A composite reinforcing bar is formed by providing a reinforcing material supply of fiber strands ravings; a resin supply bath, and a puller for pulling the resin-impregnated reinforcing material through the resin bath. The material is wound on a holder, while the resin remains unset, rotated about its axis on a drive system so that the material is wrapped around a plurality of guides at spaced positions around the axis such that the fed length of the body is wrapped from one bar to the next to form bent portions of the body wrapped partly around each guide and straight portions between the guides. The guide surfaces are shaped by a machining, blasting or similar process to form projections and recesses which retain a roughness on the outside surface of the reinforcing bar during the curing action while supported on the surface. This arrangement can be used with an optional sand coating to prevent the sand particles from being compressed into the resin or body.

A composite reinforcing bar is formed by providing a reinforcing material supply of fiber strands ravings; a resin supply bath, and a puller for pulling the resin-impregnated reinforcing material through the resin bath. The material is wound on a holder, while the resin remains unset, rotated about its axis on a drive system so that the material is wrapped around a plurality of guides at spaced positions around the axis such that the fed length of the body is wrapped from one bar to the next to form bent portions of the body wrapped partly around each guide and straight portions between the guides. The guide surfaces are shaped by a machining, blasting or similar process to form projections and recesses which retain a roughness on the outside surface of the reinforcing bar during the curing action while supported on the surface. This arrangement can be used with an optional sand coating to prevent the sand particles from being compressed into the resin or body.

A sash (62) of a window opening up to 180° and capable of tilting is mounted onto a fixedly installed frame profile (63) and houses a pair of superimposing sashes that fit tightly therein when in closure position, i.e. an upper stationary sash (65) and a lower movable-divertible sash (64), each of the sashes (64,65) provided with laterally extending shafts (49) for connection with sash (62), roller wheels (50) provided onto the shafts (49) of sash (64) that roll within a predefined path created by insert guide profile members (19) and diverter guide members (66,68) to alternately bring sash (64) in a position of superimposing sash (65) and a position of alignment with the same. Lifting mechanisms (46) provided with a regulatory screw (84) for adjusting the pretension of a spring component thereof and thereby the force required by the user for moving the sash (64) are installed within the vertically extending sides of the sash (62).

A flexible coupling for transmitting torque between parts of a transmission shaft system comprises a tubular section of continuous-fibre-reinforced composite material which has been modified to form a living hinge section with reduced bending stiffness to allow flexion of the tubular section. The tubular section may be modified through the provision of a pattern of formations within the living hinge section. The formations may be in the form of apertures and/or recesses in the continuous-fibre-reinforced composite material to create a plurality of living hinges in the material between, in particular slots and/or grooves.

The present disclosure provides a filament winding device, which includes a helical winding device, a circumferential winding device, and a fixing device, a workpiece is clamped through the fixing device that drives the workpiece to rotate radially and move axially, the workpiece is performed helical winding through the helical winding device, and the workpiece is performed circumferential winding through the circumferential winding device.

The present disclosure provides a multi-filament helical winding device. The device includes a frame, a multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion, a multi-filar guide rotation portion. The multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion and the multi-filar guide rotation portion are arranged on the frame, and the multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion is connected to the multi-filar guide rotation portion. A count of the multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion is the same as a count of the multi-filar guide rotation portion, and the multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion corresponds to the multi-filar guide rotation portion one by one. The multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion includes a first telescopic mechanism or a second telescopic mechanism. The multi-filar guide rotation portion includes a first rotation mechanism or a second rotation mechanism.

The present disclosure provides a multi-filament helical winding device. The device includes a frame, a multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion, a multi-filar guide rotation portion. The multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion and the multi-filar guide rotation portion are arranged on the frame, and the multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion is connected to the multi-filar guide rotation portion. A count of the multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion is the same as a count of the multi-filar guide rotation portion, and the multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion corresponds to the multi-filar guide rotation portion one by one. The multi-filar guide radial telescopic portion includes a first telescopic mechanism or a second telescopic mechanism. The multi-filar guide rotation portion includes a first rotation mechanism or a second rotation mechanism.

The present disclosure provides a high-efficiency filament helical winding device, which includes a frame body and a plurality of multi-filar guides. The frame body is provided with a through-hole, the plurality of multi-filar guides distributed in a circumference along a center of the through-hole are rotationally connected to the frame body and filament is extended out from each multi-filar guide in the plurality of multi-filar guides, and the frame body is provided with a first driving mechanism that drives each multi-filar guide to rotate.

Annular structures formed using composite materials and systems and methods for forming annular structures using composite materials are provided. The composite materials can include fiber reinforced thermoplastic materials. The annular structures include a number of component parts. Each component part can be in the form of a strip of fiber reinforced thermoplastic material that extends around all or a portion of a circumference of the structure. The ends of the component parts can be staggered, so that they a placed at different locations about the circumference of the structure. Methods for forming annular composite structures include wrapping one or more strips of fiber reinforced thermoplastic material having one or more layers about a mandrel, and fusing the strips to form an integral annular structure.

A method produces a high-pressure gas storage container that includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner houses a high-pressure gas. The reinforcing layer is formed by winding a plurality of strip-shaped reinforcing members around an outer perimeter surface of the liner. The method includes irradiating plasma on at least a portion of the reinforcing fibers, and adjusting an irradiation intensity of the plasma such that an irradiation amount of the plasma with respect to the reinforcing fibers becomes constant in accordance with changes in a transport speed of the reinforcing fibers.