CONBILITY´s Tape Placement Head successfully installed in Ireland at the University of Limerick

10.02.2020

In December 2019, Conbility delivered the modular 3D Tape Placement Applicator for tape winding and tape placement to the Bernal Institute of the University of Limerick, Ireland

Unique selling point of the “PrePro 3D” system is its multifunctional range of usage: it accomplishes laserassisted thermoplastic tape placement, IR-assisted thermoset prepreg placement including the unwinding of backing paper and dry fiber placement: Three technologies included in one single modular system. The system installed in Limerick is equipped with an infrared heating source but can be easily upgraded with a high-power diode laser system.

The JEC-award-winning “PrePro 3D” tape placement and winding applicator is available as 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 systems or machine systems by standard interfaces for the communication with the master control system. Conbility provides the single applicator as well as turn-key ready systems including the robot and handling systems as well as the laser-safe manufacturing cell.

The “PrePro 3D” head is based on 25 years of development work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) regarding laser-assisted tape processing with in-situ consolidation. Since 2018, Conbility GmbH is contract partner of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology, IPT for the commercialization and further development of the tape placement system “PrePro 2D” and “PrePro 3D”. For more information, please visit Conbility´s website: www.conbility.com.