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JEC WORLD 2017

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Innovative PowerPattern heating technology > Booth:
Industrial Fibre Patch
> Booth:
LaminaHeat is launching its new PowerPattern Hall 5A - A54
Placement machine and software
Hall 6 - S83
non-metallic heating technology at the JEC show in Paris.
With Artist Studio and Samba,
Available in widths up to 2 m and manufactured on a continuous
Munich-based Cevotec presents
basis, the segmentation allows to substantially expand the applithe first industry-ready production
cation fields. Typically, full-surface heaters are limited to square
solution for carbon composites
or rectangular shapes. LaminaHeat has overcome this limitation and based on the Fibre Patch Placement
can offer for the first time uneven geometries by keeping a homoge- (FPP) technology. Fibre Patch Placement
nous heat distribution over the entire surface area.
enables the fully automated production of geometrically complex composites. The easy-to-use CAD-CAM software Artist Studio consists of two
These heaters can be embedded modules. The first one, Patch Artist, creates patch-based high-performance
in virtually any existing custom- laminates with variable fibre orientation and variable component thickness,
er matrix. Having a thickness of optimizing the patch overlaps of a curvilinear fibre architecture with a propriunder 100 micron, LaminaHeat etary algorithm. The second module, Motion Artist, uses the virtual laminate
can be placed exactly where heat to perform an automatic and collision-free offline programming of Samba's
is needed just a few millimetres two interacting robots. The Samba preforming system allows for a discrete
away from the radiating surface orientation of each patch to achieve perfect fibre orientation in complex load
area. The embedded matrices conditions for increased strength and stiffness. It also significantly reduces
can be rigid or flexible. Power scrap and eliminates additional forming processes through 3D net-shape
can be programmed from 50 to preforming. A wide range of applications across industries demonstrate the
5000 W/m2 and it can operate commercial potential of Cevotec's innovation. Complex geometries such
from 110 V to 680 V depending as aircraft window funnels or motorcycle helmets can now be produced in
on the customer's requirements. a continuous, automated process from virtual design to the fibre preform.
Samples of the new technology In addition, structural components such as automotive and aerospace seat
will be available for the first time backs can be reinforced to tailor mechanical properties, but the technology
at the JEC Show in Paris.
also finds its use in applications to reinforce axles and pedals.

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www.cevotec.com

Making ideas economically
> Booth:
producible with i2P
Hall 6 - C79
Conbility specializes in solutions
and products to support job,
process and product costing for
manufacturing processes. What
makes the company's offer unique is
the combination of consulting, the
OPLYSIS award-winning software and its great expertise in material and
production technologies. Conbility presents a new and unique approach as
a solution provider: Idea to Production (I2P). Its expert team helps customers in every phase of the product development cycle, and on the basis
of lean manufacturing, turns their idea into the best possible production
solution. Market and technology knowledge is combined with process optimization along the entire value chain, as well as high expertise and a large
network in terms of production technologies. The company provides extensive consulting services such as market analysis, technology consulting,
production audits, as well as process cost analysis and process optimization.
A key component is OPLYSIS, developed in collaboration with industry,
which models process chains by easy drag & drop and calculates production costs and performance. One powerful functionality of OPLYSIS is the
sensitivity analysis that identifies and quantifies cost and time drivers in the
production process. A new interface is now fully customizable and flexible
so that users can tailor the analysis to their needs. The new dashboard functionality uses drag & drop, enabling users to create their own dashboards
to summarize analysis results and allow easy access to all input and output
parameters.
www.conbility.com

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www.laminaheat.com

Ceramicx offers IR heating
> Booth:
and solutions for composites
Hall 6 - C78
Ceramicx Ltd. brings its ground-breaking infrared heating expertise to
JEC 2017 for the first time in the company's 25-year history.
The demand for Ceramicx-designed and built IR ovens for composites processing has increased dramatically in the past 18 months as the
benefits of its IR-based systems have become apparent in the composites
field. The company's list of bespoke ovens built for blue-chip OEM users in
automotive, aerospace, marine and defence is growing. Over 95% of its systems are exported and leading geographical markets for this technology includes the USA, the Far East, Europe and the
UK. JEC 2017 also sees the company share
details of its upcoming proprietary oven systems. The Vector drape forming machine will
heat and cure carbon composite materials
whether prepreg or dry fibre, optimising the
balance between temperature, penetration,
power and cycle time. The Vector can be customised to meet the customer's size requirements with no exclusive minimum or maximum dimensions for parts. The
heaters are individually powered and controlled in zones by the Siemens
HCS system, in conjunction with calibrated optical temperature measurement. Multiple trolleys and vacuum systems can be supplied to further ensure that process time is as short as possible. Ceramicx has optimised the
heating parameters in order to save the user time and money and to ensure
that the properties of IR heat are best exploited for composite materials, application and processes.
www.ceramicx.com

http://www.laminaheat.com http://www.cevotec.com http://www.ceramicx.com http://www.conbility.com

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