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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Robert E. Borgmann, Maineville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Robert E. Borgmann, Maineville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Fives Machining Systems, Inc., Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/384 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fiber placement machine has a fiber placement head and a K-axis housing that is supplied with fiber tow from a creel. The fiber placement head is mounted on the front of the K-axis housing. The fiber placement head has a compaction roller and a cut, clamp, and restart mechanism positioned adjacent to the compaction roller that receives fiber tow from the K-axis housing. A separable coupling connects the fiber placement head to the K-axis housing, whereby the fiber placement head may be disconnected from the K-axis housing for docking purposes.