Automated fiber bundle placement device

An automated fiber bundle placement device comprising:

• a supply device configured so that a plurality of bobbins around which fiber bundles are wound are installed to supply the fiber bundles from each of the bobbins,
• a placement head for placing each of the fiber bundles supplied from the supply device on a placement die;
• and
• an articulated robot having the placement head attached thereto to move the placement head for the placement,
• wherein the placement head includes a pressing unit that presses the fiber bundle onto the placement die, a feeding mechanism that feeds the fiber bundle toward the pressing unit, and a cutting device that cuts the fiber bundle between the pressing unit and the feeding mechanism,
• the cutting device includes a cutting blade provided for each route of the fiber bundle to intersect with a traveling direction of the fiber bundle, a securing member provided to pinch the route with the cutting blade, and a drive mechanism for causing displacement of the cutting blade toward a cutting position on the securing member side,
• the drive mechanism includes a plate-shaped movable unit provided for each of the cutting blades, to which the cutting blade corresponding thereto is attached, a support unit supporting the movable unit to be displaceable, having a plate-shaped part, and facing the movable unit in the plate-shaped part, a permanent magnet provided in one of a part facing the plate-shaped part of the support unit in the movable unit and a part facing the movable unit in the plate-shaped part of the support unit, and an exciting coil provided in the other, and
• the permanent magnet and the exciting coil are provided so that the movable unit is displaced as the exciting coil is excited.