Cevotec enables manufacturers to build complex fiber composites in high volume and quality – by smart process automation based on Fiber Patch Placement technology. With SAMBA, Cevotec offers customizable, automated fiber lay-up systems for challenging 3D geometries and multi-material laminates with complex fiber orientation. ARTIST STUDIO is the matching CAE software for generating patch-based fiber laminates and automated robot programming. Along with development services that include FE-based modeling and simulation, Cevotec offers the entire process chain from digital design to final fiber product.

Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) is the advanced technology for the automated fiber lay-up of geometrically complex composites and reinforcements. Defined fiber pieces (patches) are automatically cut from a tape and accurately positioned on a previously calculated position with the aid of two robots and a flexible patch gripper.

Product innovation:

Full automation for complex fiber composites – from CAE to fiber lay-up

The SAMBA Series Fiber Patch Placement systems and the matching CAE software ARTIST STUDIO enable manufacturers to build lightweight and complex fiber composite components: mainly in the aerospace and automotive industries, but also medical devices or sporting goods can be manufactured using defined fiber pieces (patches) or reinforced by them.

Benefits of additive manufacturing with fiber patches:

• Self-correcting, in-process quality inspection
• Multi-material lay-up capability (e.g. carbon-, glass fiber, dry, prepreg)
• Up to 50 % less material consumption, production time and cost
• Flexible automation platform: one system produces many different parts