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The carbon fiber filament winding process. This process involves winding carbon fiber filaments under tension over a rotating mandrel, with the filaments impregnated with resin as they are wound onto the mandrel. Once the mandrel is completely covered, the resin is cured. Process basically is a continuous fiber tows are fed through a fiber delivery system to the filament winding machine, where they are wound on to a mandrel in a predetermined, repeating geometric pattern. The tow location is guided by a fiber delivery head, which is attached to a movable carriage on the filament winding machine. The relative angle of the tow to the mandrel axis, called the winding angle, can be tailored to provide strength and stiffness in the desired directions. When sufficient layers of tow have been applied, the resulting laminate is cured on the mandrel. The overall size and shape of the finished part are determined by the mandrel shape and thickness of the laminate.

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Emilio Garcia

R&D Sr. Process Eng.

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Some of products manufactured with this process

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