Process for making a warp beam of untwisted fiberglass strands

US6581257B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Electric Solutions Co., Ltd. · KR

Inventors

• Kevin R. Burton · Butler, US
• Kenneth D. Beer · Vandergrift, US
• John J. Kuhn · Gibsonia, US
• Lewis J. Culp · Vandergrift, US
• Robert P. Buss · Schenley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/312
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package of fiberglass is unwound such that the revolution of the unwinding is controlled relative to linear payout speed of the package. A strand of fiber is pulled from the package while simultaneously rotating the package about a longitudinal axis of the package.