Robot Based Automation Concepts

GroFi – Fiber Placement Research Facility Production of up to 20 m x 5.5 m part size Combined usage of tape-laying and fibre-placement with up to 8 lay-up units (Kuka KR-500-2 with Siemens Control) Sensor systems for quality assurance and quality monitoring Primary thermoset prepreg and dry fibre material (thermoplastic also possible)	GroFi – fiber placement research facility (KR500 Hardware)
Fiber Placement Unit 2 robot-based fiber placement layup units Compact platform size of 2 m * 2.5 m with all necessary equipment Layup of 16 * ¼” thermoset prepreg Siemens Sinumerik 840D-sl controller Integration of sensor systems to assure aerospace quality requirements	fiber placement unit
Tape Laying Unit 2 robot-based tape laying units Compact platform size of 2 m * 2.5 m with all necessary equipment Layup of up to 150mm width thermoset prepreg (CFRP, GFRP, LSP) Siemens Sinumerik 840D-sl controller Integration of sensor systems to assure aerospace quality requirements	tape laying unit
DFP Unit 1 robot-based dry fiber placement unit Compact platform size of 2.8 m * 2.5 m with all necessary equipment Layup of 16 * ¼” dry fiber placement material (UD-Fibers with binder) New generation of IR heating device (no laser) Siemens 840D-sl controller	DFP unit
Roving Placement Unit 1 robot-based roving placement unit Layup of 16 * cfrp/gfrp roving placement material Direct binder application and activation	roving placement unit
KMR Quantec Wordwide the first KMR Quantec unit with KUKA omnimove and KUKA robot KUKA KRC4 robot control Compact size of 2m * 3m Quick connector system for several applications	KMR Quantec
KUKA KR15 Pivot Main Axle	KUKA KR15 Pivot Main Axle
KUKA KR60 Linear Main Axle	KUKA KR60 Linear Main Axle
Pick & Drape Robot Reis- RV240-180 on linear axis VITRONIC - optical detection of ply positioning FASTcurve – offline programming flexible, active draping-gripper ARGUS – optical drape analysis local electric binder activation	Pick & Drape Robot
Handling / QA – Robot wall mounted Reis RVL130 on linear axis FASTcurve – offline programming Eddy-Cus – fibre angle measurement Preform-insertion and part-demolding with vacuum grippers	Handling / QA – Robot
Finetrimming – Robot Reis portal robot RLP16 FASTcurve – offline programming EM-Systeme - ultrasonic knife Renishaw – referencing system laser – topology scan laserready safety housing vacuum assisted mold	Finetrimming – Robot