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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Shuntaro Kuriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tsunehiko Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Shuntaro Kuriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tsunehiko Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Jamco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jamco Technical Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for continuously forming a composite material shape member having a varied cross-sectional shape. A C-shaped movable moldhaving a center portionand both end portionsandwith a smaller surface dimension than the center portion is prepared, and prepreg sheets are laminated in advance to the both end portionsandand the center portion, then these plies of prepreg sheets are denoted as the laminate, so that the whole body has a flat planar surface. Prepreg sheetsare drawn out from rollsandand passed through a preforming deviceso that a C-shaped memberhaving a uniform cross-sectional shape is preformed. The movable moldwith pre-laminateis superposed to the preformed member, which is passed through a hot press device, an after-cure furnacewhere thermosetting of the member is completed, and then the movable moldis removed to complete a formed product.