Our Automated Honeycomb Potting system automatically applies potting material for local reinforcements in honeycomb sandwich panels. It saves labour cost, is more accurate and has a seamless automated workflow, from design to automated manufacturing.
Our Automated Honeycomb Potting system is designed to fill honeycomb blanks efficiently and accurately with potting compounds via a robotised platform. Where one traditionally applies the potting material manually or via a mechanised system in the aerospace industry, this new system is fully automated and digital.
Save production cost
The system is able to save production cost through amongst others drastically reducing material waste, simplifying work preparation and increasing processing speed. Compared to the manual approach, filling via a robotised platform is easily repeatable, more accurate and faster. It results in weight-savings of the end-product and helps the aerospace industry with tackling its challenge of ramping up and increasing production output.
Automated workflow
The workflow is automated, with an easy-to-use pre-processor. Any shape of potting geometry can be used and the machine code is automatically generated. The system features real-time quality control, measures the height of the honeycomb blank and adjusts the potting process.
Advantages
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Small footprint, easy to use, plug & play
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Automated work-flow
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Filling program based on CAD-data
Technical specifications
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Honeycomb blanks up to 4000 x 3000 mm
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Blank thicknesses tested up to 27 mm
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Dosing speed up to 300 ml/min
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Robot trajectory speed up to 65 mm/sec
Materials
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Honeycomb blanks (Nomex)
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Several potting compounds
Technical Specs on Honeycomb Potting
Automated Honeycomb Potting
Our Automated Honeycomb Potting system automatically applies potting material for local reinforcements in honeycomb sandwich panels. It saves labour cost, is more accurate and has a seamless automated workflow, from design to automated manufacturing. The system is offered in three sizes.
Working Bee
The Working Bee is our smallest solution. This honeycomb potting robot-cell is suitable for small spaces up to 25m2 and flat honeycomb blanks.
Bumble Bee
The Bumble Bee is our midrange solution. This medium robot-cell is suitable for spaces up to 44m2 and flat honeycomb blanks as well as curved once.
Honey Bee
The Honey Bee is our largest solution, suitable for large honeycomb blanks, flat and curved, and will require a floor space of some 85m2.
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