Filament winding is a process that creates circular composite products with a hollow core by winding fiber material and resin around a mandrel or core. The fiber is wound in a precise pattern while under tension. The wound part is then cured either at room temperature or in an oven, after which the mandrel is removed, leaving a hollow composite structure. Filament winding is used to create products like storage tanks, pipes, aerospace and vehicle parts, and more.

1. FILAMENT WINDING
Neslihan Yağmur
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2. What is Filament Winding?
□ Filament winding is the process of winding
fiber material and resin around a shape,
known as a mandrel, to create composite
product. The process of filament winding
is typically used to create circular
composite products with a hollow core.
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3. Filament Winding Process
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4. Process
 Precision high-speed positioning of
continuous fiber in a pre-determined
pattern is the basis of the filament winding
process .
 There is a mandrel that the fiber and resin
wound upon, is cured in room temp or in
oven. After cure mandrel is removed
leaving a hallow composite structure.
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5. Tension
□ fibre tension is critical to the operation of a
filament winding machine,
□ tension required depends on
□ type of fibre
□ part diameter
□ winding pattern
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6. Tension
□ fibre tension directly affects:
□ fibre volume fraction,
□ void content,
□ strength and stiffness of the composite part.
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7. Winding Patterns
Circumferential: helical:
polar:
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8. Materials
fiber (in roving form):
□ E-glass, S-glass,
□ Carbon / Graphite,
□ Aramid,
□ Borons.
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9. Materials
Resins:
□ Epoxy,
□ Vinyl ester,
□ Polyester,
□ Polyurethane,
□ Phenolics,
□ Furans,
□ Polyimides.
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10. Factors Affecting Properties
□ Fabrication variables
□ Processing variables
□ Winding variables
□ Material's variables
□ Environmental variables
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11. Advantages of Filament
Winding
□ highly reproducible nature of the process
□ continuous fiber over the entire part
□ high fiber volume is obtainable
□ ability to orient fibers in the load direction (10°
minimum winding angle)
□ fiber and resin used in lowest cost form
□ size of component not restricted by oven or
autoclave size
□ process automation (particularly with high volume)
results in cost savings
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12. Disadvantages of Filament
Winding
□ part configuration must facilitate mandrel
extraction
□ mandrel could be complex and expensive
□ inability to wind reverse curvature
□ inability to easily change fiber path within one layer
□ wound external surface may not be satisfactory for
some applications
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13. Application
□ Storage tank
□ Railway tank car
□ Pipe
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14. Application
□ Aerospace Parts
□ Sporting Goods
□ Gas Tanks
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15. References
□ Filament Winding Compositions for
Fiber/Resin Composites, P. Klemarczyk,
1996
□ Thermoplastic Filament Winding,
Composites Manufacturing, J.
Romagna,1995
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