Laying unit and method for producing a fibre composite component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10399288-B2
Application number	US-201615351763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2016
Priority date	Nov 24, 2015
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A laying unit for producing a fiber composite component is provided. The laying unit includes a housing and a plurality of fiber coils which are designed so as to be able to be unwound during a movement of the laying unit, wherein the fiber coils are provided in a movably mounted manner inside the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A laying unit for producing a fibre composite component, comprising:
a cylindrical housing configured to unroll on a surface; and
a plurality of fibre coils configured so as to be able to be unwound during a movement of the laying unit, wherein the fibre coils are provided in a movably mounted manner inside the housing.

2. The laying unit of claim 1 , wherein an intermediate space is provided between each of the fibre coils, at least portions of space which form a movement space of adjacent fibre coils of the plurality of fibre coils, inside which the fibre coils can be moved.

3. The laying unit of claim 2 , wherein the fibre coils are each configured so as to be able to be tilted into an inclined position independently of one another.

4. The laying unit of claim 1 , further comprising, in a region of an intermediate space of the fibre coils, housing portions, each configured to be radially displaced independently of one another.

5. The laying unit of claim 4 , wherein the fibre coils are configured so as to be tilted into a suitable inclined position in accordance with a radial displacement of the housing portions.

6. The laying unit of claim 5 , wherein the fibre coils are each mounted so as to be able to be tilted on a common shaft.

7. The laying unit of claim 4 , wherein the fibre coils are configured to be operatively connected to the housing portions.

8. The laying unit of claim 3 , wherein the fibre coils are each mounted so as to be able to be tilted on a common shaft.

9. The laying unit of claim 1 , further comprising a heating device for activating a resin or binder of a fibre material to be laid from the fibre coils.

10. The laying unit of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator for pretreating a fibre layer of a fibre material.

11. The laying unit of claim 1 , further comprising a depositing device for laying in a defined manner.

12. The laying unit of claim 11 , wherein the depositing device is formed integrally with a heating device.

13. The laying unit of claim 11 , further comprising a sensor in front of the depositing device for measuring a fibre quality of a fibre material before a laying process.

14. The laying unit of claim 11 , further comprising a sensor trailing the depositing device for detecting an arrangement of deposition of a fibre material.

15. The laying unit of claim 11 , wherein the depositing device is formed integrally with a drive device for moving the laying unit.

16. The laying unit of claim 15 , wherein the drive device is provided inside the housing, and the housing is formed as a rolling surface for moving the laying unit, or the drive device is in the form of a drive roll coupled to the housing.

17. The laying unit of claim 11 , further comprising a sensor in front of the depositing device for measuring a suitability of a surface of a tool on which a fibre material is to be laid.

18. The laying unit of claim 11 , further comprising a sensor trailing the depositing device for detecting a quality of a deposition of a fibre material.

19. The laying unit of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator for pretreating a surface of a tool on which a fibre material is to be laid.

20. The laying unit of claim 1 , further comprising a depositing device for compacting at least one fibre layer of a fibre material.

21. A laying unit for producing a fibre composite component, comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of fibre coils configured so as to be able to be unwound during a movement of the laying unit, wherein the fibre coils are provided in a movably mounted manner inside the housing;
a depositing device for laying in a defined manner,
wherein the depositing device is formed integrally with a drive device for moving the laying unit, and
wherein the drive device is provided inside the housing, and the housing is formed as a rolling surface for moving the laying unit, or the drive device is in the form of a drive roll coupled to the housing.

Assignees

• Airbus Defence & Space Gmbh

Inventors

• Engel Franz
• Weimer Christian
• Orth Tilman

Classifications

• B29C70/38

  Automated lay-up, e.g. using robots, laying filaments according to predetermined patterns {(application heads for tyres B29D30/28)} · CPC title

• B29C70/382 Primary

  Automated fiber placement [AFP] · CPC title

• B29C70/386

  Automated tape laying [ATL] · CPC title

• Y10T156/1348

  Work traversing type · CPC title

• B29K2105/06

  containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts · CPC title