Hydrogen fuel cells play a key role in future mobility concepts. One of the most relevant manufacturing strategies for lightweight pressure vessels is the filament winding process. Within an internal study, we explored the opportunities to extend our expertise for the virtual design of composite pressure vessels. Please feel free to check out a short wrap-up of the outcome!

The SAMPE Europe 21 Conference will be held in Baden / Zürich, Switzerland from 29 – 30 September 2021. Our co-founder Dr. Benedikt Fengler will give a live presentation on the “Rapid determination of suitable reinforcement type in continuous fiber-reinforced composites for multiple load cases” on September 30, 2021, in the 08:30 – 10:00 (CET) session.

A Korean-German consortium started working on a publicly funded project called Accord for the next three years. The Accord project team will work on the industrialization of process and simulation techniques for the 3D skeleton winding process (3DSW). The aim of this research project is to develop, manufacture and commission a fully automated process line on an industrial pilot scale for the robot-based production of thermoplastic structural components using complex continuous fiber reinforcement structures.

A few weeks ago, we began working on a company teaser video. Today, we are more than happy to share the result. Check out the video below!

Fraunhofer Project Centre at Western University is hosting a free, 2-part webinar series held by SIMUTENCE on the advanced process and part simulation for fiber-reinforced composites. Register now for free for part 2 focusing on SMC materials.