Polar Technology announces filament winder installation
Machine addition to a larger dedicated cell will support the company’s higher volume composites manufacturing capabilities and future growth plans.
Source | Polar Technologies
Polar Technology (Oxfordshire, U.K.), an engineering and manufacturing business specializing in metallic and composite technologies, has recently installed a new filament winding machine as part of a designated manufacturing cell. This new investment is designed to increase and improve the company’s volume production filament winding capabilities as its continues to support a varied, high-end customer base.
The dual-mode, three-spindle, nine-tow machine enables the winding of components of varying sizes at high speeds, from small magnet rotor sleeves for electric motors to 5-meter-long hydrogen storage tanks.
This machine is just one element of a larger, dedicated cell, which will also include other advanced machinery, facilitating a comprehensive, streamlined and strictly quality-controlled process for higher volume production. This will ensure that Polar Technology is maximizing reliability, repeatability and productivity in the products it provides customers.
As a provider of filament-wound products, Polar Technology’s new facilities will serve to complement existing winding capabilities at its 180,000-square-foot site and the company’s current product portfolio including, but not limited to, high-volume production of , and .
The facility will also be used to support existing customers, fulfilling current contracts with capacity and capability to support further planned expansion and growth.
“This investment in new equipment is a reflection of Polar’s commitment to support its customers in the drive to achieve net zero by 2030, and to explore new opportunities in growing markets,” says Edward Keating, technical project manager at Polar Technology, who has overseen the implementation of this system investment. “The new filament winding machine will support higher volume manufacturing going forward and increase our overall winding capabilities. It’s a project we’re all excited about.”
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