Aircraft water tank and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10913565-B2
Application number	US-201415031920-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	Oct 25, 2013
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

The present technology provides a method for manufacturing an aircraft water tank provided with a hollow body and a fiber-reinforced resin layer covering the hollow body. A blow molding step is performed in which polyolefin resin, a thermoplastic resin exhibiting superior durability against disinfectants, is blow molded to obtain a hollow body. Next, a surface treatment step is performed in which a surface treatment is performed upon the entire surface of the hollow body, thereby improving the adhesiveness of the entire surface. Next, a filament winding step is performed in which reinforcing fibers impregnated with a thermosetting resin are wound around the surface of the hollow body and the outer surfaces of the flanges and heated in order to cure the thermosetting resin, thereby forming the fiber-reinforced resin layer on the surface of the hollow body and the outer surface of the flanges.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing an aircraft water tank provided with a hollow body and a fiber-reinforced resin layer covering the hollow body, wherein there are provided mouthpieces comprising cylindrical mouthpiece bodies and flat, ring-shaped flanges provided on outer circumferences of the mouthpiece bodies, and the hollow body is provided with a cylindrical body section and dome sections that are provided on both ends of the body section and comprise openings, the method comprising:
a blow molding step of blow molding a polyolefin resin to obtain the hollow body;
a surface treatment step of surface-treating the entirety of a surface of the hollow body to improve adhesiveness across the entirety of the surface;
a filament winding step of winding reinforcing fibers impregnated with a thermosetting resin around the surface of the hollow body following the surface treatment step and heating the fibers to cure the thermosetting resin and form the fiber-reinforced resin layer on the surface of the hollow body, and
an attachment step in which the mouthpiece bodies are positioned inside the openings, and inner faces of the flanges facing outer faces of the dome sections are bonded using an adhesive to parts of outer surfaces of the dome sections around the openings, thereby attaching the mouthpieces to the hollow bodies, the attachment step being performed prior to the filament winding step, wherein
the surface treatment step is performed by an ITRO treatment comprising the steps of introducing a silane compound into fuel gas in order to form flame and treating the surface of the hollow body using the flame thereby to form a nano-level silicon oxide film on the surface,
in the filament winding step, the reinforcing fibers impregnated with the thermosetting resin are placed upon the surface of the hollow body and wound around outer faces of the flanges on sides opposite the inner faces, and
in the filament winding step, the reinforcing fibers impregnated with the thermosetting resin are placed upon the surface of the hollow body and wound around outer faces of the flanges on sides opposite the inner faces without extending the winding beyond the flanges to the cylindrical mouthpiece bodies.

Assignees

• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Masuda Mitsutaka

Classifications

• B29C70/16 Primary

  using fibres of substantial or continuous length {(non-woven fabrics per se D04H3/00)} · CPC title

• B29C49/0005

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• B29C53/602

  for tubular articles having closed or nearly closed ends, e.g. vessels, tanks, containers · CPC title

• B29C65/48

  using adhesives {, i.e. using supplementary joining material; solvent bonding} · CPC title

• B29L2031/712

  Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages (closures therefor B29L2031/56; ink or toner cartridges B29L2031/7678; squeeze tubes B29L2023/20; suitcases B29L2031/7418) · CPC title