The topic field Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) at the Chair of Carbon Composites has been working on thermoset and thermoplastic AFP for many years. Experimental and numerical methods are used to investigate the influence of process parameters on the processability of semi-finished products and on the component quality. The LCC operates two AFP machines from Coriolis and AFPT.

The following work has been published recently:

-Sylvester Vogl: Influence of compaction and curing in the Automated Fiber Placement Process on the mechanical performance of composite laminates, Composite Structures: doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.117826
-Vincent Backmann: Laser-assisted automated tape laying: Effects of placement rate and heated tooling on layer bonding and tensile properties, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials: doi.org/10.1177/08927057241290469
-Fabian Diemar:  X-ray micro-computed tomography for mechanical behaviour analysis of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) laminates with integrated gaps and overlaps, Composite Structures: doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118601

More information about the topic field you can find here.