PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FILAMENT WINDING COMPOSITE WORKPIECES

摘要

A process and apparatus (10) are provided for forming filament wound composi te workpieces (20). The process comprises the steps of: providing reinforcement material (40); providing an injection die (50); providing a winding apparatu s (60) including a rotatable mandrel (62); passing the reinforcement material (40) through the injection die (50); injecting a resin material into the injection die (50) to impregnate the reinforcement material (40) with the resin material to form impregnated reinforcement material (40a); and winding the impregnated reinforcement material (40a) about the mandrel (62) so as to form a composite workpiece (20).