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US 12,605,907 B2Granted
Filament winding device and filament winding method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKosuke Tatsushima
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Abstract
A band-shaped bundle is conveyed to a workpiece by a roller row in a filament winding device and a filament winding method. During the conveyance of the band-shaped bundle by the roller row, a width of the band-shaped bundle is adjusted. The band-shaped bundle is wound around the workpiece adjacently in a widthwise direction of the band-shaped bundle.
Claims10
A filament winding device configured to wind a band shaped bundle around a workpiece, comprising:
- a roller row configured to convey the band-shaped bundle to the workpiece;
- and
- a width adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a width of the band-shaped bundle during conveyance by the roller row in a manner so that the band-shaped bundle is wound around the workpiece adjacently in a widthwise direction of the band-shaped bundle,
- wherein the band-shaped bundle is configured by arranging a plurality of fiber bundles, each of which is a bundle of a plurality of fibers, in the widthwise direction,
- the width adjustment mechanism includes a plurality of width adjustment rollers over which the plurality of fiber bundles pass, respectively,
- the plurality of width adjustment rollers respectively adjust widths of the fiber bundles to adjust the width of the band-shaped bundles, and
- wherein each of the plurality of width adjustment rollers includes:
- a first roller including a first guide groove having an annular shape on an outer peripheral portion of the first roller;
- and
- a second roller disposed on a downstream side of the first roller in a conveyance direction of the fiber bundle and including a second guide groove having an annular shape on an outer peripheral portion of the second roller, and
- wherein each of the plurality of fiber bundles is passed over the first guide groove and the second guide groove of each of the plurality of width adjustment rollers.
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