Airborne: technology leader in advanced composites
Airborne is a technology leader in advanced composites, specialised in the industrialisation of engineering and manufacturing of durable fiber reinforced composites for Space, Aeronautics and Marine industries. With our 20 years heritage in composites, we provide our clients with high-end composite solutions either directly through advanced manufacturing of components or by developing industrialisation packages which we implement at manufacturers of choice. Airborne’s focus is on high-end composite components, at high production rates at radically low conversion costs.
Shaping the composites value chain of tomorrow
For lots of industries advanced composites are the answer to their challenges. But how can we make mass customisation affordable for every industry?
Are you ready for the future?
To meet OEM’s ramp-up demands and to build a solid future-proof business, aircraft and parts manufacturers must look into new and innovative ways to prepare their production lines for the long-term. But, where to start?
To help you make the right decisions for your business, we drew up a Point of View to get you started:
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From Manual to Digital Composites Production
While manual manufacturing is still the global standard for the composites industry, Airborne has gained a reputation of being a true innovator of automation processes. How? We call it the ‘Prove and Move’ concept: we provide automated composites solutions through three phases.
Transfer traditional composite manufacturing to Airborne
Airborne’s proposition is the following: You, our client, partner with Airborne in order to benefit from our automation development. A suitable programme is selected.
Airborne transfers your composite production to the Airborne facility.
Airborne automates the process
Initially we will use traditional, manual methods for composite production. During this phase, our engineers closely analyse the manufacturing process in order to identify the steps which are critical to quality.
Based upon this knowledge, automated composite manufacturing lines will be developed and qualified.
Select future manufacturing location
After successful qualification, the initial composite production will be taken over by the automated composite production line. After an agreed period, the choice is yours:
- Airborne continues to manufacture composite parts in our own facility
- Airborne installs a composite production line in your facility
- Airborne installs a composite production line at a supplier of your choice
How automating composites works
Digital Factory Composites Field Lab
As the demand for industrialisation of composite production of small ‘table-sized’ parts is growing exponentially, Airborne brings the composites industry to the next level applying digital manufacturing. Through a digital platform we connect predictive material engineering, product engineering, process engineering, dynamic machine programming and quality assurance. To shape the new composites future Airborne has opened its Digital Factory Composites Field Lab in 2015 with partners Siemens and Kuka.
Our Clients
Airborne has been engineering and manufacturing composites for more than two decades. We are considered worldwide to be the most knowledgeable partner and supplier for high-end composites structures, as well as a true innovator. That is why companies such as Airbus Defence and Space, Allseas, Damen Shipyards, Thales, ASML, SABIC, Royal Netherlands Airforce, Shell, GKN/Fokker and General Dynamics are our trusted clients.
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Arno van Mourik – CEO Airborne
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