YOUR
GOALS

  • Development of customized materials and fiber placement solutions for efficient and sustainable lightweight composite components
  • Application of cost-effective materials
  • Scrap and cycle time reduction
  • Combination of technologies to implement an efficient process route for a given composite component

FROM MATERIAL
TO FINAL COMPONENT

IMPROVING PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES

  • (Re-)design to AFP an FPP
  • Product-process matching
  • Improved performance and cost efficiency

DEVELOPING PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES

  • Material development
  • AFP and FPP digital process chain
  • Optimization of processing parameters

INTRODUCING NEW TECHNOLOGIES

  • Manufacturing process routes
  • From TRL1 to product qualification
  • Prototypes and small batches

CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING

  • Analysis of layup quality
  • High-quality testing facilities
  • Test reports

QUALIFYING FOR THE FUTURE

  • Technical training for engineers and/or operators
  • Knowledge transfer to customer teams

CONSULTING ON INNOVATIONS

  • Market, trend and profitability analyses
  • Feasibility studies

FPC AND
INDUSTRY PARTNERS

FPC IS A COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN R&D AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS

  • Definition of general scope, goals, IP, confidentiality etc.
  • Agreement for the utilization of the different machines
  • No legal status e.g. as a joint venture

JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS

  • Individual project definition
  • Short to medium-term contract research
  • Contract between customer and one ore more FPC partner/s

PUBLICLY FUNDED PROJECTS

  • Cooperation of partners from research and industry in a consortial R&D project: EU, national etc.
  • Involvement of one or more FPC partners

EMAIL

CONTACT

The FPC Fiber Placement Center is a cooperation between
SGL Carbon, Fraunhofer IGCV, Broetje-Automation, Cevotec, Compositence and Coriolis Composites.

JOINT EXPERTISE

Fiber Placement Center
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 18
86405 Meitingen / Germany
info@fiberplacementcenter.com
+49 8271 833460
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