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US 2021/0323247 A1Published application
Prepreg automatic layering device
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMasayuki KAWANO, Yukiharu YAMASAKI, Yukifumi TOYAMA
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Abstract
Compactors arranged adjacent to each other in one direction are independent of one another. A raising and lowering mechanism raises and lowers the compactors independently of one another. A control device controls the raising and lowering mechanism.
Claims4
A prepreg automatic layering device comprising:
- a lay-up stage extending in one direction;
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- a prepreg layering head including a feeding portion that feeds a prepreg sheet, which is affixed to one surface of a delamination sheet, onto the lay-up stage or another prepreg sheet disposed on the lay-up stage, a winding portion that winds the delamination sheet delaminated from the prepreg sheet, and a plurality of compactors that are disposed in the one direction and move in a direction from a winding portion side toward a feeding portion side to press a predetermined region on the prepreg sheet with the delamination sheet interposed between the plurality of compactors and the prepreg sheet,
- wherein the plurality of compactors are disposed to be adjacent to each other on one side and are configured to be independent of each other, and
- the prepreg layering head includes a lifting and lowering mechanism that independently lifts and lowers the plurality of compactors, and a control unit that controls the lifting and lowering mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.