Gardner Business Media | Modern Machine Shop | Additive Manufacturing | Products Finishing | MoldMaking Technology | Production Machining | Plastics Technology | Gardner Intelligence Delivering the Global Composites Market SUBSCRIBE Magazine Newsletter GO Materials Processes Design & Tooling Markets | Latest Issue Blog News Webinars Podcast Digital Demos Sourcebook ATL/AFP PROCESSES 6/1/2021 | 1 MINUTE READ Electroimpact launches plug-and-play AFP system Appears in Print as: 'Plug-and-play AFP system' Automation and automated fiber and tape placement specialist Electroimpact has introduced Scorpion, a new modular plug-and-play automated fiber placement (AFP) system designed for research and laboratory applications. EDITED BY JEFF SLOAN Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld SHARE Electroimpact Scorpion automated fiber placement system. Photo Credit: Electroimpact Automation and automated fiber and tape placement specialist Electroimpact (Mukilteo, Wash., U.S.) has introduced Scorpion, a new modular plug-and-play automated fiber placement (AFP) system designed for research and laboratory applications. Electroimpact calls Scorpion an AFP4.0 system that includes a Fanuc M-900iB/700 robot, a four-lane 0.25-inch AFP head, a 3 x 1.5-meter flat vacuum charge table, a laser safety enclosure and operator interface. Electroimpact Scorpion automated fiber placement system inside enclosure with vacuum table. Photo Credit: Electroimpact The AFP head , which can lay down thermoset or thermoplastic prepreg fiber or dry fiber, features servo-powered creels and offers a two-segment eye-safe laser or a four-segment high-output laser. Speed capabilities include 100 m/min initial feed, 75 m/min refeed and 75 m/min cut. Standard in-process inspection covers tow ends and process errors; optional inspection technologies cover laps/gaps, foreign object debris (FOD) and backer detection. System expansion options include a part rotator, eight- or 16-lane head and 0.125- or 0.5-inch tows. RELATED CONTENT Automating wind blade manufacture Recent technology announcements portend a new era of more efficient blade production. A350 XWB update: Smart manufacturing Spirit AeroSystems actualizes Airbus’ intelligent design for the A350’s center fuselage and front wing spar in Kinston, N.C. JEC World 2016, the full report CompositesWorld's editors report on the technologies and products that caught our eye at JEC World 2016, in early March.

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