MURATEC BRAIDERS FOR PRODUCE OF CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS

摘要

Braiding technology has a potential for reducing costs, and it has flexibility in obtaining optimized composite design for cost and properties since it has various design parameters, configuration, materials, fiber orientation, molding, curing, etc. We are working to improve the automation of complete production systems of which a braiding machine is one component, and produce braided composites and preforms. The automatic production systems were optimized for how much it automates and its productivity through the consideration of the quality and quantity of the products. The automatic braiding system was so efficient to reduce the production cost that it was used for producing sporting goods. A high-pressure hydrogen tank was developed by using braiding technology which has potential for much higher productivity than conventional filament winding process. Furthermore I-shaped CFRP beams were developed by using perform deforming and RTM method in order to expand the application of frames.