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ment manufacturers of AFP rose to the
occasion and the AFP industry has been
steadily moving forward. Forward in optimizing software, design technology on
laying down AFP material to avoid gaps,
laps, bridging and manufacturing defects.
Composites conference event continue to embrace AFP technology with
technical papers, panels & exhibitions of
new equipment, materials and processing
methods. NASA and Boeing's demonstration of "thin ply" materials in manufacturing several large space launch vehicles
using robotic AFP technology on a very

large scale was an important step forward. Robots, as well as robots in teams,
have demonstrated "toolless" AFP manufacturing - where one robot lays down
materials & the second robot acts as the
tool that forms the structural shape. AFP
has also been used with fibrous materials
that have a small amount of "tackifier resin" such that essentially "dry fiber AFP" is
laid down into very precise laminate patterns - and then the structure, after being
fiber-placed into a mold or tool structure,
is resin infused to make an RTM, VARTM,
or VIP part.

SAMPE is highlighting a number of
these "automated placement" composite
processes in a new June 2020 symposium
entitled "Automated Placement Manufacturing of Advanced Composite Structures
- A Symposium" in Salt Lake City. Filament winding, ATL, AFP, robotics, & numerous other automated processes will
be covered along with the various fiber &
resin systems used. Equipment aspects
as well as overviews of various technology programs are being planned for this
event. The AFP technology field is growing
rapidly in numerous composite markets.

SAMPE SYMPOSIUM

Additive Manufacturing: Diverse Materials,
Processes and Applications
MARCH 31-APRIL 1, 2020 | Knoxville, TN
DAY ONE
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Presentations on additive
manufacturing technologies
Exhibitors
Networking dinner and presentation
with SAMPE Knoxville chapter

DAY TWO
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Learn current material deposition processes
in use across numerous frontiers - metal,
polymers, resins, composites
Exhibitors
Tour the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Manufacturing Development Facility (MDF)

Find more details and register at bit.ly/sampeadditive20.
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