Automated fiber bundle placement apparatus

An automated fiber bundle placement apparatus comprising a supply device which a plurality of bobbins each having a fiber bundle wound thereon is mounted thereto and is configured to deliver the fiber bundle from each of the bobbins, a placing head configured to perform placement of each of the fiber bundles supplied from the supply device onto a placement die and having a pressing part configured to press the fiber bundles onto the placement die, a multi-jointed robot which the placing head is attached thereto and is configured to move the placing head for the placement, and a guide mechanism provided for the multi-jointed robot and configured to guide the fiber bundles from the supply device toward the placing head, wherein the placing head comprises a plurality of conveying mechanisms each provided on each of paths of the fiber bundles so as to convey the fiber bundles introduced into the placing head toward the pressing part, a plurality of guidance mechanisms each comprising a guide roller for guiding the fiber bundle toward the conveying mechanism and each provided on each path on an upstream side of the path to the conveying mechanism, and a frame attached to the multi-jointed robot and provided with the conveying mechanisms and the guidance mechanisms,

• the automated fiber bundle placement apparatus being characterized in that the frame is constituted by a main frame part provided with the conveying mechanisms and attached to the multi-jointed robot and a sub-frame part provided with the guidance mechanisms and detachably attached to the main frame part.