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Quantifying the Influence of Out-Time on Prepreg Material Properties and Out-Of-Plane Steering Defects During Automated Fiber Placement

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FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2022.825809

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prepreg; material characterization; aging; tack; automated fiber placement; steering

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In automated fiber placement (AFP), understanding the interaction between material properties and process parameters is crucial for cost-efficient manufacturing. This study quantifies the changes in mechanical properties and tack of uncured prepreg tapes over time, and investigates their impact on the occurrence of defects during AFP lay-up trials.
In automated fiber placement (AFP), knowledge about the interaction between material properties and process parameters is essential to achieve cost-efficient manufacturing. Both, lay-up rate and defects are dependent on the properties of the uncured prepreg tapes which are out-time dependent. However, information thereof is not given in data sheets and there are no standardized test methods. To quantify the changes of the material properties, we conducted experiments on mechanical properties and tack with IM7/8552 up to 15 days out-time using previously evaluated test methods. Furthermore, we carried out AFP lay-up trials to quantify the effects on steering defects. The results for the mechanical properties reveal a non-linear increase of the shear modulus and the transverse tensile modulus and a strong correlation to the test temperature. Results from the probe tack tests show a strong dependence on out-time at 20 degrees C and a weak dependence at 40 degrees C. Results from a novel peel tack test method and the lay-up trials revealed a monotonous change as a function of out-time. In both cases, we identified the lay-up rate and the infrared (IR) emitter power as the process parameters with the largest influence. The obtained results present an overall view of the material behavior depending on different test and process parameters as a function of out-time. By this, they help optimize the AFP process parameters and serve as input for material models and AFP defect models.

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