FILAMENT WINDING

Energy Storage

Cryomotive opens Hydrogen Storage Manufacturing Center 

Cryomotive is to develop, manufacture and assemble Cryogas composite hydrogen tanks for commercial vehicles, buses and ships at new Pfeffenhausen site, accelerating hydrogen refueling systems production for zero-emission commercial vehicles.  

Grace Nehls
Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

Design/Simulation

Mikrosam, H2Storage collaborate on 300+-liter Type IV hydrogen tanks

Automated filament winding cell achieving wind speeds of 6 meters/second improves production performance, shortens curing cycle for serial production of 700-bar Type IV tanks.  
#hydrogen

Carbon Fibers

Cygnet Texkimp develops high-tension carbon fiber overwrapping solution

Fiber winding technology achieves greater power at higher rotating speeds via high-tension composite wrapping, resulting in enhanced fiber-volume ratio, dimensional stability and lighter parts.  

Filament Winding

Cygnet Texkimp builds high-precision slitter spooler rewinder for industry trials

Demonstration machine can precisely slit and wind up to 48 tapes from continuous thermoset UD carbon fiber prepreg, with additional material compatibilities.  

Filament Winding

Automated filament winding system increases throughput, reduces manual labor for pressurized well tank production

For its new line of composite well water tanks, Amtrol worked with Roth Composite Machinery on an automated process for faster, more easily tracked production.
#trends #automation

Filament wound utility poles offer design flexibility

Filament wound utility poles offer design flexibility

In Turkey, a utility pole manufacturer combines filament winding, automation, glass and carbon fiber composites to expand its product line.
#outofautoclave #marketing #cuttingtools

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Videos / Podcasts

Filament Winding

Carbon fiber enables new, low-CO2 Skyrora orbital launch vehicle

U.K. private space company is developing and testing orbital launch vehicle Skyrora XL to carry small satellites in Earth’s orbit using eco-friendly fuel, a unified systems design and composites.  
#space

Filament Winding

Azco Corp. presents servo-controlled unwind and rewind unit

The cantilever-designed unit is able to transfer between unwinding and rewinding via a change in the direction, torque and speed, controlled by an HMI touch screen. 

Filament Winding

Cevotec integrates trapezoid-shaped patches into FPP Artist Studio software

Patch Artist module facilitates more even distribution of patches along tight curves during pressure vessel dome reinforcement, resulting in an optimized laminate thickness.  

Filament Winding

Composites end markets: Pressure vessels (2022)

Global goals to reach zero emissions by 2050 drive high growth in composite pressure vessels.
#Basics #airbus #multitudeofmarkets

Thermoplastics

Fraunhofer IPT develops thermoplastic composites in hydrogen storage, engine blades and more

Active in laser-assisted tape winding and in-situ consolidation of thermoplastic composites since 1988, the IPT in Aachen, Germany continues to push new materials, applications and Composites 4.0 digital processing.
#composites4_0 #aeroengines #sustainability

Filament Winding

Mikrosam celebrates commissioning of world's largest production line for CNG and hydrogen tanks

Turnkey project integrates four filament winding machines, two large ovens and multiple robotic lines and buffering stations to produce 60,000 tanks per year.

Filament Winding

Mold release for winding and wrapping

In this Digital Demo, Scott Waterman, Global Sales Director at AXEL Plastics (Monroe, Conn., U.S.), outlines the unique differences of filament winding and wrapping that affect the selection and usage of mold release. (Sponsored)

Filament Winding

Cryomotive to manufacture first CRYOGAS hydrogen storage vessels using Mikrosam winder

Carbon fiber-reinforced composite cryogenic compressed (CcH2) system offers up to 80 kilograms of H2 and 1,000 kilometers of range for heavy-duty truck and bus applications.
#hydrogen

Filament Winding

Carbon fiber enables new, low-CO2 Skyrora orbital launch vehicle

U.K. private space company is developing and testing orbital launch vehicle Skyrora XL to carry small satellites in Earth’s orbit using eco-friendly fuel, a unified systems design and composites.  
#space

Filament Winding

CorPower Ocean delivers first commercial-scale composite WEC hull

Custom-built, environmentally controled workcell forms integral part of composite hull construction, will lead to future manufacturing scaleup and mobility.  

Construction

Isotruss stands up Philippines manufacturing facility

Utah-based manufacturer of truss-based composite structures opens plant to fabricate cell phone towers for Asian market.

Filament Winding

AFPT GmbH expects to acquire composite tube manufacturer

Netherlands-based Alformet BV will enable AFPT to expand the use of tubular, fiber-reinforced thermoplastic structures across a wide range of end markets.

Testing

Composite-metal anti-roll bars make headway for lightweight automotive suspension systems

The LiMeCH project, led by the AMRC, Tinsley Bridge and Performance Engineered Solutions, developed filament-wound CFRP-metallic roll bar prototypes, with additional advances in joint bonding the hybrid materials.

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CAMX Expo

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Composite Automation

Composite Automation is joined by Isojet Equipements and PCM/Lucas Industries, bringing solutions for every step of the composites manufacturing process to one booth.
#camx

CAMX Expo

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Mikrosam

Mikrosam presents automated, high-performance composites manufacturing equipment for filament winding, AFP/ATL, prepregs and towpregs, pressure vessels, slitting and rewinding.
#camx

Filament Winding

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: McClean Anderson

Ocelot, backed by more than 60 years of machine control systems, is McClean Anderson’s latest filament winding machine featuring the latest hardware and software technologies.
#camx

Filament Winding

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Engineering Technology Corp.

ETC exhibits turnkey composites equipment like laboratory-scale and multi-spindle automated winders, as well as a large-scale tape wrapping machine at its joint booth with Zoltek.  
#camx

CAMX Expo

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Heraeus Noblelight

Humm3 technology is a high power, safe, highly controllable broadband heat source for automated fiber placement, automated tape laying, filament winding and other composites applications.
#camx

CAMX Expo

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Autonational Composite Machinery

CAMX gives Autonational the opportunity to display its mobile filament winder, which can be used to produce very large-dimension composite products, and the company’s all-in-one machining center solutions.  
#camx