Fiber placement machine with composite tape film removal
AssigneeFives Machining Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael N. Grimshaw, Thomas C. Grace
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Abstract
A fiber placement head for applying a plurality of composite tape segments on a mold includes a supply roll for storing and supplying composite tape having a backing film to the fiber placement head; a film roll for receiving the backing film from the composite tape that is removed from the film roll; an electric motor that rotates the supply roll or the film roll; and a slip clutch, coupled with the supply roll or the film roll, that permits the relative displacement of the angular position of the film roll with respect to the angular position of the supply roll.
Claims6
A fiber placement head for applying a plurality of composite tape segments on a mold, comprising:
- a supply roll, mounted on a spool carried by a creel frame of the fiber placement head, for storing and supplying composite tape having a backing film to the fiber placement head;
- a film roll, mounted on another spool carried by the creel frame of the fiber placement head for receiving the backing film from the composite tape that is removed from the film roll;
- an electric motor that rotates the supply roll or the film roll;
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- a slip clutch, carried by the creel frame and coupled with the supply roll or the film roll, that permits the relative displacement of the angular position of the film roll with respect to the angular position of the supply roll in response to a changed diameter of the supply roll relative to a changed diameter of the film roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.