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Feature
Feature Composites in industry
Strong potential
34 4D Printing
37 Application
40 Trends
44 Robotics
48 Milling
4D printing
Printing continuous fibrereinforced parts with
industrial-grade AFP tape
Konstantine Fetfatsidis,
Ph.D
VP, Composites Products
Desktop Metal
l
n November 2019, Desktop Metal
launched Fiber, the world's first
desk- top 3D printer to fabricate
high-resolution parts with industrial-grade continuous fiber composite
materials used in AFP processes. Based
on a new process called micro-automated fibre placement (μAFP), users
can print parts with a superior level of
strength and stiffness, and in a broad
range of materials that traditionally
required million-dollar AFP systems.
The company, also known for its metal
printing Studio System, wanted to be
the first to bring this largely inaccessible AFP technology to a wider group.
They are looking to provide a better
solution for manufacturers during early
prototyping or when producing critical
end-use parts that require high stiffness
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Fiber is the world's first
desktop 3D printer to fabricate
high-resolution parts with
industrial-grade continuous
fibre composite materials
used in automated fibre
placement (AFP) processes.
and fast lead times over machined
counterparts. Desktop Metal leveraged
the expertise of Make Composites, a
company I had founded and had also
served previously as the advanced
manufacturing R&D lead for Aurora
Flight Sciences, a Boeing company. The
company integrated Make Composites
into its portfolio, and I was brought
on-board as VP of Composite Products
to spearhead the further development
of Fiber.
A large selection
of composite materials
The Fiber 3D printer produces parts using materials that are two times stronger than steel at one fifth the weight.
It offers engineers a large selection
of composite materials for a desktop
printer, starting with a chopped carbon
fibre-reinforced Nylon (PA6) that is
ESD compliant, and a chopped glass
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021
Cover
Edito
“We are proud that the HP name has become increasingly popular on the track”
Contents
NEWS
In brief
Raw materials
Agenda
BUSINESS
Matrix - The future of thermoplastic resins
China - “The past three years witnessed very strong growth of the 3D printing market in Asia”
Startup - Setting off to conquer the great outdoors
Reinforcement - BCF: developing industrial production for reinforcement materials and composites
MANUFACTURING
Automation - ATL/AFP device using a parallel link mechanism
Robotization - Bringing Robot-controlled sealing of aircraft components to industrial maturity
Pipes - Redefining GRP and GRE pipe manufacturing
FEATURE - Composites in industry: Strong potential
4D Printing - Printing continuous fibrereinforced parts with industrialgrade AFP tape
Application - Energy-efficient hybrid drive system with a planetary gear
Trends - Composites in U.S. industrial equipment: perspectives on performance
Robotics - “Robotics skills meet high demand in post-Corona recovery”
Milling - lnnovative new hybrid metal composite four-disc milling cutter reduces machining times by 78%
SOLUTIONS
Medical - The world’s lightest wheelchair
Hunting rifle - RTM carbon fibre stock for a hunting rifle
Composites among us - Electric vehicles
Hand finishing - Surface roughness measurements after hand-finishing of uneven GFRP surfaces
TECHNOLOGY
Out of autoclave - Nextshaft Integral drive shaft
Pitch fibre - Development of a pitchbased carbon fibre, a solution for wide-ranging needs
Index
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Edito
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - “We are proud that the HP name has become increasingly popular on the track”
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Contents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - In brief
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Raw materials
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Agenda
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 13
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Matrix - The future of thermoplastic resins
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - China - “The past three years witnessed very strong growth of the 3D printing market in Asia”
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Startup - Setting off to conquer the great outdoors
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Reinforcement - BCF: developing industrial production for reinforcement materials and composites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 25
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Automation - ATL/AFP device using a parallel link mechanism
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 27
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Robotization - Bringing Robot-controlled sealing of aircraft components to industrial maturity
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 29
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Pipes - Redefining GRP and GRE pipe manufacturing
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 31
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 32
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 33
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 4D Printing - Printing continuous fibrereinforced parts with industrialgrade AFP tape
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 35
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 36
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Application - Energy-efficient hybrid drive system with a planetary gear
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 38
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Trends - Composites in U.S. industrial equipment: perspectives on performance
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 41
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 42
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Robotics - “Robotics skills meet high demand in post-Corona recovery”
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 47
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Milling - lnnovative new hybrid metal composite four-disc milling cutter reduces machining times by 78%
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 49
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 50
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Medical - The world’s lightest wheelchair
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 52
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Hunting rifle - RTM carbon fibre stock for a hunting rifle
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Composites among us - Electric vehicles
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 55
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Hand finishing - Surface roughness measurements after hand-finishing of uneven GFRP surfaces
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 57
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 58
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Out of autoclave - Nextshaft Integral drive shaft
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 60
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 61
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - Pitch fibre - Development of a pitchbased carbon fibre, a solution for wide-ranging needs
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #139 - March/April 2021 - 63
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