Expandable tooling systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US12208585B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US18493789

    申请日:2023-10-24

    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing composite workpieces that include adding an expandable element to an internal volume of a constraining container proximate to a uncured composite workpiece supported on a rigid form, where the expandable element is configured to expand when a predetermined change is produced in an attribute of the expandable element; expanding the expandable element by producing the predetermined change in the attribute of the expandable element, so that an expansion of the expandable element applies pressure to the workpiece supported on the rigid form within the internal volume, and curing the composite workpiece while the resulting pressure is applied to the workpiece supported on the rigid form.

    MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MOLDING METHOD FOR ROTARY-COMPONENT REINFORCEMENT CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC

    公开(公告)号:US20250001707A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18701021

    申请日:2022-09-14

    Abstract: Provided are a manufacturing device and a molding method for a rotary-component reinforcement carbon fiber reinforced plastic, the manufacturing device molding a ring comprising a carbon fiber reinforced plastic for reinforcement of a rotary component having a circular cross section as an outermost layer of the rotary component, wherein, in a mold in which a unidirectional prepreg comprising a thermosetting resin and carbon fibers and being wound on the rotary component is heated and cured, an annular pressure source, which applies a desired external pressure to the unidirectional prepreg utilizing its own thermal expansion, exists between a cavity of the mold and the unidirectional prepreg. The manufacturing device and molding method are adaptable to mass production, exhibit an excellent mass productivity with inexpensive facilities, enable a low manufacturing cost because of the unnecessity of a disposable secondary material and the repetitive reuse of a member to be used, and are capable of evenly applying a molding pressure in a central direction of the rotary component.

    LIGHTWEIGHT HIGH-STRENGTH BAT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240382813A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-21

    申请号:US18687814

    申请日:2022-09-21

    Inventor: Liangzheng ZHOU

    Abstract: Disclosed is a lightweight high-strength bat and a preparation method therefor, including a hollow fiber bat main body layer and a tough layer, where the epoxy structural adhesive film is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 45-65% of bisphenol A epoxy resin, 5-10% of p-aminophenol triglycidyl amine, 4-6% of dicyandiamide, 2-4% of an organic urea accelerator, 1-5% of a KH560 silane coupling agent, 5-10% of solid nitrile rubber, 7-15% of liquid carboxyl-terminated nitrile rubber, 7-15% of epoxidized polybutadiene liquid rubber, and 1-5% of 8-hydroxyquinoline. The high-strength fiber layer serves as a main body structure layer and is light, then the epoxy structural adhesive film is adopted to coat the main body layer of the fiber bat, an epoxy structural adhesive can permeate into the fiber layer, a bonding force between the layers is enhanced, and the strength of the bat is further improved.

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