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The Continuous Composite Preforming System is an integrated pre-cure stacking, cutting and forming unit that allows the automatic pre-forming of various profile types in a continuous (endless) process. The Continuous Composite Preforming System has been developed by Broetje-Automation in close collaboration with its customers and is individually adaptable to customer needs for various types of shapes and forms.
Technical Data
- Material storage: 21 creels up to 600mm diam. (approx. 140m BiAx material with 495gsm)
- 98 Servo drives
- 19 drop units to allow various stack sequences from 2 to 21 layers
- 31 controlled heating devices
- Machine width: 3.8m
- Machine height: 2.6m
- Machine length: 44m (Adjustable to required floor space)
- 2 logic controllers
- 12 proportional flow valves
- 226 pneumatic position switches
Special Features
- Easy loading / unloading of material storage with quick release mechanism
- Build up of various stack sequences and applications with several reinforcement types (width/length, contour – foot to web transition)
- Ultrasonic in-process trimming unit cuts through fully consolidated preform
- Trimming of flange and web area
- Lateral cut on the fly to desired preform length without process interruption
- Heating and stabilization of complex profile stack
- cross section forming to desired final contour with adaptable web and flange length
- Automatic gap filler inseration unit
- Large-area drive units which exert only low shearing forces on the fibres
- Curvature and joggle forming
SOUL OLPS User Meeting 2025: More productivity and quality in NC programming and simulation
- Published on 4 April 2025
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Putting the customer at the centre – that is the idea behind the annual SOUL OLPS user meeting at Broetje-Automation. From 19 to 21 March, this year’s SOUL OLPS user meeting took place at the company’s headquarters in Rastede. The annual event is a valuable opportunity for in-depth discussions on current challenges and best practices in NC programming and simulation. In addition to sharing best practices, new features for the leading offline NC programming system were presented, including integration with the latest “3D Experience Platform” and the realisation of a comprehensive digital twin of machine, process and component.
Broetje-Automation Showcases Cutting-Edge Composite Manufacturing Technology at JEC World 2025!
- Published on 25 February 2025
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Visit our Booth in Hall 5 #M115 | March 4-6, 2025 | Paris, France
Rastede, Germany – Broetje-Automation, a global leader in advanced manufacturing solutions, invites industry professionals, researchers and the media to visit its booth at JEC World 2025, the premier trade show for the composites industry. The event will take place from 4 to 6 March 2025 in Paris, where Broetje-Automation will present groundbreaking innovations in composite manufacturing, including a large hydrogen tank demonstrator for future aircraft and the revolutionary STAXX Flex 8-tow end-effector.