A ply sorting device is disclosed, comprising a picker and a buffer. The picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer. The buffer comprises a plurality of substantially planar supports each arranged to receive plies from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation. The planar supports are movably arranged relative to each other to receive the plies. In addition, a method of sorting plies of differing geometry is disclosed. Planar plies of cut fiber material are picked and moved to supports of a buffer where plies are received in a planar orientation, and supports are moved relative to each other to receive the plies.
Method of removing a target removable sheet part, in particular a product cutout, from a sheet using a remover, comprising the steps of:
arranging the remover and the sheet relative to each other so that the plurality of actuators corresponds in position with the sheet,
engaging the contact portions of at least one of a group of the plurality of actuators of which the position corresponds to a target removable sheet part of the sheet with the target removable sheet part, the at least one actuator being in its extended state;
reconfiguring one or more of the engaged actuators of the group from its extended state to its retracted state with the target removable sheet part remaining engaged with the contact portion of said actuator to at least partially move the target removable sheet part from the sheet towards the carrier plane of the remover;
moving the remover away from the sheet with the contact portions of said one or more the actuators of the group being engaged with the target removable sheet part, and
performing an assisting operation with at least one actuator prior to the step of moving the remover away from the sheet.
B26D 7/18 - Moyens d'enlèvement des matériaux découpés ou des chutes
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B26D 7/01 - Moyens pour maintenir ou mettre en position la pièce
A preforming system for automated sequential laying of plies, in particular fiber reinforced plies, at a desired location with a preselected attitude to preform a composite structure, comprising at least one buffer provided with two or more carriers, a controller, a placement robot provided with a ply manipulating part, and a substrate, wherein each carrier is arranged to carry at least one presorted ply, wherein the controller keeps track of a position, type and sequential order of the at least one presorted ply per carrier, and wherein the controller further controls the placement robot to manipulate and transport at least one ply by means of the ply manipulating part from a selected carrier of the two or more carriers to the substrate and to place the at least one ply at the desired location with the preselected attitude.
An apparatus for processing a consolidated stack of fiber reinforced plies, comprising an inspection device, in particular an optical inspection device, arranged to inspect a consolidation state of the stack of fiber reinforced plies, and a handling device arranged to make at least an outer surface of the stack of fiber reinforced plies available for inspection by the inspection device.
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B32B 38/18 - Manipulation des couches ou du stratifié
G01N 21/95 - Recherche de la présence de criques, de défauts ou de souillures caractérisée par le matériau ou la forme de l'objet à analyser
Method of removing a target removable sheet part, in particular a product cutout, from a sheet using a remover, comprising the steps of: -arranging the remover and the sheet relative to each other so that the plurality of actuators corresponds in position with the sheet, -engaging the contact portions of at least one of a group of the plurality of actuators of which the position corresponds to a target removable sheet part of the sheet with the target removable sheet part, the at least one actuator being in its extended state; - reconfiguring one or more of the engaged actuators of the group from its extended state to its retracted state with the target removable sheet part remaining engaged with the contact portion of said actuator to at least partially move the target removable sheet part from the sheet towards the carrier plane of the remover; - moving the remover away from the sheet with the contact portions of said one or more the actuators of the group being engaged with the target removable sheet part, and - performing an assisting operation with at least one actuator prior to the step of moving the remover away from the sheet.
Method of manipulating a sheet of fiber reinforced material built up with parallel longitudinally oriented fibers embedded in a thermoplastic matrix material, wherein at least one face of the sheet is engaged by a friction element that extends substantially transversely to the orientation of the fibers, and that exerts friction onto the face in a direction substantially along the orientation of the fibers. And a device for moving sheets of fiber reinforced material having parallel longitudinally oriented fibers embedded in a thermoplastic matrix material, in particular sheets presenting anisotropic stiffness is disclosed. The device comprises a conveying path for conveying sheets of fiber reinforced material in a direction substantially along the orientation of the fibers, and a drive element arranged substantially transversely to the conveying path to in use engage a face of a sheet of fiber reinforced material to be conveyed along the path, and arranged to exert friction onto the face in a direction substantially along the orientation of the fibers. The device may further include a guide element arranged substantially transversely to the conveying path to in use engage the opposite face of the sheet of fiber reinforced material to be conveyed along the path, the drive element and the guide element being arranged to envelope the conveying path.
B65H 29/12 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles au moyen du resserrement entre deux rubans ou courroies mobiles, ou entre deux jeux de rubans ou courroies
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B65H 83/02 - Combinaisons d'opérations d'empilage et d'enlèvement d'articles, p. ex. simultanées, présentant un intérêt autre que l'opération individuelle d'empilage ou d'enlèvement des articles dans la même pile
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Tape sectioning system and method of sectioning tape
A tape sectioning system, comprising a tape web feed path for feeding a web of fiber reinforced tape, a quality inspection system arranged along the web feed path that inspects the quality of the web of tape, and a sectioner that sections off longitudinal tape sections from the web of tape, wherein the sectioner is arranged to vary the length of the tape sections that are sectioned off from the web of tape based on the outcome of the quality inspection.
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONSOLIDATED STACKS OF FIBER REINFORCED PLIES
An apparatus for processing a consolidated stack of fiber reinforced plies, comprising an inspection device, in particular an optical inspection device, arranged to inspect a consolidation state of the stack of fiber reinforced plies, and a handling device arranged to make at least an outer surface of the stack of fiber reinforced plies available for inspection by the inspection device.
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A preforming system for automated sequential laying of plies, in particular fiber reinforced plies, at a desired location with a preselected attitude to preform a composite structure, comprising at least one buffer provided with two or more carriers, a controller, a placement robot provided with a ply manipulating part, and a substrate, wherein each carrier is arranged to carry at least one presorted ply, wherein the controller keeps track of a position, type and sequential order of the at least one presorted ply per carrier, and wherein the controller further controls the placement robot to manipulate and transport at least one ply by means of the ply manipulating part from a selected carrier of the two or more carriers to the substrate and to place the at least one ply at the desired location with the preselected attitude.
A ply sorting device is disclosed, comprising a picker and a buffer. The picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer. The buffer comprises a plurality of substantially planar supports each arranged to receive phes from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation. The planar supports are movably arranged relative to each other to receive the plies. In addition, a method of sorting plies of differing geometry is disclosed. Planar plies of cut fiber material are picked and moved to supports of a buffer where plies are received in a planar orientation, and supports are moved relative to each other to receive the plies.
An end effector, system and methods for handling stacked sheets, such as fiber reinforced laminate, a compressed stack of fiber reinforced laminate and a method of machining the compressed stack of fiber reinforced laminate. The end effector is arranged for handling a set of press plates and stacked sheets to be sandwiched there between and comprises a carrier with a central portion and a peripheral portion. The central portion is provided with a number of suction grippers arranged to operate in a suction plane. The peripheral portion includes a number of hooks, each hook having a stem that is arranged to reach through the suction plane, and a catch carried thereon having a carrying face arranged to operate in a carrying plane parallel to the suction plane. The hooks are movably disposed, so that the catch can move along the carrying plane between a first position in which the catch can pass through a set of aligned handling apertures in the set of press plates, and a second position in which the catch hooks behind a periphery of a handling aperture in a bottom press plate of the set of press plates.
A manufacturing line for manufacturing layered products, comprising a plurality of manufacturing stations disposed along a transportation track of a transportation system. The plurality of manufacturing stations includes a number of layer dispensing stations, the transportation system comprising a plurality of product holders that are each arranged to be moved individually along the transportation track to visit manufacturing stations along the transportation track. The product holders are arranged to hold a stack of layers, and the transportation track includes a loop and a router. The router is arranged to route product holders to revisit manufacturing stations via the loop in the transportation track.
Method of manipulating a sheet of fiber reinforced material built up with parallel longitudinally oriented fibers embedded in a thermoplastic matrix material, wherein at least one face of the sheet is engaged by a friction element that extends substantially transversely to the orientation of the fibers, and that exerts friction onto the face in a direction substantially along the orientation of the fibers. And a device for moving sheets of fiber reinforced material having parallel longitudinally oriented fibers embedded in a thermoplastic matrix material, in particular sheets presenting anisotropic stiffness is disclosed. The device comprises a conveying path for conveying sheets of fiber reinforced material in a direction substantially along the orientation of the fibers, and a drive element arranged substantially transversely to the conveying path to in use engage a face of a sheet of fiber reinforced material to be conveyed along the path, and arranged to exert friction onto the face in a direction substantially along the orientation of the fibers. The device may further include a guide element arranged substantially transversely to the conveying path to in use engage the opposite face of the sheet of fiber reinforced material to be conveyed along the path, the drive element and the guide element being arranged to envelope the conveying path.
B32B 38/18 - Manipulation des couches ou du stratifié
B32B 5/12 - Produits stratifiés caractérisés par l'hétérogénéité ou la structure physique d'une des couches caractérisés par les caractéristiques de structure d'une couche comprenant des fibres ou des filaments caractérisés par la disposition relative des fibres ou filaments des couches adjacentes
B32B 37/18 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour la stratification, p. ex. par polymérisation ou par liaison à l'aide d'ultrasons caractérisés par les propriétés des couches toutes les couches existant et présentant une cohésion avant la stratification impliquant uniquement l'assemblage de feuilles ou de panneaux individualisés
B65G 47/22 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs
B65H 29/20 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles par contact avec des éléments rotatifs à friction, p. ex. rouleaux, brosses ou cylindres
B65H 20/02 - Progression des bandes par un rouleau de friction
B65H 35/00 - Délivrance d'articles à partir de machines à découper ou à perforer linéairementAppareils délivrant des articles ou des bandes, comportant des dispositifs pour couper ou perforer linéairement, p. ex. distributeurs de bande adhésive
B32B 39/00 - Agencement d'appareils ou d'installations, p. ex. systèmes modulaires pour la stratification
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TAPE SECTIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECTIONING TAPE
A tape sectioning system, comprising a tape web feed path for feeding a web of fiber reinforced tape, a quality inspection system arranged along the web feed path that inspects the quality of the web of tape, and a sectioner that sections off longitudinal tape sections from the web of tape, wherein the sectioner is arranged to vary the length of the tape sections that are sectioned off from the web of tape based on the outcome of the quality inspection.
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B29C 70/54 - Parties constitutives, détails ou accessoiresOpérations auxiliaires
A ply sorting device is disclosed, comprising a picker and a buffer. The picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer. The buffer comprises a plurality of substantially planar supports each arranged to receive phes from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation. The planar supports are movably arranged relative to each other to receive the plies. In addition, a method of sorting plies of differing geometry is disclosed. Planar plies of cut fiber material are picked and moved to supports of a buffer where plies are received in a planar orientation, and supports are moved relative to each other to receive the plies.
A ply sorting device is disclosed, comprising a picker and a buffer. The picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer. The buffer comprises a plurality of substantially planar supports each arranged to receive phes from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation. The planar supports are movably arranged relative to each other to receive the plies. In addition, a method of sorting plies of differing geometry is disclosed. Planar plies of cut fiber material are picked and moved to supports of a buffer where plies are received in a planar orientation, and supports are moved relative to each other to receive the plies.
A plant surface structure includes an array of plastic base elements, each base element having a deck carried by a series of pillar elements. The deck is provided with at least a number of the pillar elements having an open top end in the deck. A membrane is placed over the deck and is provided with slits or cut-outs or water permeable elements, such that they open into at least some of the open top ends of the pillar elements. A growing medium is provided on the membrane and a growing medium is provided in the pillar elements, the growing medium in the pillar elements preferably being in fluid contact with the growing medium on the membrane.
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A01G 9/033 - Récipients plats pour gazon, pelouse ou similaires, p. ex. pour la couverture des toits
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Method and device for manufacturing composite products comprising a planar portion
A method of manufacturing a composite profile having a non-circular cross section, comprising the steps of—actuating a string of mandrel sections (1) having a non-circular cross section to move axially in a one way motion through one or more orbital winding stations (3) that are rotationally disposed about to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel in one or more passes, —continuously helically winding in one or more winding stations tape comprising a bundle of parallel longitudinally extending fibers in a thermoplastic matrix material onto the mandrel sections or a previously wound layer to form layers (4) of a wall of a thin walled profile having a closed cross section including at least one planar surface, and—cutting the thin walled profile into profile sections that are carried on one or more mandrel section sections, wherein the layer is consolidated with the previous layer prior to cutting. FIG.1
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19.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE TUBE, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE TUBE
Method for manufacturing a continuous composite tube comprising translating a tube liner through a manufacturing station wherein the manufacturing station comprises a winding station and a consolidation station located at a distance downstream of the winding station; winding a composite tape on the tube liner at the winding station for forming a tape layer; consolidating the composite tape on the tube liner at a consolidation zone of the consolidation station by pressing and heating to the tape.
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B29C 53/64 - Enroulement et assemblage, p. ex. enroulement en spirale hélicoïdal en utilisant des surfaces de formage internes, p. ex. des mandrins tournant autour de l'axe d'enroulement et se déplaçant axialement
B29C 53/56 - Enroulement et assemblage, p. ex. enroulement en spirale
F16L 9/16 - Tuyaux rigides faits d'enroulements de feuilles ou de bandes, avec ou sans armature
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20.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE TUBE, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE TUBE
Method for manufacturing a continuous composite tube comprising translating a tube liner through a manufacturing station wherein the manufacturing station comprises a winding station and a consolidation station located at a distance downstream of the winding station; winding a composite tape on the tube liner at the winding station for forming a tape layer; consolidating the composite tape on the tube liner at a consolidation zone of the consolidation station by pressing and heating to the tape.
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B29C 53/56 - Enroulement et assemblage, p. ex. enroulement en spirale
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40 - Traitement de matériaux; recyclage, purification de l'air et traitement de l'eau
Produits et services
Treatment of materials, namely, composites, plastics and fiber reinforced plastics; Manufacture of prototypes of composite, plastic, and fiber reinforced plastics to the order and specification of others; Custom manufacture of molds for use in industry; Assembly of products for others; Provision of information, advice and consultancy in relation to the aforementioned services, including via electronic networks such as the Internet
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Produits et services
Scientific and technological services, namely, research, design, testing and analysis in the field of composites, plastics, fiber reinforced plastics and metal materials; Engineering and engineering drawing services; Innovation consulting services, namely, advising others in the areas of product development; Product design and development in the field of composite and metal products and systems; Design and development of molds and product prototypes; Testing, analysis, scientific research and evaluation of the goods and services of others for the purpose of certification; Provision of information, advice and consultancy in relation to the aforementioned services, including via electronic networks such as the Internet
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40 - Traitement de matériaux; recyclage, purification de l'air et traitement de l'eau
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Building construction; Repair; Installation services; Assembly, renovation, maintenance and cleaning, including in relation to products made from composite and fibre-reinforced plastics, including for use in the oil and gas industries, aviation and the navy; Assembly, renovation, maintenance and cleaning, including in relation to parts of machines, including for use in the oil and gas industries, aviation and the navy; Consultancy and information regarding the aforesaid services, including via electronic networks such as the Internet. Treatment of materials, including processing of composites, plastics and fibre-reinforced plastics, and in the context of producing prototypes; Custom assembling for others, including of industrial products; Consultancy and information regarding the aforesaid services, including via electronic networks, such as the Internet. Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; Industrial analysis and research services; Engineering; Engineering; Product innovation; Product development, including the design and development of products and systems of composite and metals; The design and development of moulds and prototypes; Technical drawing, including 2D and 3D design; Technical research and technical testing; Testing prototypes for demonstrating technical viability; Material research; Certification; Product certification services; Drawing up of expert reports by engineers; (technical) consultancy and information regarding the aforesaid services, including via electronic networks such as the Internet.
24.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PRODUCTS COMPRISING A PLANAR PORTION
A method of manufacturing a composite profile having a non-circular cross section, comprising the steps of - actuating a string of mandrel sections (1) having a non- circular cross section to move axially in a one way motion through one or more orbital winding stations (3) that are rotationally disposed about to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel in one or more passes, - continuously helically winding in one or more winding stations tape comprising a bundle of parallel longitudinally extending fibres in a thermoplastic matrix material onto the mandrel sections or a previously wound layer to form layers (4) of a wall of a thin walled profile having a closed cross section including at least one planar surface, and - cutting the thin walled profile into profile sections that are carried on one or more mandrel section sections, wherein the layer is consolidated with the previous layer prior to cutting.
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B29C 69/00 - Combinaisons de techniques de façonnage non prévues dans un seul des groupes principaux , p. ex. associations de techniques de moulage et d'assemblageAppareils à cet effet
25.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PRODUCTS COMPRISING A PLANAR PORTION
A method of manufacturing a composite profile having a non-circular cross section, comprising the steps of - actuating a string of mandrel sections (1) having a non- circular cross section to move axially in a one way motion through one or more orbital winding stations (3) that are rotationally disposed about to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel in one or more passes, - continuously helically winding in one or more winding stations tape comprising a bundle of parallel longitudinally extending fibres in a thermoplastic matrix material onto the mandrel sections or a previously wound layer to form layers (4) of a wall of a thin walled profile having a closed cross section including at least one planar surface, and - cutting the thin walled profile into profile sections that are carried on one or more mandrel section sections, wherein the layer is consolidated with the previous layer prior to cutting.
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