Filament winding is an automated composites manufacturing process in which a mobile placement device wraps continuous fiber reinforcements (resin-impregnated or dry) around the outer surface of a ...

Here’s a great low cost filament extruder solution. It uses basic parts available from any hardware store, and a few 3D printed ones — estimated cost is well under $100. It’s very similar to the Lyman ...

Composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp has delivered a four-axis filament winding machine to the National Composites Centre where it will form part of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and ...

Pressurized well tank manufacturer Amtrol recently installed an automated filament winding line with in-process monitoring to produce its debut product line of composite-lined tanks. Pictured here, a ...

Filament winding is a specialist technique which involves wrapping continuous fibres around a rotating mandrel to create rigid but lightweight components. Polar Technology, an engineering and ...

It’s official: Creality has released their filament recycling system, the Filament Maker M1 and Shredder R1. This release is not unexpected; Creality has been hinting about it for a while now. However ...

Those of you that already own a 3D printer or have access to one will already have experienced the mounting costs of purchasing the 3D printing filament required to create and develop your designs and ...

Hugh Lyman, an 83-year-old retiree from Enumclaw, Washington, won The Desktop Factory Competition with his design for a low-cost, open-source machine capable of turning resin pellets into inexpensive ...