Structural cylinder with conformable exterior
A method is provided for the production of structural cylinder with a wound material shell, the method comprising: providing a extruded wood core cylinder; wrapping a flexible material about an exterior surface of the cylinder; applying an adhesive between the interior of the material and the exterior profile of the core; allowing the adhesive to cure providing a structural cylinder with a wrapped material exterior.
1. A method for the production of structural winding support cylinder with a wound material shell, the method comprising:
providing a extruded wood fiber core cylinder, said extruded wood fiber core cylinder consisting of wood fiber and a thermoset resin, said thermoset resin being distributed uniformly throughout said wood fiber;
wrapping a flexible material about an exterior surface of said cylinder said material consisting of paper tape such that said tape is positioned so that its edges are contiguous;
applying an adhesive between an interior surface of said flexible material and said exterior surface of said cylinder;
allowing said adhesive to cure providing a load bearing structural cylinder with a wrapped material exterior shell about which other flexible materials may be wrapped for transportation and storage of said other flexible materials.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said flexible material is a sheet of flexible material.
3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising application of a plurality of layers of said material.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said flexible material is preferentially applied to parts of said extruded wood core cylinder such that said structural cylinder has a non-cylindrical profile exterior.
5. The method according to claim 4 wherein said profile exterior comprises a parabolic frustrum.
6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising applying a finish layer.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said adhesive is selected from the group of adhesives consisting of glues and gums.