2 Axis Carbon Fibre Winder

A machine for manufacturing wound carbon fibre parts. A heated mandrel rotates and draws 2 fibres over rollers and through temperature controlled resin baths.

A two stage tensioning process applies a pre tension as the fibre is wound off its spool. After passing through the resin a final tension is applied before being wound onto the part.

• Overall systems control and programming via Siemens machine control unit with control of:
  • mandrel speed & angular position
  • mandrel temperature
  • fibre winding cabinet position
  • resin bath temperature x2
• Real time servo control via embedded Si-Plan digital controller of:
  • 2 fibre tows with:
    • programmable fibre pre and final tension x2
    • programmable speed