Industry: Manufacturing Region: Europe Transaction price: US $1 million Method of transaction: Equity investment
Company profile
The UK company is dedicated to the research, development and manufacturing of carbon fiber composites. It is a spin-off company of the world's top 100 universities and has developed advanced patented manufacturing processes for carbon fiber composites. Advanced carbon fiber composites made using this process are lighter, stronger and cheaper than those made using other state-of-the-art technologies in aerospace, automotive, Marine and other fields.
CTS (continuous tow shearing) is a patented automated composite deposition process that, unlike existing AFP (automatic fiber placement) technology, enables a defect-free fiber steering process, resulting in high structural efficiency, high geometric complexity, low production time and low material costs.
Patent technology
Using in-plane shear steering; No steering defect; Minimum turning radius less than 50 mm; It's independent of sideband width; The design process is simple.
The innovative continuous tow shearing (CTS) technology is the world's first automated composite fabrication process that allows carbon fiber strips to be placed along curved paths without defects.
The patented fiber steering technology enables ultra-lightweight composite structures that transcend the limitations of traditional straight fiber designs and complex geometry, which are not possible with other current state-of-the-art technologies.
Technical advantages
High structural efficiency: the fiber can be used along the main load path, reducing stress concentration (holes, joints, etc.), greatly improving buckling performance (insensitive to geometric defects), greatly reducing weight, and increasing design space to improve all aspects of structural performance (vibration response, aeroelastic tailoring, etc.).
High Geometrical Complexity: Realizing complex composite structures that could not be manufactured in the past: Steering enables prefabrication to approach final shape, thus reducing material waste (e.g. curved wing stiffeners).
Reduce material waste: More efficient use of expensive materials: Continuous tow shearing (CTS) can also significantly reduce labor costs and manufacturing time by minimizing material use and waste.
Cooperation intention
The technology is now seeking partners. Please contact us if you are interested