Fiberglass Filament Tube Winding

Nor' Easter Yachts, Inc. is stepping up their service again by adding custom fiberglass tube winding to their long list of services. With the purchase of a computer controlled fiberglass tube winding machine, customers can get tubes of the required strength, thickness, diameter, and length for any hobby project, experiment or for building custom research equipment.

Fiberglass tubing is versatile for many uses because of its strength and the nature of the material. Starting with individual strands of fiberglass soaked in a bath of epoxy resin, the tube winding machine carefully lays each string down (usually four or six strands parallel to each other) as the tube mandrel rotates beneath. Moving the fiberglass strands as the tube rotates, the filaments are wound at 45 degrees, 60 degrees, or any other angle to the orientation of the completed tube. The angle of the filament have an impact on the lateral and inward force a tube can withstand, along with the smoothness and appearance of the completed tube.

Fiberglass filament tubing can be wound to almost any thickness, which increases both the weight of the tube and its strength. Depending on your project the tubes can be designed to be two inches in diameter or twenty, extremely thin and lightweight or strong enough to drive a truck over.

There's no project too big or too small for Nor' Easter Yachts to handle. You'll be surprised by their personal attention to you project, and their level of service and quality. Visit their website: www.noreasteryachts.com