Detailed Description
Specific examples of the present invention are given below. The specific examples are only intended to illustrate the invention in further detail and do not limit the scope of protection of the claims of the present application.
The invention provides a preparation method (method for short) of a high-volume-fraction high-performance needling preform, which is characterized by comprising the following steps of:
firstly, preparing half-cut fiber cloth 1;
(1) designing a cutting track: designing a cutting track by adopting AUTOCAD software; the cutting track is composed of a plurality of identical and mutually parallel straight cutting lines 2; all the straight cutting lines 2 are parallel to one direction of the warp direction or the weft direction of the half-cut fiber cloth 1, and all the yarns in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines are cut into short fibers through the straight cutting lines 2; in the direction parallel to the straight cutting lines, the adjacent straight cutting lines 2 are arranged in a staggered way, and the adjacent straight cutting lines are mutually overlapped (namely have overlapped parts) along the direction vertical to the straight cutting lines;
preferably, in the step (1) of the first step, the straight cutting lines 2 are located at the gaps between the yarns, so that the damage to the yarns in the parallel direction can be minimized.
Preferably, in the step (1) of the first step, the distance between two adjacent straight cutting lines 2 is the same in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines, and all the yarns in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines are cut into staple fibers of the same length.
Preferably, in the step (1) of the first step, the distance between two adjacent straight cutting lines 2 in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines is 20-40 mm;
preferably, in the step (1) of the first step, the length of the straight cutting line 2 is 30-50 mm;
(2) generating a cutting program: exporting the cutting track into a dwg format file in AUTOCAD software; opening the dwg file by using the design software DESIGNCCONCEPT TECHEX of the Li Ke cutting bed, endowing cutting lines according to a sketch, and respectively storing the cut lines as a xin file and a dat file; loading the xin file and the dat file by using a Like cutting bed typesetting software DIAMINO TECHEX for typesetting to generate MKX and PLX cutting program files;
(3) cutting: laying the complete fiber cloth on a rick cutting bed, and ensuring that warp yarns and weft yarns of the fiber cloth are parallel to an X axis and a Y axis of a plane rectangular coordinate system of the cutting bed; loading MKX and PLX cutting program files; setting a cutting speed, starting a cutting bed, and driving a cutter to cut the fiber cloth according to a designed cutting track by the cutting bed to form half-cut fiber cloth 1;
preferably, in the step (3) of the first step, the cutting speed is 10-15 m/min.
Preferably, in the step (3) of the first step, the fiber cloth is a woven cloth, specifically a satin cloth, a twill cloth or a plain cloth; the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is half-cut satin cloth, half-cut twill cloth or half-cut plain cloth;
secondly, needle punching forming;
(1) designing a needling track: calculating the needling stepping amount according to the needling density requirement and the arrangement pattern of the needle plate; designing the positions of the needling points by adopting AUTOCAD software according to the needling stepping amount, and sequentially outputting coordinate values of the needling points in a workpiece coordinate system;
(2) and (3) generating a needling program: converting coordinate values of the needling points in the workpiece coordinate system into coordinate values in a world coordinate system of the needling robot, and compiling an executable program of the needling robot according to a motion instruction of the needling robot and pose information of the needling points;
(3) and (3) needling: laying the half-cut fiber cloth 1 on a base cloth 3 to form a structural unit; then needling the structural unit according to a needling program and needling process parameters; after the structural unit is formed by needling, continuously laying a structural unit above the structural unit formed by needling along the thickness direction of the needling prefabricated body, and carrying out the needling forming process; repeating the above process until the target needling preform thickness is reached;
preferably, in the step (3) of the second step, a six-joint needling robot is adopted for needling forming, and the position of the screen stripping plate is regulated and controlled by adjusting the length value of the tool coordinate of a needling head at the tail end of the needling robot; after each structural unit is formed by needling, the stripping plate lifts a height corresponding to the thickness value of one structural unit, and one structural unit is continuously laid above the structural unit formed by needling along the thickness direction of the needling prefabricated body for carrying out the needling forming process.
Preferably, in the step (3) of the second step, the structural unit consists of one layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 and at least one layer of base cloth 3; the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is laid above all the base cloth 3 and positioned at the top of the structural unit;
preferably, in the step (3) of the second step, the straight cutting lines 2 on the half-cut fiber cloth 1 between the adjacent structural units are arranged in parallel (as shown in fig. 3) or perpendicular (as shown in fig. 4), wherein the straight cutting lines 2 between the adjacent structural units do not overlap spatially when arranged in parallel.
Preferably, in the step (3) of the second step,the needling process parameters are as follows: the needling density is 10-20 needles/cm2The needling depth is 15-20 mm.
Preferably, the fiber raw materials of the fiber cloth and the base cloth 3 are quartz fibers or carbon fibers; the fiber cloth and the base cloth 3 are both woven fabrics, and the fabric structure is plain weave, twill weave or satin weave.
The invention also provides a high-volume-fraction high-performance needling preform (referred to as needling preform for short) prepared by the preparation method of the high-volume-fraction high-performance needling preform, which is characterized in that the needling preform is prepared by laminating and needling a structural unit consisting of half-cut fiber cloth 1 and base cloth 3; the cut short fibers in the half-cut fiber cloth 1 appear as thick-direction needle-punched fiber bundles 4 in the needle-punched preform.
As can be seen from fig. 2, under the action of the needles, the cut short fibers are brought into the thickness direction of the needled preform to form the needled fiber bundles 4 in the thickness direction, so that the layers of the needled preform are effectively connected.
The invention also provides application of the high-volume-fraction high-performance needling preform, which is characterized in that the high-volume-fraction high-performance quartz fiber needling preform is compounded with a quartz ceramic matrix to obtain a structural-functional integrated composite material with excellent mechanical, thermal and electrical properties, and the structural-functional integrated composite material is applied to an antenna cover part of a high-speed aircraft; or carrying out chemical vapor deposition on the high-volume-fraction high-performance carbon fiber needled preform, and densifying to obtain the carbon/carbon composite material, which is applied to the brake disc of the high-speed rail train.
Example 1
A high volume fraction high performance quartz fiber needled preform (needled felt) having a volume fraction of 35.0% and a thickness of 3.6 mm. The needling prefabricated body consists of two structural units, each structural unit consists of a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 and four layers of base cloth 3, and the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is laid above the four layers of base cloth 3; the surface density of the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is 285g/m2The structure is satin weave; the surface density of the base fabric 3 was 285g/m2The structure is twill weave.
Preparing a high-volume-fraction high-performance quartz fiber needling preform by the following steps:
step one, preparing half-cut fiber cloth 1: the quartz fiber cloth is laid on an automatic cutting bed, the cutting bed drives a cutter to cut the quartz fiber cloth at equal intervals in one direction of the warp direction or the weft direction according to a designed cutting track, and adjacent straight cutting lines 2 are arranged in a staggered mode;
in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines, the distance between two adjacent straight cutting lines 2 is 20 mm; the length of the straight cutting line 2 is 30 mm; the cutting speed was 12 m/min.
Step two, needle punching forming: laying a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 on four layers of base cloth 3 to form a structural unit; then the needling depth is 20mm, and the needling density is 20 needles/cm2The process parameters of (2) are formed by needling; after the structural unit is formed by needling, continuously laying the same structural unit above the structural unit formed by needling along the thickness direction of the needled preform, and then carrying out needling forming according to the same needling process parameters to obtain the quartz fiber needled preform.
Example 2
A high volume fraction high performance quartz fiber needled preform (needled felt) having a volume fraction of 37.3% and a thickness of 3.7 mm. The needling prefabricated body consists of two structural units, each structural unit consists of a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 and four layers of base cloth 3, and the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is laid above the four layers of base cloth 3; the surface density of the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is 285g/m2The structure is twill weave; the surface density of the base fabric 3 was 285g/m2The structure is twill weave.
Preparing a high-volume-fraction high-performance quartz fiber needling preform by the following steps:
step one, preparing half-cut fiber cloth 1: the quartz fiber cloth is laid on an automatic cutting bed, the cutting bed drives a cutter to cut the quartz fiber cloth at equal intervals in one direction of the warp direction or the weft direction according to a designed cutting track, and adjacent straight cutting lines 2 are arranged in a staggered mode;
in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines, the distance between two adjacent straight cutting lines 2 is 20 mm; the length of the straight cutting line 2 is 30 mm; the cutting speed was 12 m/min.
Step two, needle punching forming: laying a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 on four layers of base cloth 3 to form a structural unit; then the needling depth is 20mm, and the needling density is 20 needles/cm2The process parameters of (2) are formed by needling; after the structural unit is formed by needling, continuously laying the same structural unit above the structural unit formed by needling along the thickness direction of the needled preform, and then carrying out needling forming according to the same needling process parameters to obtain the quartz fiber needled preform.
Example 3
A high volume fraction high performance quartz fiber needled preform (needled felt) having a volume fraction of 35.9% and a thickness of 3.8 mm. The needling prefabricated body consists of two structural units, each structural unit consists of a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 and four layers of base cloth 3, and the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is laid above the four layers of base cloth 3; the surface density of the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is 285g/m2The structure is twill weave; the surface density of the base fabric 3 was 285g/m2The structure is twill weave.
Preparing a high-volume-fraction high-performance quartz fiber needling preform by the following steps:
step one, preparing half-cut fiber cloth 1: the quartz fiber cloth is laid on an automatic cutting bed, the cutting bed drives a cutter to cut the quartz fiber cloth at equal intervals in one direction of the warp direction or the weft direction according to a designed cutting track, and adjacent straight cutting lines 2 are arranged in a staggered mode;
in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines, the distance between two adjacent straight cutting lines 2 is 30 mm; the length of the straight cutting line 2 is 30 mm; the cutting speed was 12 m/min.
Step two, needle punching forming: laying a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 on four layers of base cloth 3 to form a structural unit; then the needling depth is 20mm, and the needling density is 20 needles/cm2The process parameters of (2) are formed by needling; after the structural unit is formed by needling, the structural unit is formed by needling along the thickness direction of the needling prefabricated bodyAnd continuously laying the same structural unit above the structural unit, and carrying out needling forming according to the same needling process parameters to obtain the quartz fiber needling preform.
Example 4
A high volume fraction high performance quartz fiber needled preform (needled felt) having a volume fraction of 38.2% and a thickness of 3.6 mm. The needling prefabricated body consists of two structural units, each structural unit consists of a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 and four layers of base cloth 3, and the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is laid above the four layers of base cloth 3; the surface density of the half-cut fiber cloth 1 is 285g/m2The structure is twill weave; the surface density of the base fabric 3 was 285g/m2The structure is twill weave.
Preparing a high-volume-fraction high-performance quartz fiber needling preform by the following steps:
step one, preparing half-cut fiber cloth 1: the quartz fiber cloth is laid on an automatic cutting bed, the cutting bed drives a cutter to cut the quartz fiber cloth at equal intervals in one direction of the warp direction or the weft direction according to a designed cutting track, and adjacent straight cutting lines 2 are arranged in a staggered mode;
in the direction perpendicular to the straight cutting lines, the distance between two adjacent straight cutting lines 2 is 40 mm; the length of the straight cutting line 2 is 40 mm; the cutting speed was 12 m/min.
Step two, needle punching forming: laying a layer of half-cut fiber cloth 1 on four layers of base cloth 3 to form a structural unit; then the needling depth is 20mm, and the needling density is 20 needles/cm2The process parameters of (2) are formed by needling; after the structural unit is formed by needling, continuously laying the same structural unit above the structural unit formed by needling along the thickness direction of the needled preform, and then carrying out needling forming according to the same needling process parameters to obtain the quartz fiber needled preform.
Comparative example
A quartz fiber needled preform (needled felt) having a volume fraction of 26.8% and a thickness of 5.6 mm. The needling prefabricated body is composed of two structural units, and each structural unit is composed of oneThe quartz net tire is laid above the four layers of base cloth 3; the surface density of the quartz net base is 285g/m2The structure is twill weave; the surface density of the base fabric 3 was 285g/m2The structure is twill weave.
The preparation of the needled preform was as follows: laying a layer of quartz net tire on the four layers of base cloth 3 to form a structural unit; then the needling depth is 20mm, and the needling density is 20 needles/cm2The process parameters of (2) are formed by needling; after the structural unit is formed by needling, continuously laying the same structural unit above the structural unit formed by needling along the thickness direction of the needled preform, and then carrying out needling forming according to the same needling process parameters to obtain the quartz fiber needled preform.
The volume fractions of the resulting needled preforms and the in-plane tensile strength and interlaminar peel strength tested with reference to GJB 1867-64 are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1
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Volume fraction
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In-plane tensile strength MPa
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Interlaminar peel strength N/mm
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Comparative example
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26.8%
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17.1
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6.7
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Example 1
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35.0%
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29.0
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44.2
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Example 2
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37.3%
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25.0
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45.9
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Example 3
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35.9%
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28.1
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45.7
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Example 4
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38.2%
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26.4
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63.3 |
As can be seen from table 1, the volume fraction of the needled preform of example 1 was increased by 30.5%, the in-plane tensile strength was increased by 69.6%, and the interlaminar peel strength was increased by 559.7%, relative to the comparative example; the volume fraction of the needled preform in example 2 was increased by 38.9%, the in-plane tensile strength was increased by 46.2%, and the interlaminar peel strength was increased by 585.1%; the volume fraction of the needled preform in example 3 was increased by 34.0%, the in-plane tensile strength was increased by 64.3%, and the interlaminar peel strength was increased by 582.1%; the volume fraction of the needled preform of example 4 increased by 42.5%, the in-plane tensile strength increased by 54.4%, and the interlaminar peel strength increased by 844.8%.
Nothing in this specification is said to apply to the prior art.