US 12,377,615 B2
Apparatus for manufacturing fibre-reinforced components
Ingolf Müller, Freimersheim (DE); and Andre Stieglitz, Osnabrück (DE)
Assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/796,521
Filed by ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/087364
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/151589, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 201 188.5 (DE), filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347598 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/32 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 70/32 (2013.01) [B29C 70/382 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus (10) for manufacturing fiber-reinforced component parts (1) according to a three-dimensional winding method, comprising:
at least one computer-controlled winding machine configured to wind filiform continuous fiber strands (12) provided on at least one spool (18) around at least one fiber carrier (11), arranged on a pivot pin (16) with at least one winding pattern,
wherein the at least one winding machine comprises:
two robot arms (13) each having six rotational axes, said two arms (13) are configured to lay down at least two of the fiber strands (12) simultaneously,
wherein the two robot arms (13) are configured to simultaneously lay down the at least two fiber strands (12) so as to be distributed to the at least one fiber carrier (11) arranged on a pivot pin (16),
wherein the pivot pin (16) provides a seventh axis of rotation,
wherein two robot arms (13) are arranged opposite one another, the two robot arms (13) being configured to provide an inverse laydown of the at least one fiber strand (12), respectively, on the at least one fiber carrier (11) arranged between the robot arms (13) on at least one of the pivot pin pins (16).