Coating of a turbine engine part by overinjection
View Patent ↗The invention relates to equipment ( 1 ) for manufacturing a part ( 2 ) by injection moulding, including: a first cavity ( 10 ), a second cavity ( 20 ), and a supporting element ( 30 ), shaped such as to hold the part ( 2 ) in position in the equipment, and defining, together with the cavities ( 10, 20 ), an inner space of the equipment, the holding element ( 30 ) as well as the first cavity ( 10 ) and/or the second cavity ( 20 ) being movable relative to one another.
1. A tool for manufacturing a piece and applying a coating to said piece by injection molding, wherein said piece is made of composite material comprising a fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the tool comprising:
a first impression, adapted for molding a first face of the piece, and
a second impression, adapted for molding a second face of the piece, and
an element for holding the piece, adapted for holding the fiber reinforcement of the piece in position into the tool, the first impression, the second impression and the holding element together defining an inner volume of the tool,
the tool being characterized in that the holding element and at least one of the first impression and the second impression are movable in relation to one another, in such a way as to modify the inner volume of the tool between a molding position, in which the piece is manufactured in the tool, and a coating position, in which the coating is injected in said tool onto the piece thus manufactured, the fiber reinforcement of the piece being held in position by the holding element in the tool whatever the molding position.
2. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the holding element is in sealing contact with the first impression and the second impression whatever the molding position, and in that the first impression and the second impression are movable in relation to one another and the holding element is fixed into the tool, in such a way as to modify the inner volume of the tool.
3. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first impression comprises at least a first sealing face,
the second impression comprises at least a second sealing face, and
the holding element comprises at least a wall, extending facing the first sealing face and the second sealing face,
the tool further comprising at least a seal extending between each sealing face and the wall facing the holding element.
4. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first impression and the second impression is movable in relation to the holding element between:
the position of molding of the piece, in which said impression is abutting against the holding element, so that the inner volume of the tool is minimal, and
the position of coating of the piece, in which said impression is moved away from the holding element, so that the inner volume of the tool is greater than its minimal volume, the track of the impression being limited by an outer end stop.
5. The tool according to claim 4 , further comprising a return means adapted for applying a force to the impression which is movable in relation to the holding element in order to displace said impression from its molding position to its coating position.
6. The tool according to claim 5 , wherein the first impression and the second impression each comprise a housing adapted for at least partly receiving the holding element, the return means being a spring housed in an orifice of the housing of the impression movable in relation to the holding element.
7. The tool according to claim 5 , further comprising a member configured to apply a force to the impression movable in relation to the holding element, said force being in the opposite direction to a force of the return means in order to displace said impression from its coating position to its molding position.
8. A method for manufacturing a piece by injection molding in a tool according to claim 1 , wherein said piece is made of composite material comprising a fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix,
the method comprising the following steps:
positioning the fiber reinforcement of the piece in the holding element of the tool,
manufacturing the piece by injection molding into the tool, the first impression, the second impression and the holding element being in position for the manufacturing of the piece,
displacing at least one of the first impression and the second impression and/or the holding element in order to modify the inner volume of the tool, and create between the piece obtained following the manufacturing step and the tool a non-zero space, and
injecting onto the piece in the space the constituent material of the coating.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in the displacement step, the first impression and/or the second impression is displaced, the holding element and the piece remaining fixed into the tool.