High temperature wet filament winding arrangement

摘要

In the embodiment described in the specification, a high temperature wet filament winding arrangement has a wet bath (20) containing a resin at a temperature above 500 DEG F and filaments drawn from a spool rack are passed through the wet bath (20) and then through a heated comb (16) which maintains the temperature of the filaments (14) above 500 DEG F, after which the filaments are passed through a heated passage controlled to maintain the temperature above 500 DEG F. A winding eye (26), also heated to maintain the filament temperature above 500 DEG F, directs the heated fibers (14) onto a mandrel (30) where they are wound in uniform layers into the form of a final product. A mandrel heater (32) heats the mandrel (30) to which the fibers are being applied so as to maintain a uniform temperature above 500 DEG F. <IMAGE>