公开(公告)号：US20170173897A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15446885

申请日：2017-03-01

申请人： Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau

发明人： ROBERT E. BORGMANN ,  WENDELL BEACHY ,  DON O. EVANS ,  CHRISTINA M. McCLARD

IPC分类号： B29C70/38 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29C35/02

CPC分类号： B29C70/384 ,  B29C35/02 ,  B29C70/30 ,  B29C70/386 ,  B29C70/545 ,  B29C2793/0027 ,  Y10T156/1062 ,  Y10T156/1074 ,  Y10T156/1077 ,  Y10T156/1092 ,  Y10T156/125 ,  Y10T156/13 ,  Y10T156/1322 ,  Y10T156/1348

摘要： A fiber placement system for manufacturing composite components includes at least one material storage enclosure including a material spool assembly, a swiveling roller assembly, and a redirect roller assembly, for each tow to be produced per course, at least one material feeding/cutting station configured with a nip roller drive system, and a cutting mechanism, at least one material transfer station configured with an individual, moveable guide tray for each tow to be produced per course, the moveable guide trays respectively being configured with a vacuum system, and at least one layup station comprising a vacuum table/layup surface, and a pick-and-place device equipped with an end-effector.