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Towards smarter, more autonomous moulds
With rising production rates and the decreasing cost of high-performance composite parts, there is now a need for smarter tooling that has more autonomy. Compose proposes such moulding solutions for the plastics & composites industry.
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FLORENT MEYNET R&D PROJECT MANAGER COMPOSE
- Towards smarter, more autonomous moulds.......p91 - State-of-the-art equipment for carbon fibre production lines..................................p96 - Optimized fibre placement for composites ................p99
- New coating-line concepts for high-precision prepreg products.............................p93
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ompose is an innovative French business that specializes in the engineering of plastic/ composite parts. Compose operates in a range of markets that includes aerospace, high-performance automotive, sports and leisure, construction, energy, and railway. The company is also a specialist in resin transfer moulding (RTM) technology. While RTM allows producing relatively complex composite parts in a single step, it remains an expensive, low-output process. To boost this technique’s productivity and lower the production cost, Compose designs newgeneration moulds with higher performance to reduce the cost of obtaining composite parts.
RTM moulds without need for a press
RTM moulds are usually mounted on vertical hot-platen presses, which are sophisticated and quite expensive. These presses can be replaced by designing mould-clamping control
features which equiped the tools. Compose proposes autonomous moulds that work without a press. The innovation lies in the company’s patented ironjaw® system, which eliminates the need for a press through the use The Ironjaw® system in of an auxiliary operation locking system that keeps the mould closed during the resin injection step. A simple die holder controls the mould’s opening and closing, making it possible to adapt the motion properties to each customer’s requirements while offering enhanced ergonomics.
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011
Cover
Edito
Point of view: an extraordinary growth
Contents
Agenda of Events
COMPANY & BUSINESS
In Brief
Automotive - Sora Composites stays ahead of the field
China - CPIC Fiberglass, a strategy with results
APPLICATIONS
Marine - Case study: Composite surface smoothness improvement
Ballistic - Protection you can depend on
MARKET
Human capital - BMW, Composite specialists needed
Focus - Chinese composites market just keeps on growing
Trends - Airbus foresees demand for nearly 26,000 aircrafts the next 20 years
FEATURE SUSTAINABILITY
Market - Targets for bio-based composites and natural fibres
Fibre - Hemp: fibres meant for composites
Technical flax: a real opportunity for composites
Trends - Eco-design
Recycling - Sustainable recycling solutions for composites
SPECIAL JEC COMPOSITE 2011
2nd I.I.C.S.
Awards
JEC Innovation report 2011
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Medical/bio-composite - Mechanical properties vs. fabrication for medical applications
Prepreg - Innovative epoxy prepregs using bio-based curing agents
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
Moulding - Towards smarter, more autonomous moulds
Prepreg - New coating-line concepts for high-precision prepreg products
Carbon fibre - State-of-the-art equipment for carbon fibre production lines
Fibre placement - Optimized fibre placement for composites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - China - CPIC Fiberglass, a strategy with results
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Marine - Case study: Composite surface smoothness improvement
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Ballistic - Protection you can depend on
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Human capital - BMW, Composite specialists needed
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Trends - Airbus foresees demand for nearly 26,000 aircrafts the next 20 years
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Market - Targets for bio-based composites and natural fibres
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Technical flax: a real opportunity for composites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Recycling - Sustainable recycling solutions for composites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - 2nd I.I.C.S.
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - IICS
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - JEC Innovation report 2011
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Medical/bio-composite - Mechanical properties vs. fabrication for medical applications
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Prepreg - Innovative epoxy prepregs using bio-based curing agents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Moulding - Towards smarter, more autonomous moulds
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Prepreg - New coating-line concepts for high-precision prepreg products
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Carbon fibre - State-of-the-art equipment for carbon fibre production lines
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #63 - March 2011 - Fibre placement - Optimized fibre placement for composites
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