CREATING ALIGNED AND ORIENTED FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES

    公开(公告)号:US20190084000A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16195468

    申请日:2018-11-19

    Abstract: A method includes providing a reservoir of randomly oriented fibers in a solution, dispensing the solution of randomly oriented fibers through a nozzle having an orientation component onto a porous substrate as a solution of aligned fibers, and immobilizing the fibers to form a fiber pre-form. A system includes a porous substrate, a deposition nozzle, a reservoir of randomly oriented fibers in solution connected to the deposition nozzle, the deposition nozzle position adjacent the porous substrate and connected to the reservoir, the nozzle to receive the randomly oriented fibers and output aligned fibers, and a vacuum connected to the porous substrate to remove fluid from the porous substrate as the deposition nozzle deposits the aligned fibers on the porous substrate to produce a fiber pre-form having aligned fibers.

    CREATING ALIGNED AND ORIENTED FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES
    4.
    发明申请
    CREATING ALIGNED AND ORIENTED FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES 审中-公开
    创建对准和定向的纤维增强聚合物复合材料

    公开(公告)号:US20170008026A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-12

    申请号:US14793193

    申请日:2015-07-07

    Abstract: A deposition nozzle has a housing, an inlet into the housing arranged to receive a solution carrying randomly oriented fibers, an orientation component within the housing, the orientation component positioned to receive the solution from the inlet and operate to produce aligned fibers in a predetermined, single direction, and an outlet on the housing arranged to receive the aligned fibers and deposit them on a substrate. A system includes a porous substrate, a deposition nozzle, a reservoir of randomly oriented fibers in solution connected to the deposition nozzle, the deposition nozzle position adjacent the porous substrate and connected to the reservoir, the nozzle to receive the randomly oriented fibers and output aligned fibers, and a vacuum connected to the porous substrate to remove fluid from the porous substrate as the deposition nozzle deposits the aligned fibers on the porous substrate to produce a fiber pre-form having aligned fibers. A method includes providing a reservoir of randomly oriented fibers in a solution, dispensing the solution of randomly oriented fibers through a nozzle having an orientation component onto a porous substrate as a solution of aligned fibers, and immobilizing the fibers to form a fiber pre-form.

    Abstract translation: 沉积喷嘴具有壳体,入口到壳体中,其布置成接收携带随机取向纤维的溶液,壳体内的取向部件,定位部件定位成从入口接收溶液并且操作以产生预定的, 单个方向和壳体上的出口,布置成接收对准的纤维并将它们沉积在基底上。 系统包括多孔基底,沉积喷嘴,与沉积喷嘴连接的溶液中的随机取向纤维的储存器,沉积喷嘴位置与多孔基底相邻并连接到储存器,喷嘴接收随机取向的纤维并输出对准 纤维和连接到多孔基材的真空以从多孔基材中除去流体,因为沉积喷嘴将对准的纤维沉积在多孔基材上以产生具有对准的纤维的纤维预成型体。 一种方法包括在溶液中提供无规取向纤维的储存器,将随机取向的纤维的溶液通过具有取向成分的喷嘴分配到作为对准纤维的溶液的多孔基材上,并固定纤维以形成纤维预成型 。

    ELECTROSTATIC POLYMER AEROSOL DEPOSITION AND FUSING OF SOLID PARTICLES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING

    公开(公告)号:US20190061233A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US15683531

    申请日:2017-08-22

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system has an aerosol generator to aerosolize a powder, a deposition surface, a surface charging element to apply a blanket charge to the deposition surface, a charging print head to selectively remove portions of the blanket charge from the deposition surface, and a transport system to transport the aerosol powder from the aerosol generator to the deposition surface, the transport system having an aerosol charging element to apply charge opposite of the blanket charge to the aerosol powder. An additive manufacturing process includes creating an aerosol from a powder at a spray generator, charging the aerosol to produce a charged aerosol having a first charge, forming a blanket charge on a deposition surface having a second charge of an opposite polarity from the first charge, selectively removing regions of the blanket charge, and transporting the charged aerosol to the charged regions to form structures on the charged regions from the charged aerosol.

    FILAMENT EXTENSION ATOMIZERS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170028415A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-02

    申请号:US14812608

    申请日:2015-07-29

    Abstract: An atomization device including a pair of counter-rotating rollers, a fluid source configured to coat at least one of the rollers in a feed fluid, and a baffle unit. The counter-rotation of the rollers stretches the feed fluid into a fluid filament between the two diverging surfaces of the rollers. The stretched fluid filaments breaking into a plurality of droplets at a capillary break-up point of the feed fluid. The baffle unit introduces a baffle fluid within the interior of the device, the baffle fluid transporting formed droplets of the feed fluid from the atomization device. Excess or misguides atomized fluid droplets are collected by the baffle unit and are recycled back into the device for use in later atomization processes. The variation of atomization device parameters allows for the selection of droplets having desired physical parameters.

    Abstract translation: 一种雾化装置,包括一对反转辊,被配置为涂覆进料流体中的至少一个辊的流体源和挡板单元。 辊的反向旋转将进料流体延伸到辊的两个发散表面之间的流体细丝中。 拉伸的流体细丝在进料流体的毛细管分解点处分裂成多个液滴。 挡板单元在装置的内部引入挡板流体,挡板流体输送来自雾化装置的进料流体的形成的液滴。 过量或误导雾化的液滴由挡板单元收集,并被再循环回设备以用于后续的雾化过程。 雾化装置参数的变化允许选择具有期望物理参数的液滴。

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