Filament winding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9796128-B2
Application number	US-201314436061-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2013
Priority date	Oct 16, 2012
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

With regard to a filament winding device in which a plurality of fiber bundles are simultaneously wound around a liner, a tension detecting portion and a tension adjusting portion are miniaturized, the cost of the tension detecting portion and the tension adjusting portion is reduced, and the tension detecting portion and the tension adjusting portion are easily arranged. Provided is a filament winding device 100 that includes a tension adjusting portion 110 that collectively adjusts tension of a plurality of fiber bundles F unreeled from a plurality of bobbins B and an unreeling failure detecting portion 130 that individually detects the unreeling failure of the fiber bundles F on the bobbins B for each bobbin B.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A filament winding device configured to include a fiber bundle head that allows a plurality of fiber bundles supplied from a plurality of bobbins to face an outer circumference of a liner and configured to simultaneously wind the plurality of fiber bundles on the liner by relatively rotating the fiber bundle head and the liner, centering on an axis of the liner, the filament winding device comprising:
a tension adjusting portion configured to collectively adjust tension of the plurality of fiber bundles unreeled from the plurality of bobbins; and
an unreeling failure detecting portion configured to individually detect unreeling failure of the fiber bundles on the bobbins for each bobbin,
wherein the unreeling failure detecting portions are configured to be individually provided in accordance with the plurality of bobbins and configured to include a detection piece configured to change from a standby position to a detection position, upon reception of the tension of the fiber bundle unreeled, and a detection portion configured to detect that the detection piece is positioned at the detection position.

2. The filament winding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the unreeling failure detecting portion is configured to be provided on a yarn path between the tension adjusting portion and the plurality of bobbins.

3. The filament winding device according to claim 1 , further comprising a tension detecting portion configured to be provided between the liner and the tension adjusting portion and configured to detect the tension of the plurality of fiber bundles,
wherein the tension adjusting portion is configured to collectively adjust the tension of the plurality of fiber bundles in accordance with a detection result of the tension detecting portion.

4. The filament winding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fiber bundle head is a helical winding head installed around an outer circumference of the liner, and the liner transfers in an axial direction while rotating about an axis thereof, thereby simultaneously winding the plurality of fiber bundles supplied from the bobbins on the liner.

5. The filament winding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fiber bundle head is a hoop winding head rotatably installed around the outer circumference of the liner, and
wherein the hoop winding head transfers in the axial direction while rotating about the axis of the liner, thereby simultaneously winding the plurality of fiber bundles supplied from the bobbins on the liner.

6. The filament winding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection piece is biased by a spring and positioned at the standby position.

7. The filament winding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection portion is a laser distance sensor that can measure a distance to a light-shielding position.

8. The filament winding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection portion is a photoelectric sensor that is individually provided in accordance with each detection piece.

Assignees

• Murata Machinery Ltd
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanigawa Motohiro
• Uozumi Tadashi
• Nakamura Daigoro
• Hatta Ken

Classifications

• B29C53/8016

  Storing, feeding or applying winding materials, e.g. reels, thread guides, tensioners · CPC title

• B65H63/061

  Mechanical slub catcher and detector · CPC title

• B65H59/32

  the surfaces being urged away from each other · CPC title

• B29C2053/8025

  tensioning · CPC title

• B29C53/602 Primary

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