Objective
Lightweight components and their energy-efficient production will form one of the most important key factors for the European industry to fulfil the ever increasing global demands. Nowadays, for 3D-shaped, multi-layered products based on flexible materials only specialized and semi-automated manufacturing equipment is available. The project “Integrated Process Chain for Automated and Flexible Production of Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Products (FibreChain)” aims at the development of worldwide first automated turnkey manufacturing systems for fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites (FRTC) addressing public and private transportation, mechanical, chemical and civil engineering as well as consumer goods.
FibreChain will generate 20.8 billion € in 5 years and promote a world leading European fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) industry. FibreChain will more than double the productivity by cost-effective, energy-efficient and flexible manufacturing of FRTCs products due to:
-Customised and yet highly automated production
-Multi-functional (laser) equipment
-Near-Net-Shape production (scrap rates down to 3%)
-Integrated measurement systems
-Knowledge and simulation models along all processes
A multidisciplinary consortium from 7 European countries with outstanding competencies in material, machine tools, manufacturing, laser technology, metrology, simulation and control will accomplish an integrated process chain and make available:
-Process-adapted prepreg materials with carbon, aramid, glass, basalt and natural fibres
-UD-prepregs to overcome drawbacks of fabrics and impregnation processes
-Energy-efficient out-of-autoclave production
-Laser systems and processes for integration of tape laying, cutting and joining
-In-situ integration of holes and inserts during thermoforming
-Integrated material/process data base, simulation and quality assurance system
Thus, OEMs and SMEs synchronise their production of FRTCs with the technological inputs from lean manufacturing systems.
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FP7-NMP-2010-LARGE-4
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