| 摘要 |
An apparatus and method are provided for replacing a creel in a fiber placement machine, by sequentially moving replaceable creels into place on the fiber placement machine, via tracks and/or guide rails, as one or more spools in a previously operati ng creel are exhausted, and removing the creel having the one or more exhausted spools, t o thereby allow fiber placement to continue from the replacement creel while the creel havin g one or more exhausted spools of material is replenished. An auto-splice apparatus and method are incorporated into the replaceable creel and fiber placement machine, for assisting in the exchange of replaceable creels. |
