Automation

Wind/Energy

Filament winding, reinvented

Robots and digital technology deliver speed plus larger, more complex parts, while generative 3D winding obviates mandrels and waste for automotive applications.

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Ketones

NIAR selects Coriolis Composites to provide thermoplastics capable AFP system

The new system will contribute to NIAR’s technology development efforts in the area of three-dimensional thermoplastics automation.

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Automation

Roth unveils robot filament winding machines

The technology uses a six-axis robot to move the fiber delivery eye – used for the fiber guide during the winding.

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Automation

CAMX 2018 preview: ARM Automation

ARM Automation Inc. (Austin, TX, US) is featuring the Ply Picker, a fully automated solution for cutting table clearing, ply inspection, kitting and ply layup.

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Automation

Automated Preforming, Part 7: Fill Gesellschaft

Fill automates preforming for 1-min cycle time overmolded thermoplastic automotive parts but supplies automation throughout aero- and autocomposites process chains.

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Automation

Boeing tests new autonomous command and control technology for UAVs

The first suite of synchronized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests has been completed using technology developed by Boeing in Australia.

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Automation

Carbon nanotube composite coatings used to create smart textiles

Fabric coated with electrically conductive carbon nanotube composite technology could be used in future smart garments that measure human motion. 

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NDT

FACC awarded inspection robot research project

The project aims to develop a new generation of inspection robots, which will be used for a vast range of inspection tasks — without programming effort.

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Automation

IACMI announces collaborative smart composite pressure vessel project

The goal of the collaboration is to develop structurally predictable, low-cost smart composite pressure vessels (SCPVs) with integrated health-monitoring.

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Carbon Fibers

Cevotec extends Fiber Patch Placement to sandwich structures, large aerostructures and enables combining with AFP

Automated preforming and layup process addresses core materials, as well as both continuous AFP and patch FPP reinforcements.

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