Filament and Chop Strand Tank Winder
CNC control and adjustable mandrel system
CNC control and adjustable mandrel system
I designed this machine and process for a plastic company in 2003. The winding machine would produce a Glass fibre and Resin tune from 1 to 3 mtr diameter @ 7 mtrs long. The applications was achieved by one person. The materials were calculated via an offline data input program that I also created. The operator simply adjusted the parameters on the material applicator and uploaded the CNC program.
The challenge was to create a machine that could apply consistant thickness without too much labour intensity and allow the product to cure whilst rotating.
The challenge was to create a machine that could apply consistant thickness without too much labour intensity and allow the product to cure whilst rotating.
Manufacturing took place in a local preicsion engineeering company under my supervision. We have the machine manufactured in 6 weeks.
Autcad 3d was used to produce the gernal model arrangement before engineering commenced - Manual calculations were used to precit the behaviour of the cantivering system. Today I use Solidworks and FEA analysis to test all components
Finished product at 2.5 dia x 7 m long
