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AssigneeIngersoll Machine Tools, Inc.
InventorsTino Oldani, Daniel Goebel
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An apparatus comprising a fiber placement head assembly and an infrared heating assembly is provided. The fiber placement head assembly includes a compaction roller assembly and a feeder assembly. An infrared heating assembly, a cooling mechanism, temperature sensors, and a controller are operably coupled to the fiber placement head assembly. The infrared heating assembly includes an infrared heater that generates a heating profile. The heating profile defines a heating zone on either a tool or previously laid tows. If the burn point of either the tool or previously laid tows within the heating zone is approached, the controller, which receives temperature readings from the temperature sensors, simultaneously disables the infrared heater and activates the cooling mechanism. As such, the tool and the previously laid tows are protected from being ruined due to an over temperature condition.
A method of heating at least one of a surface of a tool on which fiber tows are to be laid by a fiber placement head of a fiber placement machine and previously laid tows laid by the fiber placement head of the fiber placement machine on the surface of the tool, comprising the steps of:
An apparatus comprising:
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