Apparatus for winding tubular structural components

摘要

Crash or shock absorbing structural components made of fiber reinforced synthetic materials and having portions of different diameters including at least one portion of a larger diameter than another portion, are produced by winding synthetic fibers onto a winding arbor (6) in a desired winding pattern. For this purpose a winding support cage (14) is arranged on the winding arbor (6). The winding support cage (14) has circumferential end edges provided with cut-outs (18, 18') for receiving fiber strands. Arresting pins (25, 26) reach into pairs of these cut-outs for temporarily holding the winding support cage (14) against rotation with the winding arbor when a fiber guide (12) moves into a respective starting position for the next winding operation. The cut-outs are so spaced circumferentially and the coordination of the cut-outs to the position of the fiber guide (12) is such that during a winding operation a fiber strand is always deposited in the correct cut-out (18, 18') for producing the desired winding pattern.