CDCQ has acquired the AFP robotic cell developed by Effman with the help of the FANUC robot and AFP head from Addcomposites.

Learn about the constituents of composites, including fibers, matrix, and sandwich cores, and their terminology

Overview Learn about composite manufacturing methods most commonly used in the industry. Composite manufacturing is ready to meet the...

3D printing enables the manufacturing process to be automated since the entire process is driven by software

Learn about composite structure maintenance starting with testing, understanding the damages and their repair methods.

Overview Learn about composite manufacturing, including materials, manufacturing processes, and repair methods. Composite manufacturing...

Overview This brief course on composites is divided into 4 fundamental blogs covering a history of composites, introduction to...

The actual methods and techniques used by workers to manipulate flat sheets of composite material into shape during layup are described

Description of Sandwich Structures Basics Sandwich construction is a structural panel concept that consists in its simplest form of two...

Composites are used in a wide variety of markets, including aerospace, architecture, automotive, energy, infrastructure, marine,...

Composites have played an important role throughout human history, from housing early civilizations to enabling future innovations. No matte

Key components for building AFP system are described and sources are outlined

Why it's possible now? Automated composites manufacturing has been regarded as reserved only for the large industrial players due to the...

1960–1980: Automated Tape Laying (ATL) The 1960s were a Golden Age for composites manufacturing. The ongoing Space Race between the USA...

The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) boasts one of the top-rated engineering programs in the US, and one of the research groups...