Chopped fibre composite sorting and moulding systems and methods

摘要

#$%^&*AU2015205865B220200709.pdf#####CHOPPED FIBRE COMPOSITE SORTING AND MOULDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS ABSTRACT Chopped fibre composite systems (10) and methods are disclosed. Sorting systems include a conveyor (18), an imager(20), a plurality of receptacles (22), a pneumatic device (24), and controller (26). Moulding systems include a conveyor (18), an imager (20), a mould (40), a pneumatic device (24), and a controller (26). The controller (26) directs the pneumatic device (24) to alter the freefall of chopped fibre composite pieces (14) based on characteristics of the chopped fibre composite pieces (14) as they drop from the conveyor (18) and into a receptacle (22) or a mould (40). Sorting and moulding methods include dropping (106) chopped fibre composite pieces (14), detecting (108) characteristics of the dropping pieces, and directing (110) the pieces based on the detected characteristics.14-0078 1/2 ------- 14 30 -A---#~20 24-11- - - - - - - - -Fig.1 '1 vq I/ 22-44 -- ---------I ~ I I.---~~. 18 Jz L-, l 2820 ~~~~~ A-14-----0 18 28' 32 F£11