公开(公告)号：US20170203522A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US14997627

申请日：2016-01-18

Applicant: FIVES MACHINING SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： Milo VANIGLIA ,  Richard A. CURLESS ,  Daniel ALLMAN

IPC: B29C70/38 ,  B65H51/04 ,  B29C70/54

CPC classification number: B29C70/382 ,  B29C70/384 ,  B29C70/541 ,  B65H49/32 ,  B65H51/04 ,  B65H51/20 ,  B65H2701/38

Abstract: A composite placement machine has a simplified fiber delivery path from a creel to a lay-up table. A carriage is mounted for motion in the Y-axis along the length of an overhead beam. A composite placement head having a shiftable compaction roller is supported by the carriage. A stationary creel at one end of the overhead beam forms a band of composite material having a width that extends in the X-axis. A lay-up table is mounted for motion in the X-axis and rotary motion about a C-axis that is perpendicular to the X and Y-axes. The motion of the head in the Y-axis, the shiftable compaction roller, and the motion of the lay-up table X-axis and the C-axis allows the head to apply composite material to the lay-up table in both Y-axis directions in any orientation without twisting the band of composite material relative to the X and Y-axes.