Filament Winding

Filament Winding 3 May 2019

Ultra-lightweight seat features carbon fiber structure made with 3D winding

Weighing only 10 kg, the seat was presented at the “Step Change in Lightweight Construction” symposium in Germany.

Carbon Fibers 25 Apr 2019

Innovating composites to open new markets

From machine tools to trainer jets, CompoTech develops new design and process solutions.

Filament Winding 26 Mar 2019

Cygnet Texkimp launches four-axis filament winding machine

Cygnet Texkimp recently launched a four-axis filament winder, adding an accessible filament winding option to its lineup while retaining specialized features.

Filament Winding 4 Mar 2019

JEC World 2019 preview: Roth Composite Machinery

Roth Composite Machinery (Steffenberg, Germany, 5/D39) is featuring its competences in filament winding, prepreg and organic sheet production.

Filament Winding 7 Feb 2019

Rock West Composites expands filament winding operations

The company added new filament winders, a long-length oven, and additional manufacturing space.

Filament Winding 4 Feb 2019

AeroLas explores new spinning technology for thermoplastic hybrid yarn

AeroLas is working to combine recycled carbon fiber with PEEK using adapted art textile machines and a patented air guided ring spinning technology.

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Filament Winding 29 Jan 2019

Engineering Technology (Entec) revamps filament winding machinery lineup

Engineering Technology Corp. has reorganized its line of filament winding equipment into primary products, each offering different combinations of maximum mandrel weight, maximum mandrel length, mandrel diameter, number of spindles, number of axes and speed.

Nanomaterials 25 Jan 2019

NETZSCH and USQ partner to advance automated composite manufacturing

The research partnership will focus on advancing the automated production of composite materials using dielectric sensor technology.

Pressure Vessels 1 Dec 2018

Cimarron advances micro-strain performance for cryogenic pressure tanks

Cimarron Composites (Huntsville, AL, US) has made a leap forward in all-composite cryogenic tank development: development of a carbon fiber-reinforced composite storage tank capable of 15,000 micro-strain performance while in a pressurized liquid nitrogen environment.