Creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of automated fiber placement equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10632694-B2
Application number	US-201816197370-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2018
Priority date	Jun 11, 2018
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

This invention relates to a creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated placement equipment, comprising: fiber placement head mounting base, fixed yarn box component fixed and mounted on fiber placement head mounting base, and revolving yarn box component mounted on fiber placement head mounting base, the said revolving yarn box component is coupled with the fiber placement head mounting base through revolving shaft. This creel structure can avoid intervention that arise due to equipment maintenance and spindle replacement, making equipment maintenance and spindle replacement more convenient and swift.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of automated fiber placement equipment, the creel structure comprising:
fiber placement head mounting base;
fixed yarn box component fixed on the fiber placement head mounting base; and
a revolving yarn box component arranged on the fiber placement head mounting base, the revolving yarn box component is coupled with the fiber placement head mounting base through a revolving shaft.

2. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a fixed mounting face for mounting the fixed yarn box component and a revolving mounting face for mounting the revolving yarn box component are respectively provided at the side ends of the fiber placement head mounting base; the fixed mounting face and the revolving mounting face are alternately arranged at the side ends of the fiber placement head mounting base.

3. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 2 , wherein a pair of upper yokes are arranged on the revolving mounting face, the revolving shaft is arranged between the upper yokes; a damping support rod is provided between the upper yokes and the revolving yarn box component.

4. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 2 , wherein a pair of lower yokes are arranged on the revolving mounting face, a snap joint mechanism is formed between the lower yokes and the revolving yarn box component.

5. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 2 , wherein two symmetrically placed fixed mounting faces and two symmetrically placed revolving mounting faces are provided at the side ends of the fiber placement head mounting base, the fixed yarn box component is mounted on each of the two fixed mounting faces, and the revolving yarn box component are mounted on each of the two revolving mounting faces.

6. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that: a handle is arranged on the revolving yarn box component.

7. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed yarn box component and the revolving yarn box component each comprises: a yarn box body and a tow conveying unit mounted on the yarn box body.

8. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 7 , wherein the tow conveying unit comprises: a tow collecting-depositing mechanism, a backing paper recycling mechanism, a tension detection mechanism, a tension regulating mechanism and a laser rangefinder mechanism.

9. A creel structure integrated on the fiber placement head of the automated fiber placement equipment according to claim 7 , wherein two tow conveying units are arranged at each of the two sides of the revolving yarn box body, and the two tow conveying units at the same side of the revolving yarn box body are in an upper-lower corresponding arrangement.

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Ke Yinglin
• Jiang Junxia
• Ke Zhenzheng
• Li Jiangxiong
• Zhu Weidong
• Qu Weiwei
• Cheng Liang

Classifications

• B65H49/324 Primary

  Constructional details · CPC title

• B65H75/4463

  Swivelling attachment · CPC title

• B29C70/384 Primary

  Fiber placement heads, e.g. component parts, details or accessories · CPC title

• B65H59/06

  by devices acting on material leaving the package · CPC title

• B65H49/322

  Enclosing boxes with supporting means for the package or reel during unwinding · CPC title