Abstract

A filament winding system, components, and methods include a rotatable mandrel and a filament source with a set of filaments for wrapping about the rotatable mandrel and forming a component. The filament winding system can also include a mandrel assembly, a tensioner assembly for the set of filaments, and a cutting assembly.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65H 54/22 - Automatic winding machines, i.e. machines with servicing units for automatically performing end-finding, interconnecting of successive lengths of material, controlling or fault-detecting of the running material, and replacing or removing of full or empty cores
• B65H 54/10 - Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers for making packages of specified shapes or on specified types of bobbins, tubes, cores, or formers
• B65H 57/14 - Pulleys, rollers, or rotary bars
• B65H 59/18 - Driven rotary elements
• B65H 59/26 - Co-operating surfaces mounted for relative movement and arranged to deflect material from straight path

Abstract

A pressure testing system for a hollow component, such as a component formed by a filament winding system and method, includes an outer frame defining a base, and a support mechanism coupled to the base and having at least one movable platform for supporting the hollow component within the outer frame.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 3/12 - Pressure-testing
• G01N 3/04 - Chucks