The Little Hornet is McClean Anderson's answer to affordable "use it right out of the box" technology. The Little Hornet features 2-axes of computer controlled motion and is driven by the Flexwind machine control. The system is further enhanced with our Windows®-based Composite Designer winding pattern development software.

Mandrel Rotation
Maximum Diameter:
Spindle Capacity (mandrel + part):
Effective Speed Range:
Rated Spindle Torque:
Accuracy (angular deviation):
              * Mandrel rotation can be customized to

24" [610 mm]
500 lb [227 kg]
0-150 rpm
332 lbf-in [37 Nm]
(1 deg.)
  meet customer specific requirements.

Horizontal Carriage
Maximum Speed:
Carriage Capacity:
Useable Travel:
Accuracy (repeatability):

150 ft/min [0.8 m/sec]
50 lb [23 kg]
1m, 2m, 3m or 4m 
± .004 inch [0.1 mm]

Tooling
Headstock provided with 5” [125 mm] 3-jaw chuck. Chuck clamping range 1/8” [3mm] to 2” [50 mm] dia.Tailstock provided hand-wheel adjusted tailstock quill with 4” [100 mm] of adjustment. Tailstock quill provided #2 Morse tapered live center. Tailstock is adjusted manually, set
and locked into desired position.

Software
McClean Anderson's Composite Designer is an advanced offline software programming tool used for designing and modeling complex filament wound structures. During part program development, winding simulations can be rendered with ease, allowing the users to analyze a multitude of winding senarios in a matter of seconds.