Filament winding device and filament winding method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKosuke Tatsushima
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Abstract
In a filament winding device and a filament winding method, when a band-shaped bundle is wound around a workpiece by way of hoop winding, a straight roller is selected, and the selected straight roller comes into contact with the band-shaped bundle. When the band-shaped bundle is wound around the workpiece by way of helical winding, a crown roller is selected, and the selected crown roller comes into contact with the band-shaped bundle.
Claims5
A filament winding device configured to supply a band-shaped bundle, which is a bundle of a plurality of fibers, to a workpiece, and wind the band-shaped bundle around the workpiece, the workpiece including a cylinder portion having a round tubular shape and dome portions provided at both ends of the cylinder portion, the filament winding device comprising:
- a plurality of rollers configured to rotate while being in contact with the band-shaped bundle to thereby feed the band-shaped bundle toward the workpiece;
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- a roller changer configured to select one of the plurality of rollers and bring a selected roller into contact with the band-shaped bundle,
- wherein the plurality of rollers include a straight roller and at least one crown roller, and
- the roller changer is configured to:
- when the band-shaped bundle is wound around the workpiece by way of hoop winding, select the straight roller and bring the selected straight roller into contact with the band-shaped bundle;
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- when the band-shaped bundle is wound around the workpiece by way of helical winding, select the crown roller and bring the selected crown roller into contact with the band-shaped bundle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.