Cutting/Kitting
AXYZ acquires WARDJet
CNC manufacturer AXYZ International adds waterjet solutions to their list of offerings.
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Airborne announces composites manufacturing partnerships
At JEC World 2018 Airborne unveiled numerous business partnership plans for automated honeycomb potting and cutting/kitting solutions.
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Five highlights from JEC World 2018
It’s not Spring without a trip to Paris, France for the JEC World 2018 composites conference. It’s become a very big show, and thus, offers some big announcements and some developing trends.
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METYX wins funding for Hungarian facility expansion
Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency announces support for an investment project to expand METYX Hungary.
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Automated manufacturing solutions from Airborne
I had the chance recently to interview Marcus Kremers, chief technology officer of Airborne International (The Hague, Netherlands), who told me about his company’s growing smart automation initiatives for its customers.
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Improving one-piece aerostructures by automating preforming
IAI’s fully automated “one-shot” RTM production line cuts helicopter seat cost 30% vs. hand layup prepreg.
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Plant tour: Diamond Aircraft Austria, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Composites use among general aviation manufacturers is far from unusual, but none apply them quite like this airframer does.
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Airborne introduces automated kitting solutions
At AIRTEC 2017, the aerospace supply chain trade show held October 24-26 in Munich, Germany, composites specialist Airborne (The Hague, Netherlands) presented the latest developments on its Automated Kitting Solutions.
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Automated preforming: Intelligent automation in pick-and-place systems
Layups go industrial with hand-like grippers that can fold fabric or prepreg into corners and robot-mounted cameras that inspect from fabric to cut plies to fiber gaps in final preforms.
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CAMX 2017 preview: S.M.R.E. SpA
Cutting table manufacturer S.M.R.E. SpA (Umbertide, Italy) is featuring the SM-381-TA, a high-performance table with a reduced footprint and an entry level price.
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