Filament winding machines place or wind continuous fibers on a mandrel surface in a precise geometric pattern. The mandrel is rotated while a delivery mechanism precisely positions the fibers on the ...

A Filament Winding Machine is a specialized machine used in the production of composite materials, like fiberglass or carbon fiber reinforced plastics. It winds resin-impregnated fibers onto a ...

In 2024, RotH2 is poised to meet a new challenge: to become the first French company to obtain Type II cylinder certification for hydrogen storage at 1,000 bar thanks to filament winding. Since 1975, ...

like in filament winding,” he explains, “then you must have additional helicals to enable moving between adjacent hoop paths. But because we wind the hoops by a separate mechanism, we avoid this issue ...

This software controls the robot arm and winding mandrel and converts a design specification into ... and up to 50% greater bending strength compared to a conventional filament wound beam with the ...

then use the help of an electric drill to wind the filament tightly. After wrapping the plastic with kapton tape (wrap counter to the direction of the spring winding, so that peeling the tape ...

Additionally, stitch-bonded non-crimp fabrics (NCFs) provide manufacturers and asset owners even more ways to gain a competitive advantage with products built specifically for the environments and ...

Microtubules are the largest type of filament, with a diameter of about 25 nanometers (nm), and they are composed of a protein called tubulin. Actin filaments are the smallest type, with a ...

Recycling plastic into filament normally involves chopping it into tiny pieces and pushing it through a screw extruder. [JRT3D] is taking a different approach with PetBot, which cuts PET bottles ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...