Fiber winding device and method for producing a fiber material blank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10196230-B2
Application number	US-201615059527-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2016
Priority date	Mar 4, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a winding device ( 1 ) and a method for winding a frame ( 7 ) to produce a fiber material blank ( 18 ). For this, a frame ( 7 ) is clamped in a clamping device and put into rotation about a rotational axis ( 5 ) by a drive ( 3 ). According to the invention it is provided that fixing pins ( 6 ) are folded down during the passing of a thread ( 9 ) to be wound.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Winding device for producing a flat fibre material blank comprising a stationary device with a drive and a clamping device, wherein a frame can be clamped in the clamping device, so that by rotation of the frame a fibre material in the form of a thread or fibre roving is wound on this, wherein a rotational axis is arranged centrally to the clamping device, wherein a fixing disc or star-shaped arms, on which holders are displaceably mounted, extend from the rotational axis, and the holders project from the fixing disc or the arms, wherein by displacement of the holders, frames having mutually different external geometries can be clamped in the clamping device and are rotatable through the drive, and so that a thread eye movable relative to the frame is provided for feeding the thread, wherein when executing the rotational movement ω and before the passing of each holder by the thread eye, the holder is shiftable relative to the arm or the fixing disc.

2. The winding device according to claim 1 , wherein the holders are designed as fixing pins and/or the holders in the radial direction R in relation to the rotational axis are mounted relatively displaceable to the arms or the fixing disc.

3. The winding device according to claim 2 , wherein the fixing pins can be folded down outside in relation to the radial direction R to the rotational axis or that the fixing pins can be folded away rotationally about the radial direction R or that the fixing pins are displaceable in parallel with the parallel displacement taking place in the radial direction R towards the outside, or that the fixing pins are mounted retractably in relation with respect to a front of the arms or the fixing disc.

4. The winding device according to claim 2 , wherein the fixing pins are passively shiftable or that the fixing pins are actively shiftable by a control actuator.

5. The winding device according to claim 4 , wherein a thrust bearing is connected upstream to the passively mounted fixing pins in the rotational direction R in front of the thread eye, wherein the fixing pin passing in each case through the thread eye is shifted by the passing of the thrust bearing due to the rotational movement ω.

6. The winding device according to claim 5 , wherein the thrust bearing is movably mounted relative to the stationary device.

7. The winding device according to claim 1 , wherein the thread eye is movably mounted relative to the clamped frame, from a front to a back of the frame, so that the thread can be wound on the front and the back of the frame.

8. The winding device according to claim 1 , wherein the frames have outer circumferential teeth, wherein when executing the rotational movement ω the thread exiting the thread eye is placed in an intermediate space between two extensions.

9. The winding device according to claim 1 , wherein the holders are movably mounted under pretension in the radial direction R on the arms or the fixing disc in guide grooves, wherein the guide grooves extend in the radial direction R, and the holders are mounted parallel in the radial direction R.

10. The winding device according to claim 1 , wherein at least two frames offset parallel to the arms or the fixing disc are clamped at the same time, wherein each frame is wound from a separate thread eye, wherein the at least two frames are arranged at a distance c from each other.

11. The winding device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is hollow and is wound.

12. A method for producing a fibre material blank, wherein this is produced as a flat fibre material blank in a winding device according to claim 1 by winding a thread on a frame, according to the following steps:
providing the frame with individually desired outer geometry,
clamping the frame by sliding the holders on the arms or the fixing disc, wherein a distance a is formed between the arms or fixing disc and a back of the frame,
attaching a beginning of the thread to the frame and rotating the frame about the rotational axis,
relative movement of the thread eye from a front side of the frame to a back side and in turn to the front side, so that in each case a section of the thread covers a hollow interior of the frame on the front side and back side, or
relatively moving the thread eye such that the fibre roving exiting from the thread eye is wound around an extension on an outer side of the frame, so that the sections of the thread only cover the front side or the back side of the hollow interior of the frame,
removing the fibre material blank wound on the frame.

Assignees

• Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh
• Benteler Distribution Int Gmbh
• Sgl Carbon Se

Inventors

• Konrad Stefan
• Benteler Casper

Classifications

• B65H57/06

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• B65H2801/51

  Automobile · CPC title

• B65H2701/314

  Carbon fibres · CPC title

• B65H75/20

  Skeleton construction, e.g. formed of wire {(perforated supports for textile materials to be treated D06B23/042)} · CPC title

• B65H2701/30

  Handled filamentary material · CPC title