Device for producing composite material, composite material produced using same, and method for producing composite material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10201950-B2
Application number	US-201314652729-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2013
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a device for producing a composite material, including: a mat production unit that produces a mat which forms a polymer film having a plurality of fiber layers; a fiber production unit that produces a wide-width fiber which is formed of a plastic resin with a single direction fiber layer; and a composite material production unit to which the mat and the double width fiber are supplied so that the mat and the wide-width fiber are laminated according to a predetermined order of lamination. Also, the present invention provides a composite material produced using the device and a method for producing said composite material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for manufacturing a composite material, comprising:
a mat manufacturing unit configured to manufacture a mat in which a polymer film having a plurality of fiber layers is formed, wherein the mat manufacturing unit comprises:
a transfer unit configured to form a transfer path, wherein the transfer unit comprises a conveyer belt, drive rollers, and a belt rotator, wherein the conveyer belt is configured to move in accordance with a rotation of the drive rollers, thereby forming the transfer path, and wherein the belt rotator is configured to rotate the drive rollers;
a film feeder configured to supply a plurality of films to the transfer path for forming different layers;
a fiber feeder configured to supply fibers to a space between layers of the films; and
a sewing unit configured to sew the films and the fibers transferred along the transfer path;

a fiber manufacturing unit configured to manufacture wide-width fiber having a unidirectional fiber layer and being formed with a plastic resin, wherein the fiber manufacturing unit comprises:
a plurality of plastic resin feeders configured to supply the plastic resin, wherein each plastic resin feeder of the plurality of plastic resin feeders comprises a plastic resin feeding roller, and an amount of the plastic resin wound around the plastic resin feeding roller;
a unidirectional fiber feeder configured to supply unidirectional fibers to a space between layers of the supplied plastic resin; and
a securing unit configured to fasten the unidirectional fibers to the plastic resin by applying heat and pressure to the plastic resin; and

a composite material manufacturing unit configured to receive the mat and the wide-width fiber and stacking the mat and the wide-width fiber in a preset stacking order, wherein the composite material manufacturing unit comprises:
a composite material feeder configured to supply the mat and the wide-width fiber at different positions, wherein the composite material feeder comprises:
a plurality of mat feeding rollers around which the mat is wound;
a plurality of wide-width fiber feeding rollers around which the wide-width fiber is wound; and
a position mover configured to receive an input of stacking order and to change positions of the plurality of mat feeding rollers and the plurality of wide-width fiber feeding rollers for forming the composite material having the stacking order, wherein the position mover comprises:
a first guide fixed to each of the plurality of mat feeding rollers configured to guide a movement of the plurality of mat feeding rollers;
a second guide fixed to each of the plurality of wide-width fiber feeding rollers configured to guide a movement of the plurality of wide-width fiber feeding rollers;
a first motor configured to move each mat feeding roller of the plurality of mat feeding rollers;
a second motor configured to move each wide-width fiber feeding roller of the plurality of wide-width fiber feeding rollers; and
a controller configured to receive the input of stacking order and to control each of the mat feeding rollers and each of the wide-width fiber feeding rollers to move to preset positions for forming the stacking order by driving the first and second motors,
wherein the first motor is connected to the first guide member, and the second motor is connected to the second guide member;

a press configured to fasten the mat and the wide-width fiber supplied by being wound on the plurality of mat feeding rollers and wide-width fiber feeding rollers by applying heat and pressure to the mat and the wide-width fiber, thereby forming the composite material;
a cooler configured to cool the composite material; and
a winder configured to wind the cooled composite material,
wherein a stacking order of the mat and the wide-width fiber is determined by the different positions at which the mat and the wide-width fiber are supplied.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the unidirectional fiber feeder comprises:
a unidirectional fiber feeding roller around which the unidirectional fiber is wound;
a plurality of guide rollers disposed at crossing positions so as to guide the unidirectional fibers unwound from the unidirectional fiber feeding roller to the securing unit; and
a plurality of elevators receiving power and adjusting a width of the unidirectional fibers by moving the plural guide rollers up and down.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein
the unidirectional fiber feeder further comprises an air feeder, the air feeder supplying air of a certain pressure to an outer surface of the unidirectional fibers during movement of the unidirectional fibers.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the film feeder comprises:
a plurality of film feeding rollers each comprising the film wound therearound and disposed at regular intervals along the transfer path at an upper side of the transfer path; and
a first rotator rotating the plural film feeding rollers such that each of the films is unwound.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the fiber feeder comprises:
a plurality of fiber feeding rollers supplying the fibers;
a second rotator rotating the fiber feeding rollers such that the fibers are unwound; and
a plurality of cutters disposed between the film feeding rollers and cutting each of the unwound fibers to a certain length.

Assignees

• Lg Hausys Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jae-Hoon
• Kim Hee-June
• Oh Ae-Ri

Classifications

• B32B5/12 Primary

  characterised by the relative arrangement of fibres or filaments of {different layers, e.g. the fibres or filaments being parallel or perpendicular to each other} · CPC title

• B32B38/18

  Handling of layers or the laminate · CPC title

• B32B2307/54

  Yield strength; Tensile strength · CPC title

• B32B2305/10

  Fibres of continuous length · CPC title

• B32B2307/50

  having particular mechanical properties · CPC title