Composite material part with metallic insert
AssigneesPsa Automobiles SA, Faurecia Automotive Composite
InventorsLOUISE LEDAGUENEL, PASCAL LIGOT, FABRICE REVEAU, ERWAN TESSIER, THIERRY RENAULT
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a composite part comprises placing a composite material part comprising fibers and a thermoplastic resin on a matrix; moving a presser towards the matrix in order to thermo-stamp the part; and making at least one orifice in the part by moving at least one punch through the part and at least one compactor pushing back the material of the part moved by the punch and forming a shoulder around the orifice or one of the orifices. This method also comprises a step of placing a metal insert on the shoulder of the or at least one of the orifices.
Claims10
A method of manufacturing a composite part, comprising the following steps:
- placing a composite material part comprising fibers and a thermoplastic resin on a matrix;
- moving a presser towards the matrix in order to thermo-stamp the part;
- making at least one orifice in the part by moving at least one punch through the part and at least one compactor pushing back the material of the part moved by the punch and forming a shoulder around the at least one orifice;
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- placing a metal insert on the shoulder of the at least one orifice.
A composite part comprising:
- a composite material thermo-stamped body comprising fibers and a thermoplastic resin, with at least one fixing orifice;
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- a metal insert housed in the at least fixing orifice, the body comprising around said orifice a shoulder with a bearing face of the insert, in the median plane of the part at the orifice, and one or more faces perpendicular to the bearing face for positioning said insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.