PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE CONTAINER

摘要

A process for producing a composite container which has a desired shape and strength. A tow prepreg is wound around a liner to form a fibrous layer (S4). The fibrous layer is heated from inside the liner to reduce the viscosity of the resin infiltrated into the fibers wound around the liner to a value lower than the viscosity as measured before the winding around the liner (S5). Thereafter, the fibrous layer is heated from inside the liner to gradually cure the resin of the fibrous layer from the side near the liner surface toward the side apart therefrom (S6). Alternatively, a tow prepreg is wound around a liner to form a fibrous layer, and the fibrous layer is heated from inside the liner. The resin infiltrated into the fibers wound around the liner is thereby gradually cured from the side near the liner surface toward the side apart therefrom and is caused to generate heat as the curing proceeds.