Patent ID: 6230775
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
A high temperature wet filament winding arrangement comprising a filament supply for supplying one or more filaments to be wetted and wound on a mandrel to provide a composite product, a high temperature wet bath comprising a resin maintained at a temperature above about 500.degree. F., a guide arrangement for guiding filaments from the filament supply through the wet bath and producing wetted filaments, a heated enclosure for conveying wetted filaments from the wet bath while maintaining the temperature of the filaments above about 500.degree. F., a mandrel for winding the wetted filament into a predetermined shape, a heated winding eye for guiding wetted filament from the heated filament path onto the surface of the mandrel in uniform layers and heating means for heating at least the portion of the mandrel to which the wetted filaments are supplied by the winding eye, whereby the wetted filaments are maintained at a temperature above about 500.degree. F. throughout their entire passage from the high temperature wet bath to the mandrel surface to provide improved uniformity of coating of the fibers and resin on the mandrel.