Holding out for a hero! Evonik Resource Efficiency’s head of market segment aerospace high performance polymers/performance foams, Dr M. Alexander Roth and market segment manager aerospace, Denis Holleyn explain how automated manufacturing with Rohacell HERO…
Engel Austria wins JEC Innovation Award for 2020 Engel Austria is one of the winners of the JEC Innovation Awards 2020. Together with its partner Fill, the machine manufacturer and system solutions provider has received the award in…
NCC unveils a bright digital future for composites manufacturing On Friday 28 February 2020, the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) opened the doors to the most advanced composite manufacturing facility in the world. Part laboratory, part factory, the 9,948m2…
Editor's comment: JEC: does it all compute? It’s show-time once again as the latest edition of the Paris-based JEC World gets ready to roll into town. This year, the event will introduce an Automation Hub to highlight…
Born to innovate Said to be a reference for automated fibre placement, Coriolis Composites’ chief innovation officer, Alexandre Hamlyn, outlines the company’s automated fibre placement robotic cells and its value-added software for automated…
Shaping the value chain of tomorrow Mike Richardson meets with Airborne UK’s managing director, Joe Summers and engineering manager, Miroslav Stojkovic to learn more about how the company intends to help industry automate and digitalise composites…
JEC: does it all compute? It’s show-time once again as the latest edition of the Paris-based JEC World gets ready to roll into town. This year, the event will introduce an Automation Hub to highlight…
Solvay unveils DDF automated demonstrator line Solvay has announced the completion of its Double Diaphragm Forming (DDF) demonstrator line located at its Heanor, Derbyshire site. The fully-automated line, combined with Solvay’s fast curing technologies, goes from…
Airborne strengthens D-A-CH region activities with AMAC With the help of AMAC’s Dr Michael Effing, Netherlands-based manufacturer of advanced automation equipment and solutions for composites, Airborne says it has strengthened its activities in the so-called D-A-CH region,…
Plyable gains ISO9001 certification Plyable has announced that it is now fully ISO9001:2015 certified, highlighting the company’s commitment to the highest quality standards for its supplier and customer network. ISO 9001:2015 is a globally…
Partners primed for performance perfection High automation and increased productivity: Belotti, KUKA and Siemens partner together for an ambitious project in the automotive sector. Optimising the production cycle through an increasingly higher level of…
Dieffenbacher to showcase automation at K 2019 Companies whose success depends on the economical production of high-quality composite parts will find valuable advice and customized automated production plants at the Dieffenbacher booth A02 in hall 14 at…
Mikrosam unveils automation for hydrogen and CNG tanks Mikrosam is launching new automation capabilities for filament winding of compressed hydrogen (CHG) and compressed natural gas tanks (CNG) with a contract to deliver one of the largest production lines…
Cygnet Texkimp makes cobot handling system breakthrough Fibre handling expert and custom machinery manufacturer, Cygnet Texkimp says it has developed an AGV-mounted mobile handling system using a collaborative robot (cobot) capable of lifting packages of fibre weighing…
Innovations of scale Mike Richardson met with SABIC during the recent JEC World, Paris event to witness a major milestone in what the company claims is a trailblazing initiative to digitise and automate…
Mikrosam showcases tool-less automated placement system at JEC At this year’s JEC World 2019 Show, Mikrosam is showcasing many advancements in fabrication of thermoplastics composite parts. One such highlight will be an automated process for fabrication of thermoplastics…
SABIC previews first digital composites manufacturing line at JEC SABIC will highlight the progress of its Digital Composites Manufacturing line, a breakthrough in automated digital systems for rapid, large-scale laminate manufacturing, via a 360° virtual reality experience at JEC…
Polisea set to grow Eastman’s South-East Europe footprint Eastman Machine Company has announced that it has appointed Polisea to represent its line of automated cutting systems, material handling equipment and manual cutting machines. A targeted effort to grow…
Zünd flatbed multi-functionality on display at JEC World From March 12-14, Zünd will present its digital cutting solutions at JEC World 2019 in hall 6, booth D27. Zünd claims it is the digital cutting system of choice in…
Mikrosam unveils multi-robot system for tool-less thermoplastics layup Macedonian 6-axis filament winding, AFP/ATL robotic and gantry machine and automated production specialists, Mikrosam will be exhibiting at JEC World booth in hall 6, booth D51, held in Paris from…
Trip the light fantastic! An all singing, all dancing flexible production solution of the fibre layup of composites for new urban air mobility air taxis comes courtesy of the robots of the SAMBA Series…
Roth Composite Machinery adds robot winding to product range Roth Composite Machinery says it now completes its range of products with the launch of its Robot Filament Winding Machines. This technology implies that the fibre delivery eye - used…
Ensuring simulation matches reality Cutting-edge composite manufacture is increasingly exploring automated systems to match industrial demand. INSPHERE’s chief technical officer, Oliver Martin explains why automated systems hold the potential for unique processes to be…
Coriolis announces NIAR contract Coriolis Composites has announced that it has been selected by the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University to provide a thermoplastics capable automated fibre Placement (AFP)…
