Method of producing composite material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10086563-B2
Application number	US-201314761613-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2013
Priority date	Jan 18, 2013
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A method of producing a composite material includes preparing at least one molded product raw material by primary curing; preparing an assembled body by assembling the primarily cured molded product raw material with another molded product raw material; and integrally forming the molded product raw materials by heating the assembled body to a temperature equivalent to or higher than a glass transition point of the primarily cured molded product raw material to cause a phase of the at least one molded product raw material to transition to a rubberized state, by allowing an adhesive adjacent to the molded product raw material or the other molded product raw material adjacent to the molded product raw material to coexist with the molded product raw material in the rubberized state, and by secondarily curing the primarily cured at least one molded product raw material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of producing a composite material, in which the composite material is constituted by at least two molded product raw materials, the method comprising:
preparing at least one of the molded product raw materials for constituting the composite material by primary curing;
preparing an assembled body by assembling the primarily cured molded product raw material with another molded product raw material for constituting the composite material via an adhesive or by not using an adhesive; and
integrally forming the primarily cured molded product raw material and the another molded product raw material by heating the assembled body to a temperature equivalent to or higher than a glass transition point of the at least one primarily cured molded product raw material to cause a phase of the primarily cured molded product raw material to transition into a rubberized state, by allowing an adhesive existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material or the another molded product raw material existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material to coexist with the primarily cured molded product raw material in the rubberized state, and by secondarily curing the primarily cured molded product raw material,
wherein the following temperatures Tg 1 , Tg 2 , Tg 3 , Tr 1 , Tr 2 , and Tr 3 are determined:
Tg 1 : a storage elastic modulus decrease start point for the primarily cured molded product raw material;
Tg 2 : a temperature at a timing around a midpoint of phase transition from a glass state to the rubber state of the primarily cured molded product raw material;
Tg 3 : a storage elastic modulus decrease end point for the primarily cured molded product raw material;
Tr 1 : a reaction start point temperature for the adhesive existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material or the another molded product raw material existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material;
Tr 2 : a reaction temperature for the adhesive existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material or the another molded product raw material existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material; and
Tr 3 : a reaction end point temperature for the adhesive existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material or the another molded product raw material existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material,
wherein a glass transition point Tg for the primarily cured molded product raw material and a reaction temperature Tr for the adhesive existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material or the another molded product raw material existing adjacent to the primarily cured molded product raw material are set so as to satisfy the following conditions (i) to (ix):
(i) a control range where:
dT 31= Tr 3− Tg 1≥30° C., and

Tr 2− Tg 1>0° C.;

(ii) a control range that is the control range (i) where:
dT 21= Tr 2− Tg 1≥25° C.;

(iii) a control range that is the control range (ii) where:
dT 11= Tr 1− Tg 1≥20° C.;

(iv) a control range where:
dT 32= Tr 3− Tg 2≥10° C., and

Tr 2− Tg 1>0° C.;

(v) a control range that is the control range (iv) where:
dT 22= Tr 2− Tg 2≥5° C.;

(vi) a control range that is the control range (v) where:
dT 12= Tr 1− Tg 2≥0° C.;

(vii) a control range where:
dT 33= Tr 3− Tg 3≥0° C., and

Tr 2− Tg 1>0° C.;

(viii) a control range where:
dT 23= Tr 2− Tg 3≥0° C.; and

(ix) a control range where:
dT 13= Tr 1− Tg 3≥0° C.,

the method further comprising, in order, the following:
measuring, by DSC measurement, a primary curing start temperature Tp 1 , where Tp 1 is the primary curing reaction start point;
molding to form the primarily cured molded product raw material at Tp 1 for a holding time of about 30 minutes;
measuring, on the basis of viscoelasticity, Tg 1 , Tg 2 , and Tg 3 ;

wherein
Tr 1 , Tr 2 , and Tr 3 are measured by DSC measurement,
if one or more of (i)-(ix) is not satisfied because at least one of Tg 1 , Tg 2 , and Tg 3 is too high, the temperature Tp 1 is then reduced by 10° C. and/or the holding time is reduced by about 50%, the primarily cured molded product raw material is then molded, and Tg 1 , Tg 2 , and Tg 3 are measured again, and
if one or more of (i)-(ix) is not satisfied because at least one of Tg 1 , Tg 2 , and Tg 3 is too low, the temperature Tp 1 is then increased by 10° C. and/or the holding time is increased by about 100%, and the primarily cured molded product raw material is then molded, and Tg 1 , Tg 2 , and Tg 3 are measured.

2. The method of producing the composite material according to claim 1 ,
wherein the composite material is a composite material including a stiffener raw material and a panel raw material, and
wherein the stiffener raw material is primarily cured.

3. The method of producing the composite material according to claim 2 ,
wherein the stiffener raw material includes a fiber reinforced resin that uses a chain-curing type resin.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Hattori Hidetaka
• Hayashi Noriya
• Watanabe Akihisa

Classifications

• B29C66/71

  characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined (welding bar compositions B29C65/125) · CPC title

• B29L2031/3076

  Aircrafts (blades, propellers B29L2031/08) · CPC title

• B29K2079/085

  Thermoplastic polyimides, e.g. polyesterimides, PEI, i.e. polyetherimides, or polyamideimides; Derivatives thereof · CPC title

• B29C66/721

  Fibre-reinforced materials (B29C66/729 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C66/474

  said single elements being substantially non-flat · CPC title