家庭用IH調理器を用いたFRTPの成形

抄録

Induction Heating (IH) is one of the heating methods for materials and molds. Induction heating has advantages such as higher thermal efficiency than other heating methods. Therefore, it is desirable that it is also utilized for FRTP forming. Though household IH cookers are inexpensive, they have the possibility of applying to the FRTP forming. In this study, to examine the heating characteristics of the IH cooker, heating experiments were conducted using a steel plate. It was confirmed that the steel plate can be heated up to 250 °C. Furthermore, fabrication of FRTP pipe using the co-woven braid composed of polyamide and carbon fiber by the internal pressure molding method was carried out. From the experimental results, it is confirmed that fabrication of FRTP pipes using the household IH cooker is available.