Fiber application machine provided with a tension limiting system
AssigneeCoriolis Group
InventorsKevin Le Moigne, Emmanuel Le Meneah
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Abstract
A fiber application machine comprising a fiber application head, storage means, conveying means, a displacement system, and a tension limiting system comprising at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder cantilever mounted on a support structure, and drive means for driving the cylinders in rotation. The first cylinder and/or the second cylinder are mounted mobile on the support structure between at least one active position in which each fiber is able to be partially wound on the cylinders, and an inactive position in which the first cylinder and the second cylinder are spaced apart from each other.
Claims14
A fiber application machine comprising:
- a fiber application head;
- a fiber storage creel;
- at least one fiber guide configured to guide at least one fiber from said fiber storage creel to the fiber application head;
- a displacement system able to effect a relative displacement of the fiber application head with respect to a lay-up surface;
- at least one tension limiting system comprising at least two cylinders parallel to each other, on which each fiber is able to be partially wound, and
- a motorized drive assembly configured to drive said at least two cylinders in rotation,
- wherein the at least one tension limiting system comprises at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder cantilever-mounted on a support structure, the at least one first cylinder and/or the at least one second cylinder being mounted mobile on the support structure between at least one active position in which each fiber is able to be partially wound on said at least one first cylinder and said at least one second cylinder, and an inactive position in which the at least one first cylinder and the at least one second cylinder are spaced apart from each other.
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