Composites Manufacturing Machines
Mikrosam has over 35 years of experience in the development of various types of composites manufacturing machines. From Filament winders to Automated Fiber Placement and full manufacturing plants that include material handling, manufacturing historians and MES interfaces, Mikrosam can bring your manufacturing of composites into reality. All of our systems are delivered turn key, come with a full two year warranty and concierge and remote technical support.
Why our customers choose Mikrosam for composites manufacturing solutions
- Innovative features, leading components, and robust design for long operation
- Deep process understanding of Composites processes
- Extensive experience with automation, motion control and robotics
- In house development of all software including a world class manufacturing historian on every machine to support SPC, digital twin and MES order interfaces.
- No use of proprietary software of components enabling customers to easily support the machines long into the future
- Longest warranty in the industry
- Custom solutions to meet specific needs designed and engineered to customer requirements.
Cell Configurations
- Overhead Portal for Multi-spindle – standard filament winders with up to 6 axes, or multiple spindle configuration for fast, industry-leading capabilities
- Floor-bed and Movable Carriage – large mandrel, heavy-duty applications, up to 6 axis
- Robotic – for R&D and complex shape prototyping
- Hybrid – FW and AFP Special solutions for space and R&D applications
Multi-Spindle Units for High-Capacity Solutions
Key Features:
- Advanced solutions for LPG, CNG, hydrogen tanks, and other composite pressure vessels
- Large capacity production output
- Simultaneously winding up to 5 spindles
- Tailor-made configuration
- Wet and Dry (towpreg) Winding
- Stable and precise geometry
Technical Characteristics:
- Heavy duty design
- Diameter range: 50mm up to 800mm
- Length range: 600mm up to 3m
- Max.mandrel weight: 500kg
- Individual Fiber Tension Range: 5-80 N
- 0-90º winding angle capability
- QCS-Quality Control System
Floor-bed and Heavy-duty units for Large Mandrels
Key features:
- Robust steel construction
- Carriage bed length according to customer’s requirements
- Possibility for carriage-mounted fiber creel
- Single or dual-spindle configuration with large diameter capabilities
- First automated single-cell with AFP and FW for large complex composite parts
- Wet and Dry (towpreg) Winding
- High performance for large composite parts
Technical characteristics:
- Diameter range: 50mm up to 4m
- Length range: 1m up to 30m
- Max. mandrel weight: up to 80t
- Tape tension range: 500-4,000N
- 0º-90º winding angle capability
- Up to 6-axis configuration
- Individual fiber tension: 5-80N
- Safety integration in all modes of operation
- Additional functions: Prepreg or other tape winding
Mikrosam Prepreg Making Machines
Technical characteristics:
- Long history in delivery of various large-scale prepreg machines
- Hotmelt, solvent, thermoplastic and towpreg production technology
- Proven capabilities in delivering high-quality prepreg machines
- On-demand production
- Long-term investment, short payback period
- Develop, define and apply your proprietary prepreg making/slitting technology
- R&D and industrial scale equipment
- In-house installed machine for demonstration and testing
- Hot melt, solvent or powder scattering
- Thermoset or thermoplastic
- Belt press design available
- Full manufacturing historian and MES interface
- Advanced HMI/SCADA Controls
Composite Automation Handling Systems
Automatic Handling Units perform all handling operations:
✔️ Loading and unloading liners/vessels between liner stations or buffer stations
✔️ Filament winding machine
✔️ Continuous curing oven
✔️ Variety of auxiliary and supporting equipment option
Robot Based System
- Robot Kuka, Abb, Fanuc, or similar
- Robot linear carriage
- Handling frame with sensors for liners and products
- Exchangeable Handling Frame (tool changer) adapters for variety of Type 3 or Type 4 products
Area Gantry System
- Modular and precise multi-axis gantry system with a high level of flexibility
- Perfect for heavy loads, long travel distances, or small workspaces
- A variety of sizes means loads up to 3000 kg are covered
- Portal Longitudinal Linear motion axis – X axis (X1 and X2 axis)
- Transverse (carriage) Linear motion axis – Y axis (Y1 and Y2 axis)
- Vertical Linear motion axis – Z (Z1 and Z2 axis)
- Vertical maximum axis stroke up to 2m
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Copyright © Composite Automation, LLC 2020. All rights reserved.