Automation
The Netherlands to showcase the country's composites expertise at JEC World 2019
The Netherlands are a leader in thermoplastic composites, automation, sustainability in composites, and applications of composites in a water environment, such as bridges, locks and ships.
Read More48th auto-plastics competition highlights changing industry
Additive manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, greener parts featured prominently.
Read MoreAutomating composites production for ease of use and affordability
Schmidt & Heinzemann innovates composites workcells with German quality and small-company flexibility — “modules customized per product and program is the key.”
Read MoreNew technologies and markets at World of Filament Winding event
Nov. conference features winding developments with robots, automated fiber placement, additive manufacturing and emerging markets.
Read MoreFilament winding, reinvented
Robots and digital technology deliver speed plus larger, more complex parts, while generative 3D winding obviates mandrels and waste for automotive applications.
Read MoreNIAR 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.
Read MoreRoth 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.
Read MoreCAMX 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.
Read MoreAutomated 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.
WatchBoeing 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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