How its made Carbon Fiber Tank

[The Codger]

They jump forward a few times, i.e. valve end goes from being formed to completion and the carbon fiber wrap jumps forward.
Interesting video that popped up in my suggested views this morning.

Manufacturing a Carbon Fiber Tank

 

[Ranchibi]

Incredible manufacturing process. Thanks for sharing .

 

[rcs9250]

Thank you for posting that video. I worked at a job shop 10 years ago and had a Parker Hannifin R&D facility up the street that I made tooling for their carbon fiber wrapping machine. Instead of an aluminum liner they were using a rubber bladder. They had FedEx chassis’s in the shop that the tanks were going on for compressed natural gas. They would test the bladders in the truck dock in the back of the building by pressurizing with water to failure.
The wrapping process took hours and hours as the tanks were about seven feet long. Never heard if the project was successful.

 

[qball]

Thanks for sharing the link! That's pretty awesome and good to know my bottles are made in the same factory by the same people and through the same testing and QC process. Definitely gives a piece of mind!

This should be a sticky!

 

[outdooorgb]

<-- 38 Years in manufacturing...

Neat!

 

[Wilber]

Pretty interesting, thanks for posting!

 

[GA_LeadHead]

Very cool. Thanks for posting this.