A winding module and a winding installation including winding modules for winding metal wire. In such a winding installation or take-up bench a driven capstan is used to pull the metal wire through a processing installation before being led onto a take-up spool. The spool is driven by a cantilever supported shaft. In prior art take-up benches, both the capstan and the spool is reachable by an operator from the same side. This means that the capstan direction—the direction from the driven side of the capstan to the operator side—is equal to the shaft direction—the direction from the drive side of the shaft to the open end of the shaft. In the inventive winding module the capstan direction is opposite to the shaft direction, which provides a completely different operation of the winding module and the winding installation and facilitates the introduction of doffing robots.

A winding module and a winding installation including winding modules for winding metal wire. In such a winding installation or take-up bench a driven capstan is used to pull the metal wire through a processing installation before being led onto a take-up spool. The spool is driven by a cantilever supported shaft. In prior art take-up benches, both the capstan and the spool is reachable by an operator from the same side. This means that the capstan direction—the direction from the driven side of the capstan to the operator side—is equal to the shaft direction—the direction from the drive side of the shaft to the open end of the shaft. In the inventive winding module the capstan direction is opposite to the shaft direction, which provides a completely different operation of the winding module and the winding installation and facilitates the introduction of doffing robots.

An apparatus and method for splitting a high filament count carbon fiber tow into a set of tows with reduced filament counts. The apparatus is comprised of an electrolyte bath assembly and a splitting assembly comprised of at least one blade. The preferred embodiment of the blades being Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The splitting assembly being positioned within the electrolyte bath or adjacent to the exit of the electrolyte bath.

An apparatus and method for splitting a high filament count carbon fiber tow into a set of tows with reduced filament counts. The apparatus is comprised of an electrolyte bath assembly and a splitting assembly comprised of at least one blade. The preferred embodiment of the blades being Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The splitting assembly being positioned within the electrolyte bath or adjacent to the exit of the electrolyte bath.

A vibration damping device which is able to damp vibration of a rotating body in a high-speed range and to certainly accelerate the rotating body to the high-speed range is provided. A vibration damping device 1 damping vibration of a rotating body 100 includes an automatic balancer 2 which is configured to cancel out imbalance of the rotating body 100 when the rotating body rotates 100; a liquid damper 4 which is coaxially rotatable with the rotating body 100 and includes a collision member 23 provided in a casing 20 in which liquid 22 is sealed, the liquid colliding with the collision member 23 when the liquid 22 moves in a circumferential direction; and a relative rotation unit 5 which is configured to cause the liquid damper 4 to rotate relative to the rotating body 100.

A vibration damping device which is able to damp vibration of a rotating body in a high-speed range and to certainly accelerate the rotating body to the high-speed range is provided. A vibration damping device 1 damping vibration of a rotating body 100 includes an automatic balancer 2 which is configured to cancel out imbalance of the rotating body 100 when the rotating body rotates 100; a liquid damper 4 which is coaxially rotatable with the rotating body 100 and includes a collision member 23 provided in a casing 20 in which liquid 22 is sealed, the liquid colliding with the collision member 23 when the liquid 22 moves in a circumferential direction; and a relative rotation unit 5 which is configured to cause the liquid damper 4 to rotate relative to the rotating body 100.

Implementations of spool devices may include a frame including an anchor, the anchor configured to directly couple to a belt of a user, an axle coupled through the frame, and a first spool coupled over a first portion of the axle. The first portion of the axle may extend entirely through the first spool. The spool device may also include a second spool coupled over a second portion of the axle. The second portion of the axle may extend entirely through the second spool. The spool device may also include a first spool handle directly coupled to an outer wall of the first spool, a second spool handle directly coupled to an outer wall of the second spool, a first hose roller directly coupled to the frame, and a second hose roller directly coupled to the frame.

Carbon fiber winding equipment includes integrated spiral and hooping winding equipment for multi-bundle fibers. The equipment includes a spiral winding unit, a hoop winding unit, and a guide base and a supporting base for supporting the spiral winding unit and the hoop winding unit. An end face of a gear driving plate includes a continuous bulbous iris curve sliding rail, a sliding rod extends into the sliding rail and is capable of driving a yarn guide shaft tube to slide radially along with the rotation of the gear driving plate. A bevel gear is capable of driving the yarn guide shaft tube to do auto-rotation motion along with the rotation of a second transmission gear ring. A ratchet driving plate rotates to drive an electric telescopic rod to push a hoop rotation plate to rotate so as to drive a hoop winding bundling device to complete a hoop winding action.

Carbon fiber winding equipment includes integrated spiral and hooping winding equipment for multi-bundle fibers. The equipment includes a spiral winding unit, a hoop winding unit, and a guide base and a supporting base for supporting the spiral winding unit and the hoop winding unit. An end face of a gear driving plate includes a continuous bulbous iris curve sliding rail, a sliding rod extends into the sliding rail and is capable of driving a yarn guide shaft tube to slide radially along with the rotation of the gear driving plate. A bevel gear is capable of driving the yarn guide shaft tube to do auto-rotation motion along with the rotation of a second transmission gear ring. A ratchet driving plate rotates to drive an electric telescopic rod to push a hoop rotation plate to rotate so as to drive a hoop winding bundling device to complete a hoop winding action.

A method and a system of winding a continuous elongate element onto cylindrical elements. The continuous elongate element is wound from a feeder onto a first cylindrical element. The first cylindrical element rotates with the same rotational speed as a second cylindrical element provided on the other side of a central rotatable member. During the rotation, the feeder is displaced from being aligned with the first cylindrical element to being aligned with the second cylindrical element, wherein the displacement causes the continuous elongate element to come into engagement with an engagement portion of the central rotatable member, preventing the already wound portion of the continuous elongate element from being unwound from the first cylindrical element. The continuous elongate element from the feeder is continued to be wound onto the second cylindrical element by continuing to rotate the second cylindrical element.