In October 2018, contract partner of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology Conbility delivered the modular tape placement applicator PrePro 3D to the Technology Center AIMEN in O Porriño, Spain, within a delivery time of four months.
The PrePro 3D system’s USP is its multifunctional range of usages, from laser-assisted thermoplastic tape placement, to IR-assisted thermoset prepreg placement and dry fibre placement.
The JEC-award-winning PrePro 3D tape placement and winding applicator is available as a modular tool with decentral control system and HMI (including closed-loop control of energy input into the processing zone) for the plug-in implementation in existing robot or machine systems.
The PrePro 3D head is based on 25 years of development work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology.
Conbility supports manufacturing companies and production-related service providers in the efficient design and optimisation of their value chains through consulting services for production processes as well as individual analyses and strategies for market, technology and competitive scenarios.
Targeting stakeholders in the composite industry, Conbility also offers the latest laying and winding technologies from the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and its affiliated institutes.
