Joining Parameters and Handling System for Automated Subpreform Assembly

2016 ◽  
Vol 840 ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Jürgen Fleischer ◽  
Fabian Ballier ◽  
Matthias Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Resin Transfer Molding ◽  
Large Series ◽  
Assembly Process ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Processing Efficiency ◽  
Handling System ◽  
Transfer Molding ◽  
Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Automated Line

The production and processing of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) is constantly increasing in industry. A commonly used method is resin transfer molding (RTM). FRP components are produced for large series by now. Therefore, the aspect of processing efficiency is becoming more and more important. The semi-finished product can be better exploited, for example, if large preforms were composed of single subpreforms. These subpreforms are easier to drape and can be produced within an automated line. Consequently, the necessary assembly of the subpreforms needs to be automated as well. This way, the process can be made time and resource efficient. The article that follows now will focus more closely on a concept that deals with the handling and subsequent assembling of subpreforms. Furthermore, the variables that can be adjusted for the assembly process are examined and their influence on the resulting connection quality is shown.

The Hybrid RTM Process Chain: Automated Insertion of Load Introducing Elements during Subpreform Assembling

2015 ◽  
Vol 794 ◽  
pp. 312-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Ballier ◽  
Jan Schwennen ◽  
Julian Berkmann ◽  
Jürgen Fleischer
Keyword(s):  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Process Chain ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Transfer Molding ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Rtm Process ◽  
Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Plastics

Fiber reinforced plastics are increasingly employed in the automobile industry. The process chain of resin transfer molding offers one approach for realizing structural components made of fiber reinforced plastic in high quantities. In order to increase economic efficiency, automated solutions for the subpreform assembly are required. There is also the need for mechanically highly stressable and at the same time economical joining techniques for joining fiber reinforced plastics with metal. The following article shall provide an approach to meet both of these requirements.

Effect of long climatic ageing on the microstructure of the surface of сarbon-fiber-reinforced plastics on base epoxy matrix

2019 ◽  
pp. 157-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. S. Deev ◽  
E. V. Kurshev ◽  
S. L. Lonsky
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Humid Climate ◽  
Climatic Zones ◽  
Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Carbon Plastics ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Determining Factor

Studies and experimental data on the microstructure of the surface of samples of epoxy сarbon-fiber-reinforced plastics that have undergone long-term (up to 5 years) climatic aging in different climatic zones of Russia have been conducted: under conditions of the industrial zone of temperate climate (Moscow, MTsKI); temperate warm climate (Gelendzhik, GTsKI); a warm humid climate (Sochi, GNIP RAS). It is established that the determining factor for aging of carbon plastics is the duration of the complex effect of climatic factors: the longer the period of climatic aging, the more significant changes occur in the microstructure of the surface of the materials. The intensity of the aging process and the degree of microstructural changes in the surface of carbon plastics are affected by the features of the climatic zone. general regularities and features of the destruction of the surface of carbon plastics after a long-term exposure to climatic factors have been established on the basis of the analysis and systematization of the results of microstructural studies.

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