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Large-Tow Fiber-Placement System
US Patent:
2006026, Nov 23, 2006
Filed:
Jan 3, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/322645
Inventors:
Ronald Roser - Salt Lake City UT, US
David Rasmussen - Sandy UT, US
Trond Pedersen - Murray UT, US
Scott Cutler - Sandy UT, US
Ken Warfield - Holladay UT, US
Dennis Hegerhorst - Nampa ID, US
Paul Merrill - Bountiful UT, US
Kirk Samowitz - South Jordan UT, US
Mark Liddiard - Sandy UT, US
Curtis Veit - Salt Lake City UT, US
David Rasmussen - Sandy UT, US
Trond Pedersen - Murray UT, US
Scott Cutler - Sandy UT, US
Ken Warfield - Holladay UT, US
Dennis Hegerhorst - Nampa ID, US
Paul Merrill - Bountiful UT, US
Kirk Samowitz - South Jordan UT, US
Mark Liddiard - Sandy UT, US
Curtis Veit - Salt Lake City UT, US
Assignee:
Zoltek Companies, Inc. - St. Louis MO
International Classification:
D02J 1/18
US Classification:
028282000
Abstract:
A large-tow fiber placement system having (1) a creel, (2) a tow feeding mechanism, (3) a tow cutting mechanism, and (4) a tow consolidation system, wherein the creel shuttles a spool to maintain a substantially fixed exit path of a large-tow exiting the spool, the tow feeding mechanism has a head that is cooled by a fluid to control integrity of the large-tow and the tow consolidation system has interlocking shoes to provide a continuous application of the head is disclosed.