A Review of Tensioner for Automated Fiber Placement

Abstract

For automated fiber placement machine, tensioner is one of the important modules, which precisely generates and controls the tension of fibers.This paper performs a system analysis and synthesis of the key technologies of tensioner in recent years by summing up the development course of the tensioner. A new type of tensioner specially designed for fiber placment technology is presented. Experiments results prove the feasibility of the proposed mechanism and control algorithm. In addition, this paper also aims at giving a perspective in such area in the future.