Tape-laying device and tape-laying method for flexibly and quickly laying tapes with different widths
AssigneeDieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
InventorsMatthias Graf, Felix Hellmeier, Klaus Jung
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Abstract
A tape-laying apparatus includes a material feeder configured to feed tapes, and a laying device configured for picking up and placing tapes onto a laying table. The laying device includes a transporter and a vacuum. The vacuum is connected to the transporter such that at least one tape is configured to be held on the transporter by a negative pressure generated by the vacuum. The transporter includes at least two endless transport belts, which circulate around deflection rollers. The transport belts run parallel to one another in a same transport plane.
Claims20
A tape-laying apparatus, comprising:
- a material feeder configured to feed tapes,
- a laying device configured for picking up and placing tapes onto a laying table, wherein the laying device comprises a transporter and a vacuum,
- wherein the vacuum is connected to the transporter such that at least one tape is configured to be held on the transporter by a negative pressure generated by the vacuum,
- wherein the transporter comprises at least two endless transport belts which circulate around deflection rollers, and
- wherein the transport belts run parallel to one another in a same transport plane.
A tape-laying method, which comprises
- feeding tapes with a material feeder;
- and
- picking up and placing tapes onto a laying table with a transporter and a vacuum,
- wherein at least one tape is held on the transporter by a negative pressure generated by the vacuum,
- wherein the transporter comprises at least two endless transport belts which circulate around deflection rollers, and
- wherein the transport belts run parallel to one another in a same transport plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.