Melt impregnation device and melt impregnation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10792840-B2
Application number	US-201715853993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2017
Priority date	Dec 18, 2017
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

The present invention discloses a melt impregnation device and a melt impregnation method. Through an impregnation chamber with a corrugated shape, when a resin melt-distributing runner is connected with a peak position of the impregnation chamber, a chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber is larger than a chamber vertical height of a trough position of the impregnation chamber, and when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the trough position of the impregnation chamber, the chamber vertical height of the trough position of the impregnation chamber is larger than the chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber. The present invention can balance an impregnating effect of a continuous fiber band, can carry a broken fiber hairiness which is generated during the impregnation out of an impregnation area, avoids a broken yarn, and enhances a production stability and a production efficiency.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A melt impregnation device, including a fiber pre-dispersion area for heating and dispersing a continuous fiber band, and a melt impregnation area for impregnating the continuous fiber band, wherein the melt impregnation area comprises a resin melt-distributing runner and an impregnation runner; the impregnation runner comprises an upper die and a lower die, both a lower surface of the upper die and an upper surface of the lower die have a corrugated shape, and both have at least one peak and at least one trough, the peak and the trough on the lower surface of the upper die correspond to the trough and the peak on the upper surface of the lower die respectively, an impregnation chamber with a corrugated shape for impregnating the continuous fiber band is formed between the lower surface of the upper die and the upper surface of the lower die, the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with a peak of the impregnation chamber or a trough of the impregnation chamber by a piping, when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with a peak position of the impregnation chamber, a chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber is larger than a chamber vertical height of a trough position of the impregnation chamber, and when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the trough position of the impregnation chamber, the chamber vertical height of the trough position of the impregnation chamber is larger than the chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber.

2. The melt impregnation device according to claim 1 , wherein both the lower surface of the upper die and the upper surface of the lower die have two peaks and two troughs.

3. The melt impregnation device according to claim 1 , wherein when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the peak position of the impregnation chamber, the chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber is 4 mm-20 mm, and the chamber vertical height of the trough position is 2 mm-10 mm; and when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the trough position of the impregnation chamber, the chamber vertical height of the trough position of the impregnation chamber is 4 mm-20 mm, and the chamber vertical height of the peak position is 2 mm-10 mm.

4. The melt impregnation device according to claim 3 , wherein when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the peak position of the impregnation chamber, a height difference between the chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber and the chamber vertical height of the trough position of the impregnation chamber is 5 mm-15 mm; and when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the trough position of the impregnation chamber, a height difference between the chamber vertical height of the trough position of the impregnation chamber and the chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber is 5 mm-15 mm.

5. The melt impregnation device according to claim 4 , wherein when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the peak position of the impregnation chamber, the height difference between the chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber and the chamber vertical height of the trough position of the impregnation chamber is 8 mm-12 mm; and when the resin melt-distributing runner is connected with the trough position of the impregnation chamber, the height difference between the chamber vertical height of the trough position of the impregnation chamber and the chamber vertical height of the peak position of the impregnation chamber is 8 mm-12 mm.

6. The melt impregnation device according to claim 1 , wherein a radius of corrugation of the lower surface of the upper die and a radius of corrugation of the upper surface of the lower die are 5 mm-50 mm.

7. The melt impregnation device according to claim 1 , wherein the resin melt-distributing runner comprises a resin melt-injecting branch, and a resin melt-injecting head connected with the resin melt-injecting branch, the resin melt-injecting head comprises a flared cavity with a tabular shape that is connected with the resin melt-injecting branch and a square cavity connected with a tail of the flared cavity, internally concave arc surfaces are respectively provided on two planes between two opposite bevels of the flared cavity, and two of the internally concave arc surfaces are symmetrically configured.

8. The melt impregnation device according to claim 7 , wherein a length of the resin melt-injecting branch is 5 mm-100 mm; and a flare angle of the resin melt-injecting head with a flared shape is 120°-175°.

9. The melt impregnation device according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber pre-dispersion area comprises at least two tension roller sets arranged front and rear, each of the tension roller set comprises two tension rollers arranged front and rear, and an electromagnetic heating apparatus is provided on each tension roller.

10. The melt impregnation device according to claim 9 , wherein a diameter of the tension roller is 5 mm-150 mm, and a distance between the adjacent tension rollers is 10 mm-500 mm.

Assignees

• Kingfa Science & Technology Co

Inventors

• Huang Xianbo
• Chen Chunhua
• Li Yonghua
• Zhang Chao
• Luo Zhongfu

Classifications

• B29C70/54

  Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations {, e.g. feeding or storage of prepregs or SMC after impregnation or during ageing} · CPC title

• B29C70/527

  Pulling means · CPC title

• B29C70/523

  and impregnating the reinforcement in the die · CPC title

• B29B15/125 Primary

  by dipping · CPC title

• B29B15/14 Primary

  of filaments or wires · CPC title