Invention Grant
- Patent Title: FRP molding system and method
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Application No.: US17295163Application Date: 2019-03-08
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Publication No.: US11826976B2Publication Date: 2023-11-28
- Inventor: Takashi Harada , Yu Shigenari , Toyoharu Akimoto
- Applicant: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/009486 2019.03.08
- International Announcement: WO2020/183545A 2020.09.17
- Date entered country: 2021-05-19
- Main IPC: B29D99/00
- IPC: B29D99/00 ; B29C70/46 ; B29C70/54 ; B29C70/30 ; B29K101/10 ; B29L31/30 ; B29C70/00

Abstract:
A fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) molding system in which FRP material, having stacked prepregs, is molded to manufacture an arc-shaped FRP component. The FRP molding system comprises inner and outer jig plates, a partial pressing device, and transfer devices. The jig plates are arc-shaped members having outer and inner surfaces that respectively fit with inner and outer surface shapes of the FRP component. The FRP material is sandwiched between the jig plates to form an integrated jig plate. The partial pressing device intermittently compresses a portion of the integrated jig plate in a radial direction orthogonal to an arc of the FRP component so that the FRP component is partially molded. The transfer devices intermittently move the compressed portion of the integrated jig plate by the partial pressing device. By repeating the partial pressing and the transport, the entire integrated jig plate is compressed to form the FRP component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220009178A1 FRP MOLDING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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