Carbon fiber winding of pressure vessels

Development of hydrogen pressure vessels with multiscale simulation

Hydrogen storage as an enabler for sustainable mobility Hardly any other technology brings engineers and environmentalists together faster than hydrogen/fuel cell propulsion. After all, the vision of emission-free energy generation and use seems obvious: Theoretically, hydrogen can be produced by electrolysis with renewable energies without […]

Lightness made in Stuttgart: Tech start-up combines bionic design with high tech materials for future logistics

Lightness made in Stuttgart: Tech start-up combines bionic design with high tech materials for future logistics The Vision Van of Mercedes-Benz Vans, that was recently revealed at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2016 and at CES Las Vegas, combines groundbreaking design with innovative technical solutions and […]

Figure 4: Robot assisted 3D preform analysis (IFB) of a damaged preform with fiber angle recognition (FIBRE)

Holistic development of high quality composite parts based on automated preforming

This Article (pdf) has been published in JEC magazine no. 103, March 2016, Special JEC World.     Summary: Where can process-know how and robot based optical preform measurement get you? The reduction of production costs and the realization of lightweight targets for composite forming […]