Effect of process parameters on the lay-up size of single bundle of CCF/PEEK prepregs
The single filament bundle size during the lay-up process of thermoplastic prepreg has an important influence on the lay-up quality of the overall component.In order to improve the lay-up molding quality of continuous carbon fiber reinforced polyether ether ketone(CCF/PEEK)composites,the influence laws of the process parameters on the width and thickness of the lay-up process were investigated,and the fitting model was established based on the experimental results.Firstly,orthogonal experi-ments were designed to study the influence laws of lay-up process parameters such as laying speed,compaction force,and heating temperature on the changes of width and thickness of CCF/PEEK prepreg,in addition,the most significant process parameters affecting width and thickness obtained from the above studies were subjected to single-factor experimental studies respectively.The results of orthogonal study show that the significant degree of influence of each process parameter on the width of the filament bundle is heating temperature>laying speed>compaction force,and the significant degree of influence on the thickness of the fila-ment bundle is compaction force>heating temperature>laying speed.The results of the single-factor experiments show that within the range of process parameters where no defect occurs,the width of prepreg increases with the increase of heating temperature,decreases with the increase of laying speed,and increases with the increase of compaction force.The thickness of prepreg decreases with increasing compaction force.Multiple linear regression method is used to fit the comprehensive effect of each process parame-ter on the width of the prepreg,and the validation calculation results show that the established model has a good fitting effect.