The PFE systems come fully integrated to the robot and system configuration selected by the customer. These systems are designed to be expanded as the need arises. Composites are increasingly used in ...

When I started my composites career in 1984, I was working for Hercules Aerospace (Magna, Utah), the company that did much of the early development work on the automated fiber placement (AFP) process.

Automated layup is cutting the time required to produce composite structures. But production volumes forecast for the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 are pressuring industry to accelerate the rate at which ...

“Too often, designs are thrown over the wall to manufacturing.” Neatly summarizing a common yet undesirable state of affairs, Robert Yancey, director of manufacturing and production industry strategy ...

JEC Europe 2013 – Mikrosam AD has already delivered ATL and AFP machines around the world, and is now combining both technologies in a single product, significantly easing the ability to program and ...

Scarcely five months after its founding, hard tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million round of financing led by Founders Fund to transform composites manufacturing. Lux Capital and Haystack ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Stephen Savoie, who oversees the new composite layup facility at TechPlace, ...

Designed for creating complex composites parts with high precision and efficiency, the C1.2 is versatile and can handle multiple materials, including thermoset and thermoplastic prepregs, as well as ...