Filament winding apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYohei NOJI, Kosuke TATSUSHIMA, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Kenta UMETSU
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Abstract
A filament winding apparatus winds, around a workpiece, a fiber bundle formed by bundling a plurality of fibers. The filament winding apparatus includes a widening roller that rotates while making contact with the fiber bundle that is being conveyed. The widening roller has, provided on the peripheral surface, a plurality of projecting ridges extending in the axial direction, the projecting ridges being arranged side by side in the circumferential direction. The projecting ridges make contact with the fiber bundle to thereby widen the fiber bundle.
Claims9
A filament winding apparatus that winds, around a workpiece, a fiber bundle formed by bundling a plurality of fibers, the filament winding apparatus comprising:
- a widening roller configured to rotate while making contact with the fiber bundle that is being conveyed;
- wherein
- the widening roller includes, provided on a peripheral surface thereof, a plurality of projecting ridges extending in an axial direction of the widening roller, the projecting ridges being arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the widening roller, and the projecting ridges make contact with the fiber bundle to thereby widen the fiber bundle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.