Composite material molding jig and composite material, molding method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11648708-B2
Application number	US-201716627571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2017
Priority date	Aug 10, 2017
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

A composite material molding jig for molding a long member made of a fiber base material and a resin on a plate member includes: a first member that is made of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to a thermal expansion coefficient of the long member, internally includes a space serving as a mold of the long member, and has an outer surface formed flat in a longitudinal direction; and a second member that is made of a material lighter than the material of the first member, internally includes a space shaped to contain the first member, and has an inner surface formed flat in the longitudinal direction, wherein the fiber base material is placed in the space inside the first member, and the first member is placed in the space inside the second member for molding the long member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composite material molding jig for molding a stringer made of a fiber base material and a resin on a plate member, the composite material molding jig comprising:
a first member having a thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to a thermal expansion coefficient of the stringer, internally includes a space serving as a mold of the stringer, and has an outer surface formed flat in a longitudinal direction of the stringer; and
a second member that is made of a material lighter than a material of the first member, internally includes a space shaped to contain the first member, and has an inner surface formed flat in the longitudinal direction, wherein
the fiber base material is placed in the space inside the first member, and the first member is placed in the space inside the second member for molding the stringer,
the second member is provided at a plurality of positions of a part of an entire length of the first member, wherein a topmost point of the second member does not exceed a topmost point of the first member, and
a mold release agent, a mold release tape, or a mold release coating is disposed between the outer surface of the first member and the inner surface of the second member.

2. The composite material molding jig according to claim 1 , wherein the first member is made of a plate member and has an outer shape that corresponds to a shape of the space serving as a mold of the stringer.

3. The composite material molding jig according to claim 1 , wherein
the first member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the first member, and
the second member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the second member.

4. The composite material molding jig according to claim 3 , wherein,
the first member is divided, into the two or more parts, in the longitudinal direction at two or more dividing points that are located at different positions in the longitudinal direction.

5. The composite material molding jig according to claim 3 , wherein
the second member has a triangular prism shape as a whole including the first member, and
an angle member that has an L-shaped cross-section and is fitted to a top part of the triangular prism shape is provided at the top part.

6. A composite material molding method of molding a stringer made of a fiber base material and a resin on a plate member, the composite material molding method comprising:
placing the fiber base material to be the stringer, on the plate member;
placing the fiber base material in a space inside a first member, the first member having a thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to a thermal expansion coefficient of the stringer, internally including the space serving as a mold of the stringer, and having an outer surface formed flat in a longitudinal direction of the stringer;
placing the first member in a space inside a second member, the second member being made of a material lighter than a material of the first member, internally including the space shaped to contain the first member, and having an inner surface formed flat in the longitudinal direction;
providing the second member at a plurality of positions of a part of an entire length of the first member, wherein a topmost point of the second member does not exceed a topmost point of the first member;
sealing the plate member, the fiber base material, the first member, and the second member by a sealing means, and evacuating an inside of the sealing means;
impregnating the fiber base material with a resin;
heating and curing the resin to mold the stringer; and
applying a mold release agent, a mold release tape, or a mold release coating between the outer surface of the first member and the inner surface of the second member.

7. The composite material molding method according to claim 6 , wherein the first member is made of a plate member and has an outer shape that corresponds to a shape of the space serving as a mold of the stringer.

8. The composite material molding method according to claim 6 , wherein
a composite material molding jig is used to mold the stringer,
the composite material molding jig comprises the first member and the second member,
the first member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the first member, and
the second member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the second member
the first member is divided, into the two or more parts, in the longitudinal direction at two or more dividing points that are located at different positions in the longitudinal direction.

9. The composite material molding method according to claim 6 , wherein
the second member has a triangular prism shape as a whole including the first member, and
an angle member that has an L-shaped cross-section and is fitted to a top part of the triangular prism shape is provided at the top part.

10. The composite material molding jig according to claim 2 , wherein
the first member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the first member, and
the second member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the second member.

11. The composite material molding jig according to claim 1 , wherein
the first member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the first member, and
the second member is divided into two or more parts that are separable at a center in a width direction of the second member.

12. The composite material molding method according to claim 7 , wherein the second member is provided over an entire length of the first member or is provided at a plurality of positions of a part of the entire length of the first member.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Shimono Kodai
• Tokutomi Hiroshi

Classifications

• B29C70/446

  Moulding structures having an axis of symmetry or at least one channel, e.g. tubular structures, frames · CPC title

• B29C33/38 Primary

  characterised by the material or the manufacturing process (B29C33/44 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C70/443

  and impregnating by vacuum or injection · CPC title

• B29C33/0038

  with sealing means or the like (seals on envelopes used in tyre retreading B29D30/542; for injection moulding footwear B29D35/0045) · CPC title

• B29C33/305

  Mounting of moulds or mould support plates (handling of moulds B29C31/006; mounting of moulds for injection moulding B29C45/1742) · CPC title