First fibre patch placement system for the USA
Cevotec will install a Samba Pro Prepreg fibre patch placement system at the Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), at The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).
12th January 2021
Germany s Cevotec is to install a Samba Pro Prepreg fibre patch placement (FPP) system at the Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), at The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU).
Since its inception in 1985, NIAR has become the USA’s premier aviation research institute. With nearly a million square feet of research and office space, it provides research, design, testing, certification and training to the aerospace and manufacturing industries, Department of Defense and other government agencies.
NIAR’s ATLAS Lab to Install SAMBA Pro System in 2021
The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU) selected Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) technology for their portfolio of future composites production technologies. By the end of 2021, Cevotec will install a SAMBA
Pro Prepreg system at NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS).
Related Stories
Inside SAMBA Pro Prepreg. Image Credit: Cevotec.
Since its inception in 1985, the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU) become the United States’ premier aviation research institute. With nearly one million square feet of research and office space, NIAR provides research, design, testing, certification and training to the aerospace and manufacturing industries, FAA, Department of Defense and other government agencies.
Photo Credit: Cevotec GmbH
The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU, Wichita, Kan., U.S.) has announced that it has selected Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) technology to expand its technology portfolio for future composites production technologies. The installation of Cevotec GmbH’s (Munich, Germany) SAMBA Pro Prepreg system at NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) will be ready by end of 2021.
“Together with our U.S. partner Composite Automation, we are excited about this first FPP system in the United States and look forward to future R&D collaborations with NIAR,” states Thorsten Groene, managing director of Cevotec.
Photo Credit: Cevotec
The Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV (Augsburg, Germany) reported that it has taken a SAMBA Pro Prepreg production system from Cevotec GmbH (Munich, Germany) into operation at its Fiber Placement Center (FPC, Meitingen, Germany) of which SGL Carbon (Wiesbaden, Germany), Cevotec and Coriolis Composites (Queven, France) are also partners. The system is at the disposal of all FPC industrial partners as well as all interested companies to develop automated carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) production processes on the basis of the Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) technology.
“When Cevotec officially joined the FPC at JEC World 2019, it was clear that a Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) system would be installed in the FPC to provide our partners and customers with a complete portfolio of the latest technologies and developments for the next generation of composite manufacturing,” says Hannah Paulus, head of Fiber P