VS 

• Our innovative Continuous Tow Shearing (CTS), the world’s first automated composites manufacturing process that can place carbon fibre tapes along curved paths without generating defects.

• Our patented fibre steering technology realises ultra-lightweight composite structures beyond the limit of the conventional straight fibre designs and complex geometry, which is not manufacturable using current state-of-the-art technologies.

ADVANCED

STRUCTURAL

EFFICIENCY

HIGH

GEOMETRICAL COMPLEXITY

REDUCED

MATERIAL

WASTE

Fibres can follow directly the primary load paths

• Reduction of stress concentration (holes, joints, etc)

• Drastically improved buckling performance (insensitivity to geometric imperfections)

• Drastic weight savings

• Expanded design space improves all aspects of structural performance (vibration response, aeroelastic tailoring, etc)

Realising complex composite structures non-manufacturable

in the past

• Steering can lead to near net-shape preforms, reducing the material waste (e.g. curved wing stiffeners)

• Steering of tapes is necessary to fully cover doubly-curved components

• Potential benefits in forming performance

More effective use of expensive materials

CTS can also drastically reduce 

labour costs and manufacture

times owing to minimised material

use and wastage.

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