Method of Designing and Producing Carbon Fiber Wheels

摘要

A method of designing and producing the spoke section of a vehicle wheel using chopped carbon fiber pre-impregnated composite material is provided, wherein the method allows wheel designers to machine several different wheel designs, wheel diameters, and wheels with different offsets without using different material molds for each, as is customary with traditional carbon fiber reinforced plastic wheels designed using a layup procedure. The present method greatly reduces material waste, engineering design effort for each wheel, and the cost of each wheel over existing methods by using a single mold that can accommodate different wheel designs.

主权项

1. A method of designing and producing composite wheels using chopped carbon fiber, comprising the steps of:
choosing one or a plurality of wheel designs; concentrically overlaying said wheel designs to determine a single wheel blank design; creating a reverse mold of said single wheel blank design; compression molding a wheel blank using said reverse mold; machining said wheel blank into one of said wheel designs.