Hockey Blade with Wrapped, Stitched Core

摘要

A construct for a hockey blade that includes a foam core. The foam core includes a first core face, a second core face, and a core edge. A first layer of resin preimpregnated tape is wrapped continuously around the first core face, the core edge and the second core face. A thread is stitched along the first layer of preimpregnated tape. A second layer of resin preimpregnated tape wrapped continuously around the first layer of resin preimpregnated tape.

主权项

1. A method of fabricating a formed structure with a stitched foam core comprising:
forming a foam core, the core comprising a first core face, a second core face, a top core edge and a bottom core edge; wrapping the foam core with a first layer of fiber tape, the first layer of fiber tape extending continuously along the first core face, top core edge, second core face and bottom core edge of the foam core, wherein the wrapped core has a first wrapped face, a second wrapped face, a top wrapped edge and a bottom wrapped edge; stitching the wrapped foam core with a thread, the thread extending between and along the first wrapped face and the second wrapped face; wrapping a portion of the stitched wrapped core with a second layer of fiber tape; placing the preform in a mold; heating the mold; cooling the mold; and removing the formed structure from the mold.