公开(公告)号：US11872778B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US15733443

申请日：2019-01-31

Applicant: Airborne International B.V.

Inventor： Moiz Ur Rehman ,  Tevfik Fikret Acer ,  Mark Muilwijk

IPC: B65H29/12 ,  B65H9/16 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H83/02

CPC classification number: B29C70/54 ,  B65H9/166 ,  B65H29/125 ,  B65H29/14 ,  B65H83/02 ,  B65H2301/3412 ,  B65H2301/4212

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US11584117B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US15733445

申请日：2019-01-31

Applicant: Airborne International B.V.

Inventor： Gerardus Adrianus Van Der Kraan ,  Mark Muilwijk

IPC: B32B39/00 ,  B32B38/18

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US11654591B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US15733442

申请日：2019-01-31

Applicant: Airborne International B.V.

Inventor： Mark Muilwijk ,  Thomas Theodorus Arnoldus Van Overbeek ,  Anders Brødsjø

IPC: B26D5/00 ,  G05B19/418

CPC classification number: B26D5/007 ,  B26D5/005 ,  G05B19/41875

Abstract: 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.