3D Visualization of Filament Band Winding for Reinforced Plastics Manufacture

Abstract:

Filament winding simulation, an essential part of a CAD/CAM integrated system, helps the user to gain an intuitive understanding of the process of filament winding, the winding pattern, and laminate structure, and so find and solve potential problems before actual production. This speeds up the R&D cycle and reduces costs. To reduce costs, instead of winding several individually tensioned rovings, a band is usually wound. Thus, we present a band winding visualization system. The simulation system includes filament-path generation and graphic display of the band. In generating band paths, each filament path that constitutes a band path is produced from an initial fiber path based on geodesic equations. To imitate the band winding process more realistically, model display methods are used to deal with the graphic relationships among the different models, including the band model, mandrel model, and winding machine model. The simulation system can visualize the band laying process with the corresponding winder movement, and runs stably and reliably.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 816-817)
• Pages: 1006-1009
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.816-817.1006
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Jian Hui Fu, Jae Deuk Yun, Yoong Ho Jung
• Keywords: Filament Path, Geodesic, Simulation

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