US 12,172,390 B2
FRP molding system and method
Takashi Harada, Tokyo (JP); Yu Shigenari, Tokyo (JP); Toyoharu Akimoto, Tokyo (JP); Ikuo Okumura, Tokyo (JP); and Shinichi Tanaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/910,399
Filed by IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/032887
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/044324, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123571 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 43/14 (2006.01); B29C 43/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 70/345 (2013.01) [B29C 43/146 (2013.01); B29C 43/34 (2013.01); B29C 2043/3411 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0872 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An FRP molding system for manufacturing a circular arc-shaped FRP component by integrally molding an FRP material having a circular arc part of a circular arc shape and a plurality of members having an upper surface shape fixed to the circular arc part, the FRP molding system comprising:
a portion-pressing device which has an upper mold and a lower mold sandwiching a portion of the FRP material in a radial direction orthogonal to the circular arc part, and which intermittently compresses the portion to partially mold the FRP component;
a member positioning means which positions each member with respect to the upper mold or the lower mold;
a transport device configured to intermittently move a compressed portion of the FRP material obtained by the portion-pressing device in a predetermined direction to facilitate the positioning of a next portion of the FRP material to be pressed with a next member by the portion-pressing device.