Tape laying and cutting system for fiber reinforced plastic manufacturing
OwnerQiongge TAl, Pravin LUTHADA +3inventors
InventorsQiongge TAl, Pravin LUTHADA, Emir GOLETIC, Oriol Ala PUIG, Vaibhav SHAH
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
This patent application focuses on the cutting, laying and impregnating the fiber tape using a tape laying and cutting head. The head contains a stationary or moving laser system with an in-situ mixing of resin and hardener, rollers (1,2) and a spreader (6) for pressing. The head enables manufacturing of small fiber reinforced parts avoiding the problems in manufacturing them.
Claims11
A method of manufacturing fiber reinforced plastic parts, the method comprising using a tape rolling system to perform steps of:
- placing a segment of a tape on a mould by moving a tape-laying head of the tape rolling system;
- providing components of a multi-component epoxy in defined ratios to a mixer;
- mixing a mixture of multi-component epoxy with the mixer;
- spreading the mixture of multi-component epoxy on the placed segment of the tape;
- impregnating the mixture of multi-component epoxy into the tape;
- cutting the tape with a cutter of the tape rolling system;
- and
- moving the tape-laying head of the tape rolling system one tape width to a direction perpendicular to fiber direction of the placed tape segment.
A tape-laying system for manufacturing fiber reinforced plastic parts, wherein the system comprises
- a tape rolling sub-system comprising a movable tape-laying head having one or more rotatable rollers for tensioning and placing a tape,
- a tape impregnation subsystem comprising a container for each component of a multi-component epoxy, a plurality of pumps for pumping said components to a mixer for mixing components of a multi-component epoxy with each other, and a spreader for impregnating the tape with said mixture, and
- a cutting sub-system comprising a cutter configured to cut the tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.