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The University of Charleroi in Belgium has acquired a six axis filament winding machine. The computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment, made by Pultrex of Clacton-on-Sea, UK, winds impregnated fibre onto a single spindle. The fibre feed eye can move in three linear axes and it rotates and yaws. The spindle can rotate too. The university’s research body will use the machine to make aircraft structural struts for the European Airbus for testing. The establishment also acquired a closed loop control system to precisely tensions up to eight tibres as they are drawn into the feed eye. An impregnation system, an integrated manufacturing system and program generation and CAD/CAM software made up the rest of the order.
A cutting head which makes little noise in operation and which fits onto any fibre chopping machinery has been developed by Solatrim. The device’s blades cut glass or syrthetic fibre accurately and consistently, says the Deeside based manufacturer. The blades push into place in retaining slots on the head. They form a 5’ helix on a backing roller, ensuring that the cutter operates quietly. Fibres feed into the cutter and are ejected by spring loaded bars. The ejectors are particularly useful when cutting wet fibres or when making chop lengths of less than 6 mm. Each head cuts fibre to a given length of between 3.2 mm and 50 mm. The hard tip and tough base of each steel blade make them resistant to
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cutter works quietly
wear and chipping. Replacing them is only a semiskilled operation. Solatrim believes that the cutter may be the most advanced design available, and that compared to traditional equipment it improves the quality of chopped fibres and reduces production costs.
Solatrim, 47 First Avenue, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside CH5 2LG, UK; tel: + 44- (0) 244281171; fax: + 44(0) 244-281176.
Pu1tre.x Ltd, Brunei Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO1 5 4LT, UK; tel: + 44. (0) 855. 429811; fax: + 44 (0) 255. 436451.
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Mixers with Z shaped steel blades can efficiently combine the resin, hardener and reinforcement in dough moulding compounds (DMCs). The blades’ shape forces mixing materials from the edges of the mixer’s trough to its centrr and the blades also shear through these materials. This Iet,s viscous materials be mixed, says the manufacturer, Winkworth, of Swallowfield, UK. A hydraulic system tilts the trough during mixture discharge. The trough’s lid has an opening from which dust and fumes can be extracted. Six mixers are available with working capacities ranging from 150 litres to 1600 litres.
cleaning of resin rollers
A cleaner made of durable metal easily cleans cured resin in the deep grooves of resin rollers, says its manufacturer Venus Gusmer of Kent, Washington, USA. The cleaner will operate with conventional solvents and with new solvent substitutes, Operators can press and move the roller against the cleaning surface without having to touch the solvent with their hands.
Venus Gusmer, 1862 Ives Avenue, Kent, WA 98032, USA; tel: + l-206-854-2660; fcLx: + l-206-854- 1666.
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Barrie Heathcote, Winkworth Machinery Ltd, Swallowfield Street, Swallowfield RG7 l&X, UK; tel: + 44 (0) 734-883551; + 44. (0) 734884031.
MZ machine
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? F?ibre
The University of Charleroi in Belgium has acquired a six axis filament winding machine. The computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment, made by Pultrex of Clacton-on-Sea, UK, winds impregnated fibre onto a single spindle. The fibre feed eye can move in three linear axes and it rotates and yaws. The spindle can rotate too. The university’s research body will use the machine to make aircraft structural struts for the European Airbus for testing. The establishment also acquired a closed loop control system to precisely tensions up to eight tibres as they are drawn into the feed eye. An impregnation system, an integrated manufacturing system and program generation and CAD/CAM software made up the rest of the order.
A cutting head which makes little noise in operation and which fits onto any fibre chopping machinery has been developed by Solatrim. The device’s blades cut glass or syrthetic fibre accurately and consistently, says the Deeside based manufacturer. The blades push into place in retaining slots on the head. They form a 5’ helix on a backing roller, ensuring that the cutter operates quietly. Fibres feed into the cutter and are ejected by spring loaded bars. The ejectors are particularly useful when cutting wet fibres or when making chop lengths of less than 6 mm. Each head cuts fibre to a given length of between 3.2 mm and 50 mm. The hard tip and tough base of each steel blade make them resistant to
winder for research body
cutter works quietly
wear and chipping. Replacing them is only a semiskilled operation. Solatrim believes that the cutter may be the most advanced design available, and that compared to traditional equipment it improves the quality of chopped fibres and reduces production costs.
Solatrim, 47 First Avenue, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside CH5 2LG, UK; tel: + 44- (0) 244281171; fax: + 44(0) 244-281176.
Pu1tre.x Ltd, Brunei Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO1 5 4LT, UK; tel: + 44. (0) 855. 429811; fax: + 44 (0) 255. 436451.
1
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Mixers with Z shaped steel blades can efficiently combine the resin, hardener and reinforcement in dough moulding compounds (DMCs). The blades’ shape forces mixing materials from the edges of the mixer’s trough to its centrr and the blades also shear through these materials. This Iet,s viscous materials be mixed, says the manufacturer, Winkworth, of Swallowfield, UK. A hydraulic system tilts the trough during mixture discharge. The trough’s lid has an opening from which dust and fumes can be extracted. Six mixers are available with working capacities ranging from 150 litres to 1600 litres.
cleaning of resin rollers
A cleaner made of durable metal easily cleans cured resin in the deep grooves of resin rollers, says its manufacturer Venus Gusmer of Kent, Washington, USA. The cleaner will operate with conventional solvents and with new solvent substitutes, Operators can press and move the roller against the cleaning surface without having to touch the solvent with their hands.
Venus Gusmer, 1862 Ives Avenue, Kent, WA 98032, USA; tel: + l-206-854-2660; fcLx: + l-206-854- 1666.
??Mixer’s
blades blend compounds well
Barrie Heathcote, Winkworth Machinery Ltd, Swallowfield Street, Swallowfield RG7 l&X, UK; tel: + 44 (0) 734-883551; + 44. (0) 734884031.
MZ machine
for
m/x/ng I~ISCOUS substances.
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