Apparatus and method for filament winding.

摘要

@ A filament winding machine suitable for winding a hollow closed fibre-reinforced body such as a radome comprises a rotateable former 1, an annular spider 3 supporting a plurality of asymmetrically spaced filament guides 19 movable so as to be able to traverse the length of the former to a position beyond the closed end thereof, and an array of circumferentially spaced spigots 26 at or near the closed end of the body to retain laid fibres such that there is no slippage of fibres as they are laid over the closed end of the body.