Patent ID: 7810754
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A filament winding automated system comprising: a winding device winding a fiber bundle paid out from a head portion, around a mandrel, an installing device installing said mandrel around which no fiber bundle has been wound yet, at a winding position, a discharging device discharging said mandrel around which said fiber bundle has already been wound, from said winding position, a delivery device holding and delivering said fiber bundle from said mandrel around which said fiber bundle has already been wound to a mandrel around which no fiber bundle has been wound yet, and a cutting device cutting said fiber bundle, wherein said delivery device releases two delivery rings to a spindle that is extendedly installed to said mandrel, said delivery device fits said two delivery rings to said spindle, and from this position, said winding device starts winding using one of said delivery rings as a start point of said fiber bundle, and completes winding using the other of said delivery rings as an end point of said fiber bundle, said cutting device cuts and separates said fiber bundle from said mandrel around which said fiber bundle has already been wound, said discharging device discharges said mandrel around which said fiber bundle has already been wound with said one of said delivery rings, said installing device installs said mandrel around which no fiber bundle has been wound yet, said delivery device fits said other delivery ring and another delivery ring on said spindle, and said winding device starts winding using said other delivery ring as a start point of said fiber bundle.