COMPOSITE MATERIAL LAY-UP EQUIPMENT

摘要

There is disclosed composite material lay-up equipment (10) for applying a plurality of individual lengths of elongate fibre reinforcement material (14) to an article (12), the equipment (10) comprising: a support head (20); a cutting mechanism (22) carried by the support head (20) for severing a plurality of individual lengths of elongate fibre reinforcement material (14). The cutting mechanism (22) comprises a plurality of cutting elements (60) coupled to and moveable with respect to the support head (20) and a cassette (65) removably attached to the support head (20) and having a plurality of corresponding counteracting elements (76) statically mounted thereto. Each cutting element (60) is displaceable relative to the corresponding counteracting element (76) to perform a cutting stroke in which the respective cutting and counteracting elements (60), (76) cooperate to sever a length of elongate fibre reinforcement (14) material extending through the nip formed between them.