Method for Stabilizing Strip During Winding
AssigneeSekisui Rib Loc Australia Pty Ltd.
InventorsIan Roger BATEMAN, Craig Anthony MAYMAN, Glenn CRAWFORD
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for winding a composite strip onto a spool having a hub in which the strip includes a plurality of laterally spaced apart lengthwise extending rib portions upstanding from the base portion. The method comprises the steps of feeding the strip towards the hub of the spool; driving the fed strip through a roller set so as to plastically deform the strip to give it a curved base portion; and winding the deformed strip onto the hub to form spooled strip, the winding creating tension in the strip. The plastic deformation of the strip through the roller set substantially reduces the tension in the strip that would otherwise occur.
Claims7
A method of winding a composite strip onto a spool having a hub, the strip having a plurality of laterally spaced apart lengthwise extending rib portions upstanding from the base portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- feeding the strip towards the hub of the spool;
- driving the fed strip through a roller set so as to plastically deform the strip to give it a curved base portion;
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- winding the deformed strip onto the hub to form spooled strip, the winding creating tension in the strip,
- wherein the plastic deformation of the strip through the roller set substantially reduces the tension in the strip that would otherwise occur.
A method of winding a composite strip onto spool having a hub, the strip having a plurality of laterally spaced apart lengthwise extending rib portions upstanding from the base portion, and reinforcing members extending lengthwise within respective rib portions, the method comprising the steps of:
- feeding the strip towards the hub of the spool;
- driving the fed strip through a bender so as to plastically deform the strip to give it a curved base portion, the bender including support rollers that define grooves for receiving the rib portions of the strip, and a set roller, the set roller positioned such that as the composite strip is driven between the support rollers and the set roller, the composite strip is deformed such that it exits the bender with a curved base portion while the reinforcing strips are maintained in a substantially perpendicular orientation with respect to the base portion;
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- winding the deformed strip onto the hub to form spooled strip, the winding creating tension in the strip,
- wherein the plastic deformation of the strip through the roller set substantially reduces the tension in the strip that would otherwise occur.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.