Device for applying a filament winding to a support of any shape and a universal winding machine comprising an application thereof
US5086983A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C53/588
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Two robot arms (16, 17) controlled by a preprogrammed system support each in turn a thread dispensing cassette (18), one of the arms 16 equipped with the cassette travelling over one part of a winding path 19 around a mandrel 2, at the end of which the cassettee is transferred to the other arm 17, which travels over the other part of the said path up to the point of departure of the first arm, in such a way that the thread is wound around the entire periphery of the mandrel in a movement that is analogous to the placing of a bandage around a limb when the rolled up bandage is passed from one hand to the other while unrolling the said bandage. Application to filament winding of complex shapes, particularly of toroidal articles, is disclosed.
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