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4X-23 tutorials

Posted by Ken Hendrawan on March 7, 2023 at 6:05pm

Hi all,

I hope this is the right place to ask but I'm new to filament winding and recently set up a 4X-23 unit. I wanted to know if there's a guide on how to set up the winder, going from calibration, fiber loading, to g-code execution and how the designer and executor softwares interface with one another. Tall ask, but any information on any of these topics would greatly help.

Thanks!

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  • Turner Hunt March 7, 2023 at 8:07pm

    have you seen the x-winder YouTube Channel, lots of stuff there:

    particularly this video on the 4X-23:

    https://youtu.be/MxvUU7Ig1yI

    and the channel here:

    http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HfbikSL9N86xxmdMmXZPA

    • Ken Hendrawan > Turner Hunt March 13, 2023 at 12:56pm

      Thanks for the reference, I'll go watch this. Is there a section on how to mount the fibers on the winder? I'm trying to go based off of intuition but my fibers keep slipping off/untensioning when the winds start.

    • Turner Hunt > Ken Hendrawan March 13, 2023 at 1:05pm

      There is a "tailoring" process that is described in that video to optimize the DH movement so that does not happen. 

    • Ken Hendrawan > Turner Hunt March 14, 2023 at 2:06pm

      Right, but is there a tutorial on how to actually wrap the fiber around the rollers/posts for tensioning? Thanks.

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