Feasibility study on the use of automated fiber placement (AFP) for the manufacturing of composite hockey sticks****

使用自动纤维铺放（AFP）制造复合材料曲棍球棒的可行性研究****

• 批准号: 536420-2018
• 负责人: Hoa, VanSuong
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=653658
• 关键词: Feasibility; study; use; automated; fiber

This application concerns itself with a feasibility study for the use of automated fiber placement machine to manufacture hockey sticks designed and made by Bauer Hockey Ltd. The hockey sticks have been made using Hand Lay Up and bladder molding. In the current manufacturing method, layers of composite materials (fiber and matrix) are laid up on a mandrel by hand. This is followed by the use of rubber mandrels to compress the layers of composite against a female mold. Subsequently, heating is applied to cure the resin. While this process has been used for many years it is labour intensive. In order to reduce the cost of manufacturing, the manufacturing has been outsourced overseas. As the market is becoming more competitive, it is necessary to find alternate ways to manufacture the hockey sticks using automation. The advent of automated fiber placement (AFP) machine may provide the answer to this problem. AFP machines can not only produce the composite structures automatically, it also provides fast rate of production, and less variability in the product. AFP machines have been used to make advanced structures such as aircraft bodies by major companies such as Boeing, Aribus, Bell Flight, and Bombardier. The Concordia Center for Composites has an AFP machine that has been used for many projects in collaboration with Bell Flight, and Bombardier. It is intended to use this AFP machine to manufacture the hockey sticks. The challenges for the project involve the small size of the hockey sticks, as compared to the large dimensions of aircraft parts. AFP has been successful in making large aircraft composite structures, but the feasibility of using AFP for making parts of small dimensions such as those of the hockey sticks still needs to be determined. The objective of this project is to study this feasibility. Bauer Hockey Ltd. will collaborate with researchers at Concordia Center for Composites to address this issue. Carbon/epoxy prepregs will be used. The first part of the manufacturing will be done at Concordia using the AFP machine, and the second part of the manufacturing using bladder molding will be done at Bauer Hockey Ltd.**

本申请涉及使用自动纤维贴片机制造鲍尔曲棍球有限公司设计和制造的曲棍球棒的可行性研究。曲棍球棒是用手铺和膀胱成型制成的。在目前的制造方法中，复合材料层（纤维和基体）是手工铺在芯轴上的。接下来是使用橡胶芯棒将复合材料层压缩到母模上。随后，加热以固化树脂。虽然这种工艺已经使用多年，但它是劳动密集型的。为了降低制造成本，制造已外包到海外。随着市场竞争越来越激烈，有必要找到使用自动化制造曲棍球棒的替代方法。自动铺布机的出现可能为这一问题提供答案。AFP机器不仅可以自动生产复合材料结构，而且生产速度快，产品变异性小。AFP机器已被波音、Aribus、贝尔飞行、庞巴迪等大公司用于制造飞机机体等先进结构。康科迪亚复合材料中心有一台AFP机器，已用于与贝尔飞行公司和庞巴迪公司合作的许多项目。打算用这台AFP机器来制造曲棍球棒。与飞机部件的大尺寸相比，该项目的挑战涉及曲棍球杆的小尺寸。法新社在制造大型飞机复合材料结构方面取得了成功，但使用法新社制造小尺寸零件（如曲棍球棒）的可行性仍有待确定。该项目的目的是研究这种可行性。Bauer Hockey有限公司将与Concordia复合材料中心的研究人员合作解决这一问题。将使用碳/环氧预浸料。第一部分制造将在Concordia使用AFP机器完成，第二部分使用膀胱成型制造将在Bauer Hockey Ltd.**完成