Fiber placement system and method with inline infusion and cooling

摘要

A fiber placement system (10) comprises a resin impregnation assembly (20) for applying a resin (4) to one or more fiber tows (2) and for infusing the fiber tows with the resin to form one or more inline resin-infused fiber tows. The fiber placement system further includes a fiber placement head (30) comprising at least one cooler (40) configured to receive and cool the in-line resin-infused fiber tows from the resin impregnation assembly. The fiber placement head (30) further includes at least one cutter assembly (50) configured to receive and cut the cooled resin-infused fiber tows and a compaction assembly (60) configured to receive and compact the cut fiber tows onto a tool (70). A fiber placement method is also provided.