Redirect roller apparatus for fiber placement machine

Details Redirect roller apparatus for fiber placement machine Redirect roller apparatus for fiber placement machine

1988-08-25

1989-10-31

Hail, III, Joseph J.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Coil holder or support

Spool or core

156574, 156361, B21F 1700, B32B 3100

Patent

active

048771937

ABSTRACT:
An improved fiber guidance system for a fiber placement machine where a fiber placement head is moved by a manipulator wrist with respect to a relatively stationary creel assembly, and a plurality of fiber redirect rollers are used, each having a caster-like mounting base, one roller assembly being mounted to the machine member with the creel assembly, and one member being mounted to the fiber placement head, so that a band of fibers is trained around the first and second redirect rollers under tension and the redirect rollers will swivel about their bases in accordance with spatial orientations of the placement head and in accordance with tension of fiber band, thereby maintaining approximately equal tension at the outer fibers at each side of the fiber band.

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"Milacron Today", vol. 4, No. 6, published Jun. 16, 1989, by Cincinnati Milacron Inc., front page article entitled: Fiber Placement: Automating Complex Composite Parts Processing.
Fiber Placement Process Study by Don O. Evans, Milo M. Vaniglia and Paul C. Hopkins, published in SAMPE 34th Symposium Book of Proceeding, May 8-11, 1989.

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