Newsletter June

SAMBA Pro for pressure vessels, trapezoid patches, new FPP Webinar and welcome Chary to the team!

Dear friends of Fiber Patch Placement,

Summer is here and the 2nd quarter of 2022 comes to close. It was a busy and exciting quarter! Not only did we have the chance to meet many of you in person again at the JEC in Paris and SAMPE US in Charlotte, but we also progressed well in our projects and further advanced FPP technology.

Two developments are in particular noteworthy for manufacturers of composite pressure vessels: First off, we started building a dedicated SAMBA System for tank reinforcements. And concurrently, our software team develops relevant features for ARTIST STUDIO that optimally support development engineers in laminate creation for dome reinforcements.

Besides our engagement for pressure vessels, we continue our focus on the needs of our aerospace customers. Based on the numerous requests we received, we’ve scheduled a next webinar that focuses on applying FPP technology on composite aerostructures, including a discussion of results of our mechanical characterization test campaign and introducing available simulation capabilities for patch-based laminates.

Enjoy your read!

Your
Thorsten Gröne

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Contact
+49 89 2314 165 0
advantages@cevotec.com

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Products

New SAMBA family member: SAMBA Pro PV

To contribute to the global transition away from oil towards green hydrogen, we at Cevotec are working on a dedicated 3D Fiber Patch Placement lay-up system called SAMBA Pro PV for pressure vessel reinforcements. Those reinforcements enable, among other benefits, material savings as well as increasing the storage efficiency in type IV tanks. The system we are currently building is optimized for fast cycle time and a high flexibility for different vessel dimensions, with the objective to seamlessly integrate into new and existing pressure vessel manufacturing lines. We’re aiming to build-up and commission the new SAMBA Pro PV in our cevoLab within the coming 12 months. Stay tuned for updates on this development!

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Technology

Trapezoid shaped patches in ARTIST STUDIO

One application where the use of FPP is very beneficial are dome reinforcements for composite pressure vessels, for example for hydrogen storage like explained above. Our CAD-CAM software ARTIST STUDIO supports engineers to create an optimized FPP laminate. Patches are automatically created and distributed along defined curves which cover the whole surface of the component. However, the dome areas of pressure vessels are characterized by curves with small radii which can make it difficult to achieve a homogeneous thickness with FPP-typical rectangular patches. Using trapezoid shaped patches allows a more even distribution along tight curves, resulting in an even thickness throughout the laminate. Read our blog article to learn more about the new beta feature:

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Have a look in our video showing the new ARTIST STUDIO features, including trapezoid patches:

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Company

Welcome Chary!

Beginning of June, our Application Development team got a new colleague: Bhargava Chary Ambarepeta. He is looking forward to contributing with his experiences and skills in the development of our FPP technology after following our activities for more than two years via newsletter and blog articles. In his position as Application Development Engineer, he is responsible for applying our FPP technology on composite components, e.g. feasibility studies, demonstrators and prototypes for series productions. We’re happy to have such a big fan on board and looking forward to setting milestones in composites with Chary! You want to know more? Read our blog article:

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You’re also looking for a new challenge and would like to set milestones in composites with us? Check out our latest job offers:

Career

If you want to stay tuned about our job openings, subscribe for our jobletter:

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And if you know somebody, who might be interested, please forward this newsletter!

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Technology

Webinar: Fiber Patch Placement for composite aerostructures

FPP laminates feature a large number of patches representing a discontinuous fiber pattern. Naturally, the question of material equivalency to classical laminate designs with continuous fibers arises. In our last newsletter, we presented our new whitepaper on FPP for composite aerostructures investigating that question.

To further explore the topic, we would like to invite you to our webinar on “FPP for composite aerostructures” which takes place on Wednesday, September 28, at 4.30 pm CET / 10:30 am EST. We would like to give an idea on how to unfold the benefits of FPP for aerospace applications. The webinar comprises fundamentals of FPP, related material characterization of patch-based laminates and an introduction of simulation capabilities developed by Cevotec. Targeting the design and manufacturing of next-generation aerostructures, FPP offers a significant potential for optimized design, performance improvements and cost reductions, if applied in the right way.

Register here for our webinar:

Register

Download our whitepaper on “FPP for composite aerostructures” here:

Download whitepaper

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Events

See you around
Back in May, the first live JEC World for two years took place. It was so great to meet you, our customers and business partners, finally in person again! End of May, we traveled to the US and exhibited at the SAMPE North America exhibition and conference. Dr. Florian Lenz presented on “FPP in aerostructures” and we had a lot of interesting discussions.

Now we’re looking forward to the next great events in autumn: ICS in London, CAMX in Anaheim (US), SAMPE Europe in Hamburg and further promising shows and meetings. We’re looking forward to meeting you there! Check out our cevoCalendar:

Aerospace & Defense Meetings Tel Aviv 2022
September 13 – 14, 2022
Tel Aviv, Israel

ICS International Composites Summit
September 21 – 22, 2022
London, United Kingdom
Booth N3

CAMX The Composites And Advanced Materials Expo
October 17 – 20, 2022
Anaheim, California

Aeromart Toulouse
November 29 – December 1, 2022
Toulouse, France

12th Aviation Forum 2022
December 5 – 6, 2022
Munich, Germany

Upcoming events

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Thank you for spending some time with us

We hope, you enjoyed reading our latest cevoNews. Stay tuned and don’t miss our next newsletter after the summer break! Have a nice summertime and don’t forget to recharge your batteries!

Your

Henriette Morgenstern

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