In a method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank, a fiber bundle impregnated with a thermosetting resin base material is wound around an outer surface of a liner in a state where tension is applied to the fiber bundle in a filament winding step. The filament winding step includes a pressure-bonding step and a cutting step. In the pressure-bonding step, a terminal end portion which is a winding end of the fiber bundle is thermocompression-bonded to an outer peripheral portion of the fiber bundle wound around the liner. In the cutting step, a surplus portion of the fiber bundle is cut by a cutting tool.

A winding head includes a first supply spool for receiving a first fiber strand and a second supply spool for receiving a second fiber strand, an impregnation unit through which the first fiber strand and the second fiber strand can be guided for impregnation with liquid resin, a first deflection roller assigned to the first supply spool, and a second deflection roller assigned to the second supply spool. The winding head further includes a bundling roller, at which the first fiber strand and the second fiber strand can be combined to form a complete fiber strand upstream of the impregnation unit, and which is arranged downstream of and spaced apart from the first deflection roller and the second deflection roller. A spreading roller is arranged downstream of and spaced apart from the bundling roller to form two fiber spreading sections.

A method of manufacturing a connector for a fluid transfer conduit comprises: manufacturing a tube which runs parallel to a central axis C from fibre-reinforced polymer, said tube comprising a hub portion 206 and a flange-forming portion 208 located adjacent to the hub portion 206, wherein the hub portion 206 comprises continuous circumferentially oriented fibre-reinforcement 210; and the hub portion 206 and the flange-forming portion 208 comprise longitudinally oriented fibre-reinforcement 212 which runs continuously from the hub portion 206 into the flange-forming portion 208; and bending the flange-forming portion 208 away from the central axis C such that it extends from the hub portion 206 at an angle to the central axis C.

A method of manufacturing a composite (e.g. fibre-reinforced polymer) connector for a fluid transfer conduit includes: manufacturing a continuous fibre pre-form net 150 that is shaped to comprise a hub-forming portion 156 and a flange-forming portion 158, the continuous fibre pre-form net comprising continuous fibre reinforcement 110 and a common support layer 151 to which the continuous fibre reinforcement 110 is secured by being stitched thereto; placing the continuous fibre pre-form net 150 into a mould, the mould being shaped such that the hub-forming portion 156 forms a tubular hub portion which extends along a central axis and the flange-forming portion 158 forms a flange portion which extends from the hub portion at an angle to the central axis; and introducing polymer into the mould so as to form a composite connector comprising the flange portion and the hub portion.

The present invention relates inter alia to an apparatus for providing a coiled collagen carrier. An apparatus according to the invention preferably comprises a device for applying moisture to a collagen carrier prior to coiling of the collagen carrier and a coiling device. The coiling device preferably comprises rotatable gripping means for gripping the collagen carrier along an edge and coiling the collagen carrier, and a support device supporting the collagen carrier while being coiled. In another aspect, the invention relates to a production facility wherein an apparatus according to invention is arranged.

An installation for fabricating a fiber texture in the form of a strip presenting a profile that varies at least in cross-section includes a loom, one or more take-up rollers, and a storage mandrel, each take-up roller and the storage mandrel presenting a radius that varies across its axial width so as to define an outer surface having a profile in relief. One or more take-up rollers include a plurality of sectors releasably fastened on the outer surface of the take-up roller. Each sector extends over a fraction of the circumference of the take-up roller and over all or part of the axial width of the take-up roller. Each sector also presents at least one thickness that is determined in such a manner as to modify locally the thickness of the profile in relief of the outer surface of the take-up roller.

An apparatus for manufacturing a surface-layered part comprises: a main support that supports a surface layer member to be placed under a base member; a pulling device arranged at a periphery of the main support, wherein the pulling device includes a pulling member that pulls an edge of the surface layer member, which is in a position away from the edge of the base member, outward with respect to the base member; a base member clamping device that fixedly clamps the surface layer member, having been pulled outward by the pulling member of the pulling device, against the main support via the base member placed over the surface layer member; and a relieving device that separates the pulling member from the edge of the surface layer member, which has been moved outward with respect to the base member by the pulling device, to allow the edge of the surface layer member to wrap around the edge of the base member by an elastic restoring force of the surface layer member, thereby integrating them; and a control device that drives and controls the base member clamping device, the pulling device, and the relieving device.

An apparatus for manufacturing a surface-layered part comprises: a main support that supports a surface layer member to be placed under a base member; a pulling device arranged at a periphery of the main support, wherein the pulling device includes a pulling member that pulls an edge of the surface layer member, which is in a position away from the edge of the base member, outward with respect to the base member; a base member clamping device that fixedly clamps the surface layer member, having been pulled outward by the pulling member of the pulling device, against the main support via the base member placed over the surface layer member; and a relieving device that separates the pulling member from the edge of the surface layer member, which has been moved outward with respect to the base member by the pulling device, to allow the edge of the surface layer member to wrap around the edge of the base member by an elastic restoring force of the surface layer member, thereby integrating them; and a control device that drives and controls the base member clamping device, the pulling device, and the relieving device.

An apparatus for manufacturing a bending panel of a display includes a lower mold having a first member on which a target panel is placed, an upper mold disposed adjacent the lower mold and including a second member including a first surface to press a portion of the target panel and a second surface having a first slope with respect to the first surface, and side molds disposed at opposite sides of the lower mold and each having a third member with a third surface complementary to the second surface of the second member. The first slope is smaller than about 90 degrees.

An apparatus for manufacturing a bending panel of a display includes a lower mold having a first member on which a target panel is placed, an upper mold disposed adjacent the lower mold and including a second member including a first surface to press a portion of the target panel and a second surface having a first slope with respect to the first surface, and side molds disposed at opposite sides of the lower mold and each having a third member with a third surface complementary to the second surface of the second member. The first slope is smaller than about 90 degrees.