APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HYDROGEN TANK

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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HYDROGEN TANK

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250144896 titled 'APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HYDROGEN TANK

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in an apparatus, and corresponding method, for manufacturing a hydrogen tank, the apparatus may include a molding device configured to form a hollow cylindrical initial resin material body by solidifying a liquid resin material, a winding device provided at a downstream side of the molding device and configured to form an intermediate material by winding a carbon fiber around an outer surface of the initial resin material body formed by the molding device, a rotation device provided at a downstream side of the winding device and configured to impregnate an epoxy resin with the initial resin material body and the carbon fiber by rotating the intermediate material formed by the winding device, and a pultrusion device provided at a downstream side of the rotation device and configured to stretch the intermediate material, which has passed through the rotation device, in a longitudinal direction.