Opportunities and Developments for Laminated and Compressed Composites in the Aerospace and Complimentary Industries

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1 Forward Thinking Machinery for Lamination Opportunities and Developments for Laminated and Compressed Composites in the Aerospace and Complimentary Industries By: Wilson Oricchio Reliant Machinery Ltd. UK Forward Thinking Machinery for Lamination

2 Company Profile Established in 1969 Over machines built & delivered worldwide World leading manufacturer of continuous laminating, compression and fusing machinery Headquartered in Philadelphia USA Two factories in Europe; One factory in USA for special products R&D, Design, Assembly and operations based in Luton UK Sales & technical support offices in USA, UK, India, China, Mexico & South America and world-wide sales network through agents Regular new developments such as the high pressure Laminator Powerbond HPC and HPC-RT systems Company Profile

3 Laminating Process Laminating Process is a Combination of: Temperature (Heat) Speed (Dwelling Time) Pressure (Contact) Laminating Process

4 Flexible Laminating Process Powder Adhesive Scatter Pressure Wide Inlet Feed Heating Zones Pressure Cooling Zones Horizontal Zone Thickness Heating and flat conveyor density controls can run be allows allows controlled flexible top accurately and and bottom, rigid materials width to and be lengthways heating to be controlled independently processed Thin Pressure and thick can be materials applied can during be processed the heating and cooling process if Conveyors required Reel to reel by and carry the tunnel cut the piece gap materials processing setting through can be the handled process completely Powder Each stress-free zone coating, of heating films, and webs, cooling PSA s can and be individually other types pressurized of adhesives Multi-layer can be applied processing on continuous can be webs laminated or sheets Single or multiple sets of pressure rollers in can one be pass installed Speed of processing can be varied widely Flexible Laminating Process

5 Unique Modular Concept EXISTING EXISTING Powerbond Powerbond Laminator Cooling Module NEW NEW Powerbond Unwinder Cooling Module NEW NEW IR Hood Powerbond Heating Module EXISTING EXISTING 3 Position Powerbond Unwinder Heating Module EXISTING Rewinder EXISTING Powerbond NEW Heating Conveyor / Pressure Module Belt Unique Modular Concept NEW Powder Scatter

6 Advantages of Long Heat Tunnels Temperature Standard Process Glue Line Temperature Temperature Difference Standard Process Substrate Temperature Glue Line Level Retained Heat Zone RELIANT Machine Glue Line Temperature RELIANT Machine Substrate Temperature Standard Processes Reliant Machines Advantages of Long Heat Tunnels Heat Tunnel Length

7 Powerbond HPC Testing Line Installed in our Factory in Luton-UK Powerbond HPC 2200 mm width Equipped with: Powder Scatter Infrared Hood Unwinders and Rewinders. Suitable for laminating roll to roll or sheets. Powerbond HPC

8 Where Reliant Equipment is Used Automotive Technical Textiles Household Compression Medical Leisure Industry Industrial Defence Lingerie Filtration Office Furniture Footwear Where Reliant Equipment is Used

9 Aerospace Industry Laminated and Compressed Carbon Fibre Aircraft Body Components Aerospace Industry

10 Aerospace Industry Over the Years COPYRIGHT 2005 THE BOEING COMPANY Aerospace Industry Over the Years

11 Materials Aerospace Industry Over the Years 1% 3% 11% Composites Steel Titanium Aluminium Miscellaneous % Boeing 747 Boeing 757/767 Boeing COPYRIGHT 2005 THE BOEING COMPANY Aerospace Industry Over the Years

12 Materials Carbon laminate Carbon sandwich Other composites Aluminium Titanium Aerospace Industry Over the Years 747 1% 757/767 3% % % 81% 79% 70% 20% Aerospace Industry Over the Years COPYRIGHT 2005 THE BOEING COMPANY

13 Composites Advantages Fonte : Charles Harris AIAA SDM conference 2011 Aerospace Industry

14 Aerospace Industry Over the Years COPYRIGHT 2005 THE BOEING COMPANY Aerospace Industry Over the Years

15 Aerospace Seating Aerospace Seating

16 Advantages Aerospace Seating Weight Saving Biological X Aesthetic Efficiency Aesthetic Advantage Weight Biological Efficiency Saving Advantage Using our laminating systems, a softer, more comfortable, and modern design of seat Using By using our our laminating lamination systems, will fully (with reduce upholstered, films the webs number flexible - powder of sewing and adhesives), removable operations seat lighter needed covers nonwoven s be produced and/or a seat which and thinner can will foams provide easily can be significant hygienically be used to manufacturing achieve cleaned the and same cost refitted savings. level to of the stiffness Additional seat. The to can can be achieved. The introduction of laminating, allows materials such as leather to be more easily used and also integrated with non woven s and other materials to achieve required, lamination features such therefore of barrier as flame providing and retardant breathable significant adhesives membrane weight can savings also films easily can for also be each incorporated be seat introduced produced. with to provide suitable design features. additional non-woven s biological by the lamination benefits. process. Aerospace Seating

17 Honeycomb Calibration Lamination Honeycomb

18 Prepregs Sheets, Tapes, Tows, Fabrics, UD s, Multiaxial s, or Mats pre-impregnated with film, powder of liquid resin. Prepregs

19 Compression & Lamination Combined Raw Material Up to 150 mm thick Raw Material Compressed From 1 to 4 mm P O W E R B O N D H P C Laminated Isolation Panel Compression & Lamination Combined

20 Compression & Lamination Combined Compression & Lamination Combined

21 Real Vision in Laminating Technology Thank you!!! «ИК-Технологии» , Россия, Санкт-Петербург, Софийская ул. д. 8 Тел. +7 (812) / info@ik-technology.ru Reliant Machinery UK Unit L, Cradock Road Luton Bedfordshire LU4 0JF UK Phone: sales@reliant-machinery.co.uk0