Automated fibre placement (AFP) is emerging as a highly efficient method for manufacturing thermoplastic composite structures, particularly in the aerospace and high-performance engineering sectors.

Airborne (The Hague, Netherlands) has been selected by Airbus (Toulouse, France) to supply an automated ply placement (APP) system to its Getafe production plant, for the automated manufacture of dry ...

Accudyne Systems’ automated fiber placement system at Rolls Royce while Airborne has developed numerous pick and place solutions to aid in cutting, kitting and preforming operations. Photo Credit: ...

The 90-tonne Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine has been custom-designed and built for Rocket Lab and is expected to save around 150,000 manufacturing hours in the Neutron rocket’s production ...

At JEC World 2023, AZoMaterials spoke with Thorsten Groene, CEO & Co-Founder of Cevotec, about their Fiber Patch Placement technology and how the company has continued to grow and evolve. We at ...

The Advanced Material and Manufacturing Technology Innovation Center (AMMTIC) is a division of LIFT and is where the new AFP equipment will be located. This research center will comprise 25,000 sq. ft ...