other by the value x defined by the section running in the direction perpendicular to the tape or fiber lying direction and parallel to the plane of symmetry, wherein the value x is different than the multiple of the width of the single tape or fiber.
  • each layer is being laid using plurality of sets of the unidirectional tapes or fibers being laid simultaneously during one pass of a laying head, wherein each set comprises plurality of tapes or fibers in the form of parallel oriented strips of composite material.
  • the lateral shift between the unidirectional layers occurs in order according to the direction of layer growth.
  • the unidirectional layers are being laid directly on top of each other.
  • the unidirectional layers may be separated by at least one layer with different orientation of tapes or fibers.
  • the value of x is preferably 1.5 of the width of a single tape or fiber.
  • the layers are preferably being laid symmetrically with respect to the plane of symmetry.
  • the use of the automated method of laying unidirectional tapes or fibers according to the invention allows for obtaining high-quality composites using standard tooling for this process, i.e. a robot with a head, a positioner and a heated mould.
  • Fig. 1 - shows an arrangement of layers and their directions according to one preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 - shows another exemplary arrangement of layers according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 3 - shows yet another exemplary arrangement of layers according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 4 - shows a lateral shift between adjacent layers in the cross section through an arrangement of layers having the same orientation.
  • thermoplastic carbon fiber reinforced tapes with a matrix made, i.a., of PEEK, PAEK, PPS or PEK.
  • Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show a typical sequence of laying the layers 1, 2, 3, 4 in a manufactured composite component, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein the arrangement of layers has symmetry with respect to the plane P, therefore each layer 1, 2, 3, 4 with a given direction (of orientation of tapes T) occurs at least twice in the arrangement.
  • Fig. 1 shows an arrangement consisting of four layers 1, 2, where the individual layers la, 2a, 2b, lb have consecutively the following orientation, according to the direction of layer growth: 0°, 90°, 90°, 0°.
  • Fig. 1 shows an arrangement consisting of four layers 1, 2, where the individual layers la, 2a, 2b, lb have consecutively the following orientation, according to the direction of layer growth: 0°, 90°, 90°, 0°.
  • Fig. 1 shows an arrangement consisting of four layers 1, 2, where the individual layers la, 2a, 2b, lb have consecutively the following orientation, according to the direction of layer growth: 0°, 90
  • FIG. 2 shows embodiments with an arrangement comprising six layers 1, 2 which are arranged in two directions: 0° and 90° in order according to the direction of layer growth la, 2b, lb, lc, 2b, Id, and Fig. 3 - an arrangement comprising ten layers 1, 2, 3, 4 arranged in four directions, 0°, 90°, 45°, -45°, respectively, and in the following order according to the direction of layer growth: la, 3a, 2a, 4a, 2b , 2c, 4b, 2d, 3b, lb.
  • the layers 1, 2, 3, 4 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the symmetry plane P.
  • the process of manufacturing composite components comprises shifting the layers 1, 2, 3, 4 being laid in the perpendicular direction, the so-called lateral shift (displacement), and occurs between the layers 1, 2, 3, 4 with the same orientation of tapes T, referred to as unidirectional (otherwise single-name or parallel) layers.
  • the unidirectional layers 1, 2, 3, 4 with the same orientation can follow directly one after the other, including in between also the layers 1, 2, 3, 4 running in other directions, i.e. with a different orientation of tapes T.
  • the so called lateral shift occurs between the unidirectional layers 1, 2, 3, 4, regardless of the position they are located in the sequence the layers 1, 2, 3, 4 are being laid and how many of them there are in the manufactured composite component.
  • the lateral shift consists in that each tape T of the subsequent unidirectional layer 1, 2, 3, 4 (i.e. the upper layer with respect to the direction of layer growth) is shifted relative to the tape T of the previous unidirectional (lower lying) layer 1, 2, 3, 4 by the value x, which can be defined as a vector or section with a direction running perpendicular to the direction the tapes T are being laid and parallel to the symmetry plane P, wherein the length of this section must always be different from the width of a single tape T (different than its multiple).
  • Such a method of laying results in each tape T of the subsequent unidirectional layer 1, 2, 3, 4, when viewed in the cross-section in the direction the layers are being laid (in the direction perpendicular to the symmetry plane P), overlaps two tapes T of the lower laying layer 1, 2, 3, 4 at the their joint running parallel to the direction in which the T-tapes are being laid. As a result, the outer surface of the manufactured component is less wavy and rough.
  • the value x may be less or greater than the width of a single tape T, but cannot be equal to it, as then the tapes T of the upper laying unidirectional layer 1, 2, 3, 4 would be aligned with the lower lying tapes T, so the condition that the tape T of the upper laying unidirectional layer 1, 2, 3, 4 overlaps partially two adjacent tapes T of the lower laying unidirectional layer 1, 2, 3, 4 will not be fulfilled.
  • the width of the individual layers 1, 2, 3, 4 depends on the technology being used. For example, in the AFP technology, single and unconnected strips of fibers (tape) arranged in a wider band can have a width of 3 mm to 10 mm. On the other hand, in the ATL technology, the width of the unidirectional tape is as a rule greater, because the tape made of fibers has already been properly pre-prepared, i.e. joined from many smaller strands or strips of fibers (so-called composite fiber prepregs) into one whole, and may be, for example, from 50 mm to 250 mm.
  • tape or fibers used above are interchangeable and are not limiting, unless otherwise indicated in the text, and generally mean a material in the form of a strand/strip of fibers generally referred to as tape, which, as in the case of the AFP technology, can be a single strand or strip (tow), which - earlier unconnected - are being arranged at the same time to form a wider band, or as in the case of the ATL technology - can be a wider tape that has been pre-prepared from composite fibers.
  • a layer arrangement comprising four layers 1, 2, 3, 4 consisting of unidirectional tapes T with the same orientation with lateral shift, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, is illustrated in detail in Fig. 4, wherein EOL denotes the edge of the composite (laminate) being laid, and EOP stands for the edge/contour of the component.
  • the shift between the unidirectional layers 1, 2, 3, 4 occurs in order according to the direction of layer growth (arrow shown in Figs. 1-3).
  • each layer 1, 2, 3, 4 includes multiple unidirectional tapes T which are being laid as multiple sets S.
  • Each set S includes multiple tapes T, in this example eight tapes T in set S, and the tapes T of a single set T are being laid simultaneously during one pass of the robot head for automatic tape laying.
  • the sets S of tapes T are being laid with a lateral shift with respect to the previous layer 1, 2, 3, 4 by the shift value x, which in the presented example is 9.525 mm (which corresponds to a section equal in length to one and a half width of the tape T).
  • the introduction of the lateral shift of unidirectional tapes during manufacturing of the composite components reduces the defects occurring inside the material and reduces the waviness and roughness of the outer surface of the component, and thus results in an overall increase in the quality of the manufactured element.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de fabrication de composants composites, consistant à poser une pluralité d'ensembles (S) de bandes (T) unidirectionnelles par une technologie automatisée de pose de bande ou de fibre. L'essence du procédé consiste en ce que les couches unidirectionnelles (1, 2, 3, 4) ayant la même orientation de bandes (T) ou de fibres sont posées avec un décalage latéral entre lesdites couches unidirectionnelles (1, 2, 3, 4) de sorte que les bandes (T) ou les fibres individuelles d'au moins deux couches unidirectionnelles (1, 2, 3, 4) ayant la même orientation soient décalées l'une par rapport à l'autre de la valeur (x) définie par la section se développant dans le sens perpendiculaire au sens de pose de la bande ou de la fibre et parallèle au plan de symétrie (P), la valeur (x) étant différente du multiple de la largeur d'une bande (T) ou d'une fibre unique.
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