Development of Filament Winding Machine for Producing Round Shapes with Different Fiber Reinforcements

Abstract

In recent years, fiber reinforced composite structures have become an important engineering subject because they are preferred due to their high strength / weight and stiffness / weight ratios in many industrial fields such as aerospace, construction, defense, aviation, automotive and energy. Although different methods are present to produce of these materials, the most reliable way is the filament winding technique. The basic principle of the filament winding technique is based on that the fiber reinforcement impregnated by resin is wrapped on a rotary mandrel using carriage translation and mandrel rotation motions. In this study, a filament winding machine having 2-axis motion was designed and constructed for the fabrication of different types of fiber reinforced composite pipes. The machine is capable of producing specimens in different design parameters such as dimensions up to 750 mm length and 250 mm diameter, different winding angles for hoop, helical and polar winding types. The fiber reinforced specimens were manufactured according to different winding angles, fiber reinforcements and cross sections.