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Cadfil® Spar Winding
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The Cadfil Spar winding program is part of the non-axisymmetric suite of programs for complex winding geometries. The user defines the (constant) cross section of the mandrel using 2D lines and Arcs in a CAD system such as AutoCAD. This cross section information is written to a DXF file which is then read by Cadfil to create the 3D mandrel surface.
The user specifies the standard parameters such as mandrel length, the program start position, wind angle, band-width... The software then automatically caculates the paths and winding pattern which can be viewed in the standard Cadfil 3D viewing system.
Multiple wind patterns of different wind angles and wind lengths can be created and this can be automatically joined to create a complete multi-angle continuous program with no stops.
Cadfil-Spar does not require winding over the mandrel ends and is intended for wind angles of between 40 and 90 degrees (90 degrees being circumferential).
