Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Filament winding apparatus and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 长丝卷绕装置及其方法
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Application No.: US12464709Application Date: 2009-05-12
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Publication No.: US08105454B2Publication Date: 2012-01-31
- Inventor: Tadashi Uozumi , Motohiro Tanigawa
- Applicant: Tadashi Uozumi , Motohiro Tanigawa
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2008-161521 20080620
- Main IPC: B29C53/00
- IPC: B29C53/00 ; B65H81/00

Abstract:
A filament winding apparatus includes a control unit, a rotation mechanism that rotates a mandrel, a hoop winding head that performs hoop-winding, and a helical winding head that performs helical-winding. The hoop winding head includes bobbins that feed fiber bundles to the mandrel and a circulation mechanism that circulates the bobbins around the mandrel. The control unit controls the rotation and circulation mechanisms such that the mandrel is rotated and the bobbins are circulated in the same direction during helical-winding. It is not necessary to cut fiber bundles after hoop-winding, and wasted fiber is not fed during helical-winding, thereby increasing economy and productivity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090314418A1 Filament Winding Apparatus and Method Thereof Public/Granted day:2009-12-24
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