Carbon Fiber Composite Automated Fiber Placement

I need a large monolithic composite structure laid down repeatably. Who has AFP or ATL capacity?

What it is

Laying slit prepreg tows onto a tool under robotic control, with individual tow cut and restart, allowing steered fiber paths and compound curvature. The route to repeatable large primary structure.

Suppliers

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Companies that perform this process on customer material.

Spirit AeroSystems Verified

Wichita, KS · Service provider

Section 41 fuselage scale

Two Electroimpact AFP machines build the monolithic 787 Section 41 fuselage structure.
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Input material

Forms this process takes in.

PrepregInput form

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