Tension control plays a vital role in composites manufacturing in order to achieve automated processing, continuous processing, reduced scrap, increased product quality, and more, says a new white ...

During manufacturing or converting processes, material is generally pulled off a roll, processed, and rewound — in sections called unwind, intermediate, and rewind zones, respectively. Knowing the ...

Background: Traditionally, mechanical brake and air-supply systems have provided brake control to processors unwinding or holding back a strand or web. But air brakes and their air-supply system don’t ...

Composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp (Cheshire, U.K.) has developed a high-tension fiber winding solution to create lightweight rotating parts with greater dimensional stability at higher ...

The technology, which has evolved through the company’s filament winding capability, has been developed to achieve more power from high-speed rotating machinery by wrapping it in carbon fibre under ...