Composite Fabrication by Filament Winding Machine

Abstract

 Filament winding is a process of loading high degree of fibres to take advantage of high tensile in manufacturing of hollow, generally cylindrical products. The process affords the high strength to weight ratio laminates and provides a high degree of control over uniformity and fibre orientation. Filament wound structures can be accurately machined, and labour factor for filament winding is lower than other open molding processes. The filament wound composite pipes are fabricated using high strength fiber and resin matrix by hand lay-up using 2-axis filament winding machine. The present work, the low cost filament winding machine is designed and developed for the fabrication of FRP pipes and cylindrical specimens. The concepts of an engine lathe supported by a wet winding method were being used in the development of filament winding machine. The capability of the machine to evolve specimen of 100mm diameter with 1m length is designed.