Tape lamination machine scrap collection assembly
AssigneeFives Machining Systems, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Boroughs, Duncan Kochhar-Lindgren, Cody Casteneda, Nicholas Gacek, Amanda Kotchon
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Abstract
A scrap collection assembly for a tape lamination head that applies a plurality of composite tape segments includes a crack-off assembly with a scrap crack-off redirect roller configured to engage one or more composite tape segments and one or more scrap portions; and a secondary crack-off roller configured to engage one or more composite tape segments and one or more scrap portions; a pivot that connects the crack-off assembly to the tape lamination head, wherein the secondary crack-off roller selectively moves about the pivot to change a direction of composite tape movement.
Claims7
A scrap collection assembly for a tape lamination head that applies a plurality of composite tape segments, comprising:
- a crack-off assembly comprising:
- a scrap crack-off redirect roller configured to engage one or more composite tape segments and one or more scrap portions;
- a secondary crack-off roller configured to engage the one or more composite tape segments and the one or more scrap portions;
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- a pivot that connects the crack-off assembly to the tape lamination head, wherein the crack-off assembly and the secondary crack-off roller are configured to selectively move about the pivot displacing an axis of rotation of the secondary crack-off roller to change a direction of composite tape movement and collect the one or more scrap portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.