Fives Machining Systems, Inc.

Randall A Kappesser

Michael N Grimshaw

Milo Vaniglia

Richard A Curless

Michael A Noel

Denny Dettman

Daniel D Janka

An apparatus for loading spools into a creel of a fiber placement machine that is used to charge a mold includes a creel loader and a spool magazine carried by the creel loader. At least one loader mandrel in the spool magazine receives full spools and transfers the full spools to the creel of the fiber placement machine.

Fiber placement auto spool loader

A fiber placement system for producing small sized flat laminates having a length and width that extends in the X and Y axes, and a constant height measured in the Z-axis includes a fixed creel for delivering fiber used by the system, and a fixed bracket attached to the creel. A fiber placement head is supported by the fixed bracket and a movable table for supporting a tool is positioned under the fiber placement head. The fiber placement head is fixed in the X, Y, and Z-axis during the application of fiber to the tool.

Small flat composite placement system

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Randall A Kappesser