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High-speed automated fibre placement of thermoplastic UD tape
very consistent bonding of all plies within a
laminate.
Combining VICTREX AE 250 LMPAEK
thermoplastic UD tape and Electroimpact
AFP equipment opens the door for highspeed
processing for large structural components
if followed by a post cure.
Fig. 11: . Micro section of the laminate. Image © Victrex.
Fig. 12: C-scan (©Victrex)
cell performance and productivity when
processing thermoplastic based materials.
Once these advances were implemented
on an AFP gantry and the modifications/
adjustments were made specifically for
thermoplastic materials, producing high
speed AFP coupons was controllable and repeatable.
Smoother surfaces, or elimination
of surface quilting, helps maintain consistent
temperature control during the processing
yielding more consistent lamination thickness,
potentially facilitating new and existing
OoA curing methods. Responsiveness of
the motion platform and the heating system
produced processing speeds which matched
those achieved by the best production
systems currently processing thermoset materials.
The resulting test coupons exhibited
Tow drops that are contained within a part
exhibited no overheated or underheated
regions due to the individualized heating
for each tow. Steering of thermoplastic
materials can also be accommodated with
the individual lane control of the VSS laser.
Adaptable power curve control schemes will
facilitate contoured parts at high-speed. The
stability of the temperature control at the nip
point produced a wide range of operating
temperatures that will support high contours
and repairability.
Work still remains and is planned to get an
optimized solution. However, these equipment
improvements combined with the
thermoplastic VICTREX AE 250 LMPAEK
UD tape are enabling technologies that open
the doors for making large structural part
and replacing existing incumbent materials,
like existing thermoset prepreg and dry fiber
materials.
More information:
www.victrex.com
For Automated
Processing
Thermoplastic Composite Materials
www.suprem.ch
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Application
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #140 - May/June 2021
Cover
Edito
“We are enhancing our capabilities in cost effective carbon fibre products”
Contents
NEWS
In brief
Agenda
BUSINESS
Startup - Fabheads – An Indian start-up building 3D printers for composites
Hydrogen - Composites and hydrogen, working together for a lowcarbon economy
MANUFACTURING
Functionalization - Adding value to composites through surface functionalization
AFP - High-speed automated fibre placement of thermoplastic UD tape
FEATURE - Preview JEC Composites Connect
- EDITORIAL: A breakthrough digital event to bring the composites community together
- EVENT SCHEDULE & CONFERENCES FOCUS
- HOW TO JOIN US
- JEC COMPOSITES STARTUP BOOSTER
- INTERVIEW: Franky Zapata, Never stop dreaming
- JEC COMPOSITES INNOVATION AWARDS
- JEC COMPOSITES CHALLENGES 2021
- BUSINESS CONFERENCES
- INNOVATION REPORT
SOLUTIONS
Architecture - Graphene nanotechnology in composites for a challenging architectural design
Machining - Introduction of custom-machined CFRP mechanical parts
Design - Product drawings for FRP composites
TECHNOLOGY
Smart composites - F-COMP — Functional COMPosites for the aeronautical industry
Pressure vessel - New solutions for hydrogen pressure vessel manufacturers
Inside the lab - BIONICS’ work on bio-inspired shape-changing composites
Index
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