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.

• 1-spindle, 2-axis of computer controlled motion.
• 1m, 1.5m, 2m, 3m or 4m of useable Horizontal Carriage travel.
• Durable low-maintenance machine.

Mandrel Rotation
Maximum Diameter:
Spindle Capacity (mandrel + part):
Effective Speed Range:
Rated Spindle Torque:
Angular Deviation:

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

Horizontal Carriage
Maximum Speed:
Carriage Capacity:
Carriage Stroke:
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.