Braid-press forming was developed for manufacturing hollow tube parts made of carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) tape. The CFRTP tapes were braided to make a tube, which was consolidated under pressure and heat in the press forming process. Internal pressure was applied to the braided CFRTP tube by a silicone rubber rod inserted in the tube using axial compression. The reason for using a silicone rubber rod was to apply a high internal pressure until the molten resin solidified, which cannot be achieved in bladder molding and pultrusion, and to obtain good consolidation quality and high mechanical properties. As a result, up to 7 MPa press pressure was successfully applied and the tube made contained no voids and had good flexural properties. The study of the pressure showed that the higher press pressure (from 4.1 MPa) produced tubes with higher flexural properties. The estimation of wall thickness after press forming using the braiding architecture agreed with the measured value. Subjects to be addressed in future studies are productivity improvements and continuous tube manufacturing by the serial joining of braiding and press forming. It can be concluded that braid-press forming is a desirable method for the manufacturing of tubes for structural applications and can be used in future mass-production.

编织压制成型被开发用于制造由碳纤维增强热塑性塑料（CFRTP）带制成的中空管部件。将CFRTP胶带编织成一条管，在压力成型过程中在压力和热量下将其固结。通过轴向压缩将硅橡胶棒插入到编织的CFRTP管中，从而向其施加内部压力。使用硅橡胶棒的原因是施加高的内部压力直到熔融树脂固化（这在气囊成型和拉挤成型中无法实现），并且获得良好的固结质量和高机械性能。结果，成功地施加了高达7 MPa的压制压力，所制得的管子没有空隙，并且具有良好的挠曲性能。对压力的研究表明，较高的压力（从4开始）。1 MPa）生产的管具有较高的弯曲性能。使用编织结构的冲压成型后的壁厚估计与测量值一致。未来研究中要解决的问题是通过编织和冲压成形的串联连接来提高生产率和连续管材制造。可以得出结论，编织压制成型是用于制造用于结构应用的管的理想方法，并且可以用于将来的批量生产中。