Abstract:
PURPOSE:To make it possible to wind continuously and precisely a continuous bundle of fibers impregnated with a resin even onto a looped mold, a branch section of a mold, or the like, by providing a mechanism for rotating a winding ring having a cutout circumferential part and a fiber supply tank. CONSTITUTION:A base arm 2, a winding ring 3 and a resin-impregnated fiber supply tank 4 are provided, and the forward end section of the base arm 2 has three pairs of opposed rollers 5... with the rollers being arranged into a form of an arc and being journaled. The winding ring 3 is I-shaped in cross section, and is rotatably supported by the base arm 2 via the rollers 5... and part of the winding ring 3 is formed with a cutout circumferential section 6. The fiber supply tank 4 is mounted to the inside of the winding ring 3 and contains a bundle 8 of continuous fibers such as carbon fibers or glass fibers impregnated with epoxy resin or the like in such a manner that the bundle 8 can be lead out from the tank 4. Further, a fiber bundle winding mechanism including a motor, etc. is provided to rotate the winding ring 3 in the direction of (X), so that the fiber bundle 8 can be wound onto a mold 9 continuously.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To enable to obtain a steering wheel core material with sufficient torsional rigidity by a method wherein the rotating shaft of a take up unit is directed in nearly the same direction as the direction, in which fiber bundle is supplied. CONSTITUTION:In order to form a steering wheel core material, the spoke parts 8 are formed by winding resin-impregnated fiber bundle 5 from one notched part 7 of a take-up jig 1 to a boss piece 4 while laminating a ring part 6. At that time, before winding the bundle to the boss piece, a rotating shaft 3 is turned by 90 deg. so as to direct the rotating shaft 3 in the same direction as the direction, in which the fiber bundle 5 is supplied in order to twist the fiber bundle 5. After the fiber bundle 5 is twisted in the above-mentioned manners, the rotating shaft 3 is again returned to its original direction to form the spoke part 8. By repeating the operation as mentioned above, the steering wheel core material made of fiber bundle, to the spoke part of which twisting is applied, is laminated.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To obtain the titled structure without plate ends, by making plate ends of a material that can be dissolved by a solvent or melted or broken, for example, by heating such as rock salt, molding a fiber reinforced resin structure, and removing the plate ends. CONSTITUTION: Plate ends 1 made of a material that can be dissolved with water or a solvent, melted by heating or broken by light are put in recesses 4 of a support jig 2 to be arranged in a non-linear manner. A resin impregnated fiber bundle is put over the plate ends 1 with the bundle through notches 3 in the plate ends, and after hardening the bundle, the plate ends 1 are removed, so that a zigzag three-dimensional structure 5 is molded. COPYRIGHT: (C)1986,JPO&Japio
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To improve torsion strength and rigidity by forming a reinforced body of a steering wheel by caulking the resin-impregnated fiber bundle by a caulking tool of a collar ring and squeezing the fiber bundle to form the fiber bundle having a circular section and heating and hardening the fiber bundle. CONSTITUTION:The raw yarn made of glass fiber is impregnated with epoxy- resin liquid and taken-up onto a taking-up jig. Through the repetition of the above-described taking-up in several times, a reinforced body 2 in the connection of a spoke part 3, ring part 8, and a subring part 9 is formed. Collar rings 10 made of aluminium are installed at the both edges of the spoke part 3, and the fiber bundles of the spoke part 3 are gathered by caulking or squeezing so that the circular section is obtained. The above-described fiber bundle is formed into the reinforced body 2 through heating treatment. Said reinforced body 2 is covered with urethane resin to form a steering wheel.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To produce the reinforced plastic structure excellent in the characteristics of uniformity and strength, etc. at high productivity by applying ultrasonic vibration to the bundle of continuous fiber being impregnated with resin. CONSTITUTION:When the bundle 2 of continuous fibers passes through the inside of resin 8 in a coating tank, the ultrasonic vibration from an ultrasonic vibrator 10 is applied onto the bundle together with the resin 8. Consequently, the wetting property of the continuous fiber to the resin 8 is improved and the bubbles having been mixed in the bundle 2 at its dipping are raised smoothly by its buoyancy and removed in open air. Therefore, the structured article 13 formed with a resin impregnated fiber bundle 14 has almost no bubble, large fiber amount (Vf) and a uniform and fine structure with high strength. Because the continuous fiber is caused to have specially good wetting property to the resin 8 by ultrasonic vibration, the bundle 2 of the continuous fiber is easily impregnated with the resin 8.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To increase the strength near the branching portion of a steering wheel core member and to improve the safety at collision by a method in which when each half amount of continuous fiber bundle impregnated with resin is respectively wound up on a jig and a boss fitment, a rod member is pushed thereinto, and then residual continuous fiber bundle is wound. CONSTITUTION:The continuous fiber bundle 4 impregnated with resin successively wound in the groove 1a of a ring part molding jig 1. When the wound bundle amount reaches about half amount of necessary amount, a rod member 11 is pushed into the continuous fiber group 12 composed of the continuous fiber bundle 4 in the arrow A direction. Then, the residual continuous fiber bundle 4 is buried in the groove 1a in the winding jig 1. The jig 1 of upper and lower split type is opened, and the steering wheel core member is obtained. The obtained steering wheel core member provides the increased strength and remarkably improved safety obtained by the reinforcing action of the rod member at the adjacency to a branching portion.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To enable to twist continuous fiber bundle by a method wherein a resin impregnating tank is rotated at the desired winding position of a molding tool. CONSTITUTION: A bobbin 2, onto which continuous fiber bundle is wound, is attached in a resin impregnating tank 1, which can be rotated by means of a rotating shaft 4 installed on a rotating table 3. The continuous fiber bundle is drawn out of the liquid resin 6 in the resin impregnating tank 1, squeezed through a die 7 and wound onto a take-up unit. During manufacturing a structural body, when the fiber bundle 5 reaches a hook 9', the rotation of a main column 8 is stopped and at the same time the resin impregnating tank 1 is rotated by means of the rotating shaft 4, resulting in twisting the fiber bundle 5. Due to the twisting of the fiber bundle through the rotation of the whole resin impregnating tank, the twisting operation can be performed very easily. COPYRIGHT: (C)1986,JPO&Japio
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To obtain a fibrous resin-structural material which is superior in mechanical characteristics, by a method wherein a structural material is formed by taking up a continuous long fiber impregnated with resin and heating and curing are made to perform after a jig has been made to revolve. CONSTITUTION: As for a continuous long fiber and synthetic resin which is made to impregnate into the fiber, articles to be used normally for an FRP (fiber-reinforced resin) product are used. A continuous high tensile glass fiber, for example, which has been made to impregnate with unsaturated polyester resin is taken up on a take-up jig 1 and a three dimensional structural material 2 is formed. The take-up jig 1 is fitted to a rotating shaft 4 of a centrifugal separator 3 and made to rotate in the direction of an arrow. The resin removed from the structural material 2 through centrifugal force is recovered through an unloading outlet 5 for reuse. Then the structural material 2 is made to heat and cure with a heating device. Mechanical characteristics of the product is improved as the excessive resin is removed from the structural material formed on the take-up jig through centrifugal force, it does not happen that the fiber is damaged or made to break and as the fibers are filled far thicker and voids which have been contained among fibers are reduced. COPYRIGHT: (C)1986,JPO&Japio
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To obtain a lightweight steering wheel with satisfactory torsional rigidity by a method wherein a ring part and a spoke part are formed by winding resin-impregnated fiber on a take-up jig and to a boss piece and coating fiber bundles are diagonally wound around the spoke part and resin impregnated in the fiber is hardened by heating. CONSTITUTION:A ring part 6 is laminated by winding resin-impregnated fiber bundle 5 on a take-up jig 1 by rotating a rotary shaft 3, while a spoke part 8 is laminated by winding the bundle 5 from one notched part 7 to a boss piece 4 and back to the other notched part 7 and on the jig 1. Further, coating fiber bundles 12 and 13 are laminated by respectively spanning to spacers 10 and 11 of a supporting plate 9 in the same manner as mentioned above with respect to the boss piece 4. After the rotary shaft 3 is removed, the fiber bundle 12 is wound around the spoke part 8 in a counterclockwise direction with respect to the boss piece 4 so as to make a helix angle of +alpha deg. to the axis line of the spoke part 8. Further, after that, the fiber bundle 13 is wound also around the spoke part 8 in a clockwise direction with respect to the boss piece 4 so as to make a helix angle of -beta deg. to the axis line of the spoke part 8 in order for its end part 15 to hook to the boss piece 4 finally. After the completion of the formation of the spoke part, the rotary shaft 3 is assembled to the take-up jig by inserting the boss piece 4 onto the tip part of the rotary shaft 3. After that, impregnated resin is hardened by heating in order to obtain a reinforced body by releasing from a mold.