Method for making a fiber-reinforced structure involving a polym

Details Method for making a fiber-reinforced structure involving a polym Method for making a fiber-reinforced structure involving a polym

1996-04-10

1998-07-14

Aftergut, Jeff H.

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

156169, 156175, 156425, B65H 8100

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active

057798389

ABSTRACT:
A method for forming a structure of polymer-impregnated fiber and the structure formed thereby involves the rotation of a mandrel about an axis and the winding of a continuous polymer-impregnated fiber strand about the mandrel. The polymer-impregnated fiber strand is fed to the rotating mandrel so that the mandrel pulls the strand toward and winds the strand about the mandrel surface in an arrangement of windings. As the polymer-impregnated fiber strand is wound about the mandrel, the adjacent windings of the winding arrangement provide the structure with a close radial wrap, the fibers of the strand shift to an off-axis orientation, and the arrangement of windings is shifted along the length of the mandrel as the arrangement is formed to accommodate the feed of subsequent segments of the polymer-impregnated strand to the surface of the mandrel for winding thereabout. The polymer-impregnated strands of the winding arrangement are subsequently permitted to cure, or cool, to a hardened condition.

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