公开(公告)号：US20180099450A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-12

申请号：US15566507

申请日：2016-04-14

Applicant: LENTUS COMPOSITES LIMITED

Inventor： Paul Anthony LEWIS ,  Simon William ODLING ,  Micahel James DEWHIRST

IPC: B29C53/80 ,  B29C53/62

CPC classification number: B29C53/8041 ,  B29C53/62

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a product from a composite material is described, the method including winding a material onto a mandrel, monitoring the material, as it is wound onto the mandrel, to ascertain at least one dimension of the material being wound, and monitoring the mandrel as the material is wound thereon to ascertain the weight of the material being wound, and controlling the winding of the material onto the mandrel to take into account variations in the material being wound using the at least one dimension and the weight values derived during the monitoring. An apparatus suitable for use in the method is also described.