The invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing a pipe shell from an insulating material by means of which the cycle times can be further reduced while the quality of the pipe shell is simultaneously improved, by at least one web (29) of the insulating material which is provided with a binding agent being wound around a core (19) by means of at least two opposing belts (12, 13) which wrap around the core (19) partially. The method steps are characterized in that the at least one wound-up web (32) of insulating material is removed in a radial direction of the core (19) which is, however, not opposite to the direction in which the at least one web (29) of insulating material was fed by the one belt (12), especially by the wound-up web (32) being discharged through the same belt (12).

Methods and systems are disclosed for encasing various structures with a seamless continuous sleeve, where the presence of existing supports does not allow slipping a sleeve over the structure. In these methods strips of fabrics smeared with or saturated by resin are helically or non-helically wrapped or placed around desired shape mandrels that are located around a support of the structure. As the resin is partially cured, a portion of the sleeve segment is moved away from the mandrel, leaving the rest of the sleeve on the mandrel to be attached to the next will-be-fabricated sleeve segment. The process will continue as many times as needed to create a sleeve of a desired length. In various embodiments the strength of the sleeves varies at different locations. In some embodiments the gaps between the sleeves and the structures are filled with gas, liquid, solid, or any other materials.

A can to contain a liquid and/or a gas is closed with a bottom element and a cover element. The innermost layer is a straight-wound barrier layer having a folded seam extending in a longitudinal direction. The barrier layer includes an inner diffusion-tight layer and an outer kraft paper layer. At least two further straight-wound layers made of paper or cardboard are around the barrier layer of the can shell. Adjoining cardboard or paper surfaces of the barrier layer and a next wound layer are adhered directly to each other. Each of the two further wound layers is longitudinally wound and include in the longitudinal direction an overlapping region with itself. The overlapping region of the next wound layer adjoining the barrier layer is offset relative to the folded seam of the barrier layer and the overlapping regions of the two further wound layers are located at different peripheral regions.

A filament winding assembly includes a rotating mandrel coupled to a shaft that rotates the rotating mandrel. The rotating mandrel includes a first perforated sleeve that defines holes and includes a winding surface. The rotating mandrel also includes a second perforated sleeve disposed inside the first perforated sleeve. The second perforated sleeve defines an interior volume and holes configured to form fluid pathways with the holes of the first perforated sleeve. The fluid pathways extend from the interior volume to the winding surface of the first perforated sleeve. The filament winding assembly includes a filament that is wound, under tension, around the winding surface of the first perforated sleeve. The filament winding assembly also includes a fluid source fluidically coupled to the interior volume of the second perforated sleeve. The fluid source exhausts fluid, through the fluid pathways, from the wound filament to reduce manufacturing defects of the wound filament.

A filament winding assembly includes a rotating mandrel coupled to a shaft that rotates the rotating mandrel. The rotating mandrel includes a first perforated sleeve that defines holes and includes a winding surface. The rotating mandrel also includes a second perforated sleeve disposed inside the first perforated sleeve. The second perforated sleeve defines an interior volume and holes configured to form fluid pathways with the holes of the first perforated sleeve. The fluid pathways extend from the interior volume to the winding surface of the first perforated sleeve. The filament winding assembly includes a filament that is wound, under tension, around the winding surface of the first perforated sleeve. The filament winding assembly also includes a fluid source fluidically coupled to the interior volume of the second perforated sleeve. The fluid source exhausts fluid, through the fluid pathways, from the wound filament to reduce manufacturing defects of the wound filament.

A method for manufacturing a composite pressurized-fluid vessel including winding a first polyolefin resin-based tape thereby forming a first layer of the vessel, depositing an intermediate second layer on the first layer, consisting of a material having variable permeability properties depending on the temperature and permeability below a pre-determined temperature threshold and non-permeability above the temperature threshold, winding a second resin-based tape on the intermediate second layer thereby forming a third layer, and cooling the intermediate second layer to a temperature below the temperature threshold while the first and third layers are each kept at a temperature above the melting temperature of their resin. Wherein the tape forming the third layer is based on a different resin from the first layer and during the step of depositing the intermediate second layer.

A method for continuously producing a composite material is disclosed. In some implementations, the method includes supplying a thermoplastic resin having an initial density, mixing polypropylene-graft-maleic anhydride (PPgMA) formed of a plurality of interconnected PPgMA molecules throughout the thermoplastic resin, distributing a plurality of carbon particles throughout the thermoplastic resin and the plurality of interconnected PPgMA molecules, and forming, by rotational molding, the composite material based on a combination of the thermoplastic resin, the PPgMA, and at least some of the plurality of carbon particles.

A method for continuously producing a composite material is disclosed. In some implementations, the method includes supplying a thermoplastic resin having an initial density, mixing polypropylene-graft-maleic anhydride (PPgMA) formed of a plurality of interconnected PPgMA molecules throughout the thermoplastic resin, distributing a plurality of carbon particles throughout the thermoplastic resin and the plurality of interconnected PPgMA molecules, and forming, by rotational molding, the composite material based on a combination of the thermoplastic resin, the PPgMA, and at least some of the plurality of carbon particles.

A high-pressure tank, a manufacturing method for a high-pressure tank, and a manufacturing device for a high-pressure tank capable of simplifying a shape of a metal fitting and performing high-speed FW molding without causing an idle rotation of the metal fitting or a deformation of a liner, for example, when performing the high-speed FW molding are provided. A high-pressure tank includes a liner, a reinforcing fiber layer, and a metal fitting. The reinforcing fiber layer is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner. The metal fitting is attached to the liner. The liner includes a liner main body and a protrusion part is provided in a part (cylindrical part) of the liner main body. The protrusion part is formed to protrude in a direction moving radially inward from the cylindrical part and to be fittable to a rotating shaft.

A high-pressure tank, a manufacturing method for a high-pressure tank, and a manufacturing device for a high-pressure tank capable of simplifying a shape of a metal fitting and performing high-speed FW molding without causing an idle rotation of the metal fitting or a deformation of a liner, for example, when performing the high-speed FW molding are provided. A high-pressure tank includes a liner, a reinforcing fiber layer, and a metal fitting. The reinforcing fiber layer is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner. The metal fitting is attached to the liner. The liner includes a liner main body and a protrusion part is provided in a part (cylindrical part) of the liner main body. The protrusion part is formed to protrude in a direction moving radially inward from the cylindrical part and to be fittable to a rotating shaft.