Next Generation filament winding

该项目将实现一种称为湿法纤维缠绕的当前制造工艺的阶梯变化，在这种工艺中，可以显著减少溶剂的消耗，同时减少产生的废料量。这实际上将在空气质量方面改变工作场所，并显著减少对大气的排放。在新的制造技术中，不使用传统的树脂浴，而是按需混合树脂体系的各组分，并使用最佳体积进行分配以浸渍纤维。生产效率和质量的改善将通过以下方式获得：-通过纤维铺展减少浸渍时间。概念实验表明，使用新技术生产的纤维缠绕复合材料的性能与传统的湿法纤维缠绕获得的性能相当或更好。这项建议的社会经济效益非常显著。最近的一次现场试验表明，所谓的清洁纤维缠绕技术可以很容易地在传统的纤维缠绕机上进行改造。该项目的开发计划包括三个战略：-新建；-翻新；-财团的最终用户。

This project will enable a step-change ina current manufacturing process called wet-filament winding where a significant reduction in the consumption of solvents can be achieved in conjunction with reductions in the volume of waste material generated. This in effect will transform the workplace in terms of air-quality and significantly reduce emissions to the atmosphere. In the new manufacturing technique, a conventional resin bath in not used.Instead, the components of the resin system are mixed on-demand and dispensed using the optimum volume to impregnate the fibres. Productivity and quality-imporvements will be obtained by:- a reduction in the impregnation time via fibre spreading.Proof-of-concept experiments have shown that the properties of filament wound composites produced using the new technique are equivalent to or better than those obtained using conventianal wet-filament winding. The socio-economic benefits of this proposal are very significant. A recent site trial has demonstrated that the so called clean filament winding technology can be retrofitted easily on conventional filament winding machines. The Exploitation Plan for the project consists of three strategies:- new build;- Retrofit;- End-users in the consortium.