Presentation: Implementation of an Automated Kitting system
An Airborne presentation for SAMPE Europe 2020, by Airborne’s Lucas van den Akker, Casper Hofstede, Paul van Sighem, Patrick Schilder, Marcus Kremers and GKN Fokker’s Pim Tamis.
Case study: Design and operational implementation of an Automated Kitting system
Kitting is a key process step in the material flow in almost every composite factory. While the cutting process is in most cases already automated with conveyor belt cutting machines, the kitting process is still manual. Airborne has developed Automated Kitting solutions and installed a system to GKN Fokker. This paper describes the design of the system, as well as the operational implementation at the GKN Fokker’s Hoogeveen site in The Netherlands.
Technical paper: Unlocking the advantages of automated kitting
In this paper we take a look at the traditional kitting process and the opportunities for and advantages of automating the kitting process. And, as a next step, we discuss how the automated kitting process could be extended to include pre-forming as well.
Automated Preforming
Presentation: Automated Preforming with Thermoplastic UD tapes
An Airborne presentation for CompositesUK webinar 2020, by Airborne’s Mark Muilwijk (Thermoplastic Composites Expert)
Automated Honeycomb Potting
Presentation: Automated Dispensing (Automated Honeycomb Potting)
An Airborne presentation for CompositesUK webinar 2020, by Airborne’s Elio Pajares.
Automated manufacturing
Presentation: An automated and digital approach to manufacture structures
An Airborne presentation for SAMPE Europe 2020, by Anders Brødsjø (Airborne Composite Automation) and Jaap Dekker (Airborne Aerospace).
Case study: An automated and digital approach to manufacture complex, one-off composite structures
CCAT-prime is a 6 m diameter telescope with a surface accuracy of 10 microns, operating at submillimetre to millimetre wavelengths and sited at 5600 m elevation on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. In this case study we dive deeper into the manufacturing solution that was needed to achieve the target manufacturing cost of the telescope structures.
Presentation: Composites-as-a-Service: Easy, Efficient, Flexible
An Airborne presentation for Hannover Messe 2021: Lightweighting summit.
Presentation: Composites Automation for Newspace Mega constellations & Micro launchers
An Airborne presentation for SpaceAM 2021.
Presentation: The Automated Future of Marine Composites Manufacturing – a 9 Metre Long, 6 Metre high, One Shot Infusion Case Study
An Airborne presentation for MarineAM 2021.
Digital manufacturing
Presentation: Digital manufacturing & 3D printing
An Airborne presentation for SAMPE Europe 2019 on turning high-end composites manufacturing systems into 3D printers.
Technical Paper: Industrialized and digital manufacturing of Thermoplastic Composites (ITHEC 2018)
Individual processing steps like lamination, consolidation, and trimming are typically automated individually. However to truly capture the production line’s full potential, an end-to-end automated manufacturing line in which all steps are integrated and automated into a consolidated system was developed through a partnership between Airborne and SABIC. In this technical paper we dive deeper into the digital manufacturing of Thermoplastic Composites.
Presentation: The Digital Composites Line (ITHEC 2018)
A presentation by Airborne and SABIC on Thermoplastic Composites for mass manufacturing.
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