P09226: Composite Filament Winding Machine

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Commercial Dry Wind The goal of this project is to develop a low cost, first generation filament winding machine which produces simple composite tubing. Problems have existed in the past of jointing purchased carbon fiber tubing to the space frame of the Formula SAE racing vehicle, and our ability to manufacturing this composite tubing is very limited. This project seeks to begin simply, by developing a machine that can produce cheaper composite tubes (i.e. fiberglass) with limited fiber angle orientations (relative to ability to bear stress). With this platform as a stepping stone, future Senior Design teams can improve upon the design and increase the scale and scope tubular composite manufacturing, hopefully with the end goal of having a machine that can produce carbon fiber tubing at around raw material cost. Carbon Fiber Tube Carbon Fiber Joint	Project Name Composite Filament Winding Machine Project Number P09226 Project Family Competitive FSAE Autosports Systems Track Vehicle Technologies Track Start Term 2008-2 End Term 2008-3 Faculty Guide Dr. Alan Nye (Mechanical Engineering) Faculty Consultant Mr. Carl Lundgren (MET) and Dr. David Orlicki (EET) Graduate Teaching Assistant NA Primary Customer RIT Mechanical Engineering Department Secondary Customer(s) Formula and Baja SAE Teams DPM Presentation Final Presentation

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