公开(公告)号：US11370182B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16909089

申请日：2020-06-23

Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Mitsunobu Futakuchi ,  Keisuke Sakuma ,  Isao Nishimura

IPC: B29C70/38 ,  B29K101/12 ,  B29K307/04

Abstract: An automatic laminating apparatus includes: a lay-up head provided with a raw-cloth roller on which a thermoplastic prepreg is wound and a pressing device for pressing the thermoplastic prepreg drawn from the raw-cloth roller against a lamination surface; and a welding device provided with a welding head pressed against the thermoplastic prepreg to temporarily weld the thermoplastic prepreg to the lamination surface, the automatic laminating apparatus laminating the thermoplastic prepreg by performing a lamination operation of moving the lay-up head to lay the thermoplastic prepreg having a predetermined length on the lamination surface, in which the welding device is provided in the lay-up head, and the automatic laminating apparatus further comprises a drive control device that causes the welding device to perform temporary welding of the thermoplastic prepreg laid in the lamination operation in a course of the lamination operation.