Abstract:
Apparatus for electronically monitoring the rotational position of a concrete core as it is rotated about its axis during a prestressing wire wrapping operation and simultaneous monitoring the position of a wire feed carriage moving axially of the pipe to provide signals for controlling the movement of a pantograph type wire guide which oscillates the wire guide with a straight line movement parallel to the axis of the core as the wire feed carriage moves along the bevel end of the core.
Abstract:
In the manufacture of prestressed concrete pipe, wire is wound under tension around the concrete body of the pipe and secured thereto. In accomplishing this the concrete pipe is mounted on a turntable for rotaton about the longitudinal axis of the pipe and wire under tension is wrapped thereon in a helical fashion from one end to the other.
Abstract:
A strengthened polyethylene tubular member, where the polyethylene tubular member has an outer surface, a circumference, a wall thickness, an area to be strengthened, and the outer surface of the polyethylene tubular member contains polyethylene. The strengthened polyethylene tubular member contains a fabric layer wrapped around the circumference of the tubular member at least two full rotations and covering the area to be strengthened. The fabric layer contains a plurality of interwoven tape elements with a base layer of a strain oriented olefin polymer disposed between covering layers of a heat fusible olefin polymer. The tape elements within the fabric layer are bonded together and the tape elements adjacent the tubular member are bonded to the tubular member.