GroFi: Large-scale fiber placement research facility

Abstract

GroFi: Large-scale ber placement research facility Abstract: GroFi is a large research facility operated by the German Aerospace Center's Center for Lightweight-Production-Technology in Stade. A combination of di erent layup technologies namely (dry) ber placement and tape laying, allows the development and validation of new production technologies and processes for large-scale composite components. Due to the use of coordinated and simultaneously working layup units a high exibility of the research platform is achieved. This allows the investigation of new materials, technologies and processes on both, small coupons, but also large components such as wing covers or fuselage skins.

Manufacturing-Induced Imperfections in Composite Parts Manufactured via Automated Fiber Placement

“…AFP machine (called GroFi[33]) at the Center for Lightweight-Production-Technology (ZLP), courtesy of DLR-ZLP.…”