Marcus Kremers, Author at Airborne

Automated Ply Placement deployed for high-rate manufacturing in automotive

Automated Ply Placement deployed for high-rate manufacturing in automotive Excited to share a groundbreaking journey that highlights Airborne’s contribution in reshaping the future of automotive manufacturing. In 2021, we embarked on an ambitious project in collaboration with Teijin Automotive Technologies, Porsche AG, and PINETTE PEI, marking a significant leap forward in the production of composite […]

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Airborne is selected by Airbus Helicopters to supply fully digital Kit by Light systems for cutting & kitting of composites plies

News / By Marcus Kremers

Airborne is selected by Airbus Helicopters to supply fully digital Kit by Light systems for cutting & kitting of composites plies Copyright: Airbus – Thierry Rostang The Hague, February 14 2024 – Airborne is selected by Airbus Helicopters to renew the cutting room in Donauwörth, Germany, with state of the art digital Kit by Light systems.

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Modular, robotic cells enable high-rate manufacturing using any material format

News / By Marcus Kremers

Modular, robotic cells enable high-rate manufacturing using any material format 30 August, 2023 The article below was published by CompositesWorld and describes the technology and projects of Airborne on dry fibre Automated Ply Placement. Airborne’s automated ply placement systems at Airbus, GKN Aerospace and Teijin Automotive Technologies aim to maximize flexibility and intelligent automation. Airborne’s

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Why is the edge sealing process not yet broadly automated?

4 Comments / Blogs / By Marcus Kremers

One of the many tasks which is still manual in aerospace composites is the sealing of trimmed edges. And the companies that are doing it will tell you it’s cumbersome, not a fun job to do, physically strainful and just something you want to automate. So why didn’t it happen yet? This is what we

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How to efficiently automate edge sealing

5 Comments / Blogs / By Marcus Kremers

One of the most laborious, manual processes in the composites industry is edge sealing. It’s repetitive, requires a lot of focus, it’s quality sensitive and leads to physical strains for the human worker. Nobody really likes to do this job. So why is not yet automated? Let’s explore a new automated solution that we developed

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Automated Programming, to enable on-demand manufacturing in the Dynamic Factory

4 Comments / Blogs / By Marcus Kremers

At Airborne, we build all our machines with the Automated Programming technology. But what is and how does it help you to become more flexible and efficient? Automated systems for composite manufacturing are complex systems. First of all, they need to handle the delicate composite materials with the right process (pressure, temperature, welding parameters, etc) to

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How to use Automated Ply Placement to make tailored blank laminates

Blogs / By Marcus Kremers

The key question that we ask ourselves at Airborne is: how can we convert a composite material into a tailored, optimized laminate as efficiently as possible? There are many technologies out there to do this, but there is one that is very simple conceptually, yet not used very much so far. And that is because

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THE WORLD’S FIRST PORTAL TO PRINT COMPOSITE PARTS

3 Comments / Blogs / By Marcus Kremers

Everybody knows 3D printing and how easy it is to use: start the printer, send your design file to it and off you go. You can do it yourself with your in-house printer, or use a web service where you upload your design, get a quote and order the part. That is exactly what we want

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Why Airborne can help (Composites) Manufacturers riding the Digital Manufacturing Wave vs Fighting the Undertow?

Blogs, News / By Marcus Kremers

We are in the midst of a huge transformation. Some call it Industry 4.0, Manufacturing 4.0 or e-Factory, others say Connected Factory, Intelligent Manufacturing or in short FoF (The Factory of the Future). In conclusion, the fuzz about all this buzz is that we are entering a new phase of digital manufacturing characterised by complete

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Want to use composites without first becoming an expert? Here is how we made it easy for you!

Blogs, News / By Marcus Kremers

The advanced composites industry has not been idle over the last few years. New and innovative solutions hit the market to help accelerate composites adoption across more markets, like automated production lines that enable higher production volumes and reduce production costs. But, let’s be honest: it is still complex to use the technology. To accelerate

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