Fiber application machine provided with a tension limiting system
AssigneeCoriolis Group
InventorsKevin LE MOIGNE, Emmanuel LE MENEAH
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Abstract
A fiber application machine comprising a fiber application head, storage means, conveying means, a displacement system, and a tension limiting system comprising at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder cantilever mounted on a support structure, and drive means for driving the cylinders in rotation. The first cylinder and/or the second cylinder are mounted mobile on the support structure between at least one active position in which each fiber is able to be partially wound on the cylinders, and an inactive position in which the first cylinder and the second cylinder are spaced apart from each other.
Claims10
Fiber application machine comprising a fiber application head storage means, conveying means for conveying at least one fiber from the said storage means to the application head, further comprising a displacement system able to effect a relative displacement of the application head with respect to a lay-up surface, and at least one tension limiting system comprising at least two cylinders parallel to each other, on which each fiber is able to be partially wound, and drive means for driving said cylinders in rotation, wherein the tension system comprises at least a first cylinder and at least a second cylinder cantilever-mounted on a support structure the first cylinder and/or the second cylinder being mounted mobile on the support structure between at least one active position in which each fiber is able to be partially wound on said cylinders, and an inactive position in which the first cylinder and the second cylinder are spaced apart from each other.
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