Device for feeding out fibres at production of thermosettable fibre reinforced products

A device for feeding reinforcement fibres for production of thermosettable plastic products, said device comprising:

• at least one magazine for containing a fibre thread;
• fibre feedout head, guiding means for guiding the fibre thread from a magazine to the fibre feedout head, the feedout head being provided with feeding means for feeding the fibre thread from the magazine through the guiding means, and cutting means positioned and arranged after the feeding means in the path of the fibre thread and adapted to cut the fibre thread, wherein the feeding means of the feedout head includes driven feed rollers which form at least one nip for the fibre thread, and fibre ejecting means, wherein the cutting means are driven individually from the feed rollers and are located between the feed rollers and the fibre ejecting means, the cutting means including a driven knife roller with outwardly projecting knife blades and a backing roller which is operable either to a position of engagement with or to a position of non-engagement with the knife roller;
• measuring means for continuous weighing of an amount of fibre thread fed from the magazine;
• and
• control means associated with the measuring means for controlling the feed rollers to feed a selected amount of fibre thread from the magazine.

A device for feeding out reinforcement fibres for production of thermosettable plastic products, said device comprising:

• a magazine for containing a fibre thread;
• a feeder for feeding the fibre thread from the magazine, the feeder including a plurality of driven feed rollers which form a nip for the fibre thread;
• a guide for guiding the fibre thread from the magazine to the feeder;
• a cutter adapted to cut the fibre thread, the cutter including a driven knife roller with outwardly projecting knife blades and a backing roller which is opposite the knife roller;
• and
• a fibre ejector, the cutter being located between the feeder and the fibre ejector, the backing roller being operable either to a position of engagement with the knife roller to permit cut fibres to be ejected from the fibre ejector or to a position of non-engagement with the knife roller to permit continuous fibres to be ejected from the fibre ejector.