Cleaning device for cleaning ultrasound/sonotrode knife in impregnated ribbon cutting assembly of tape laying head used to manufacture aircraft wing, has knife cleaning station including blowing nozzle directed on knife and rotary brush

摘要

The device has a carriage (15) and a slide system (16) for placing a knife cleaning station (30) in a non-correspondence position relative to a knife cutting station (10) and a trajectory of an impregnated tape, where the cleaning station is provided in correspondence with the cutting station in the position. The cleaning station includes a cryogenic blowing nozzle (31) directed on an ultrasound or sonotrode knife (12) and a rotary brush (33) associated with the nozzle. A cleaning post is provided laterally to the trajectory of the tape.