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Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2018
Applicants:

Hexcel Composites Limited, Duxford, GB;

Hexcel Corporation, Dublin, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Ellis, Duxford, GB;

Anthony Loccisano, Stockholm, SE;

Assignees:

HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED, Duxford, GB;

HEXCEL CORPORATION, Dublin, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 49/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 49/20 (2013.01); B65H 2701/312 (2013.01); B65H 2701/314 (2013.01); B65H 2701/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provide a process for unwinding material from a spool () wherein the angle (Θ) of take off at the first contact point () for the unwind is always in the range 0±20°, and wherein the first contact point () for the unwind is no more than 600 mm from the axis () of rotation of the spool (). There is also provided an apparatus for the unwinding of material from a spool () comprising an axis () upon which a spool () may be rotatably mounted and a static first contact point () for the unwound material positioned no more than 600 mm from the centre of the axis (), wherein the angle (Θ) of take off at the first contact point () for the unwind is always in the range 0±20°.


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