Method for producing composite member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9944018-B2
Application number	US-201314386915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2013
Priority date	Mar 23, 2012
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

The invention provides a novel method for producing a composite member by fixing a surface member to the outer peripheral surface of a core member. A method for producing a composite member having a core member and a surface member fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the core member includes the surface member providing step of providing the surface member having magnetism lower than magnetism of the core member made of a conductive material on the outer peripheral surface of the core member, and the fusing step of electromagnetic induction heating the core member from outside the surface member to melt at least one of facing regions between the surface member and the core member with heat of the heated core member and fuse the surface member to the core member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a composite member including a core member made of a conductive material and a surface member made of a linear material and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the core member, the method comprising:
a surface member providing step of providing the surface member having magnetism lower than magnetism of the core member on the outer peripheral surface of the core member; and
a fusing step of electromagnetic induction heating the core member from outside the surface member to melt at least one of facing regions between the surface member and the core member with heat of the heated core member and fuse the surface member to the core member,
wherein the surface member providing step includes a covering step of winding the surface member around the outer peripheral surface of the core member to cover the outer peripheral surface of the core member with the surface member, and
the surface member made of the linear material provided around the surface of the core member is fused and fixed onto the outer peripheral surface of the core member with no damage in shape of the outer surface of the surface member by thermal melting.

2. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 1 , wherein the surface member has a melting point lower than a melting point of the core member.

3. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 2 , the method comprising, prior to the surface member providing step, an adhesive layer forming step of applying an adhesive having a melting point lower than a melting point of the core member to the outer peripheral surface of the core member.

4. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 3 , wherein the adhesive layer forming step includes a drying step of drying the adhesive applied to the outer peripheral surface of the core member.

5. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 1 , wherein the core member has a center portion and a surface portion, and the surface portion of the core member is melted with heat of the core member electromagnetic induction heated to fuse the surface member to the core member.

6. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 5 , the method comprising, prior to the surface member providing step, an adhesive layer forming step of applying an adhesive having a melting point lower than a melting point of the core member to the outer peripheral surface of the core member.

7. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 6 , wherein the adhesive layer forming step includes a drying step of drying the adhesive applied to the outer peripheral surface of the core member.

8. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 1 , the method comprising, prior to the surface member providing step, an adhesive layer forming step of applying an adhesive having a melting point lower than a melting point of the core member to the outer peripheral surface of the core member.

9. The method for producing the composite member according to claim 8 , wherein the adhesive layer forming step includes a drying step of drying the adhesive applied to the outer peripheral surface of the core member.

Assignees

• Gunze Kk

Inventors

• Kuroda Kouji
• Tsukada Syouichi
• Ogami Shuhei
• Mukai Satoshi

Classifications

• B29C66/742

  to metals or their alloys · CPC title

• B29C53/60

  using internal forming surfaces, e.g. mandrels · CPC title

• B29C66/74283

  Iron or alloys of iron, e.g. steel · CPC title

• B29K2067/00

  Use of polyesters {or derivatives thereof}, as moulding material · CPC title

• B32B37/142

  Laminating of sheets, panels or inserts, e.g. stiffeners, by wrapping in at least one outer layer, or inserting into a preformed pocket · CPC title