Meet the Filament Winder
The Filament Winder from Cygnet Texkimp is used to manufacture hydrogen pressure vessels, and is part of the NCC's state-of-the-art design, test and manufacturing facility for hydrogen.
Meet the Automated Fibre Placement- Automated Tape Layup
This is one of the state of the art Automated Fibre Placement- Automated Tape Layup (AFP-ATL) Capabilities at the UK's National Composites Centre. With a selection of heat sources and heads this fantastic piece of equipment is flexible for use for all sectors and available for use.
Meet the Braider
Comprising 288 and 192 spools, our braider is more than twice as flexible as a single ring braider. The two rings and a 10m long gantry enables us to braid complex circular, rectangular and convex sections, in the widest possible range from 50mm to 800mm equivalent diameter. The NCC braider is also capable of a very high deposition rate - up to 50 kg/h.
Meet the Tensioned Fibre Placement
Tensioned Fibre Placement (TFP) technology enables multi-material layup capabilities enabled by multiple heat sources with interchangeable AFP and TFP end effectors. TFP allows the automated deposition of fibres in complex geometries. The equipment allows to mix filament winding and fibre placement into one single component.
Meet the Automated Preforming Cell
The Automated Preforming Cell (APC) enables the fabrication of parts using diverse processes and is capable of developing complex geometries in a fully automated process to create highly repeatable parts up to 1m x 3m.
Meet the Overmoulder
A composite sheet is melted and formed, and then thermoplastic polymer is injected over the surface in this highly automated process, that can achieve rapid cycle production of less than 5 minutes with potential for under 60 second cycle times for some parts.
