定制預(yù)浸料鋪層生產(chǎn)的工業(yè)化和大批量應(yīng)用的成型技術(shù)是復(fù)合材料行業(yè)面臨的挑戰(zhàn)，復(fù)合材料生產(chǎn)企業(yè)的目標(biāo)是將數(shù)字化，自動(dòng)化和最先進(jìn)的材料和工藝結(jié)合起來(lái)，實(shí)現(xiàn)從工廠生產(chǎn)到高性能、大批量工業(yè)應(yīng)用。
索爾維在復(fù)合材料和結(jié)構(gòu)應(yīng)用工藝方面的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位以及Airborne在自動(dòng)化工藝流程和數(shù)字系統(tǒng)方面的專業(yè)知識(shí)將有助于為復(fù)合材料行業(yè)面臨的工業(yè)化挑戰(zhàn)提供解決方案。
索爾維復(fù)合材料全球業(yè)務(wù)部應(yīng)用工程總監(jiān)Rob Blackburn表示：“索爾維看到與Airborne合作的巨大潛力 - 兩家公司已經(jīng)獲得了獨(dú)特的協(xié)同效應(yīng)，同樣專注于開發(fā)工業(yè)化解決方案以滿足不斷提高的生產(chǎn)率”
Airborne首席技術(shù)官M(fèi)arcus Kremers表示：“能夠與世界領(lǐng)先的材料科學(xué)公司合作，我感到很榮幸。為了真正推動(dòng)復(fù)合材料的創(chuàng)新，我們堅(jiān)信在整個(gè)價(jià)值鏈中進(jìn)行協(xié)作至關(guān)重要，使材料、工藝和自動(dòng)化的發(fā)展成為可能。如果我們采用這種整體方法，就有可能取得重大突破“
Solvay (Alpharetta, Ga., U.S.) and Airborne (The Hague, The Netherlands) announced March 18 that the two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at JEC World 2019. The companies will partner on developing automated processing solutions for the industrialization and high volume use of composite materials.
Industrializing the generation of tailored prepreg layups and forming technologies for high volume applications is a significant challenge for the composites industry and the companies aim to bring together digitization, automation and state of the art materials and processes to bridge from industrial to high-performance high-volume applications.
The combination of Solvay’s leadership in composite materials and processes for structural applications and Airborne’s expertise in automated engineering processes and digital systems aims to identify solutions to the industrialization challenges facing the composites industry.
“Solvay sees great potential in this collaboration with Airborne - our companies have got unique synergies and the same focus on developing industrialization solutions to meet increasing production rates,” says Rob Blackburn, Application Engineering director at Solvay Composite Materials Global Business Unit.
“It’s an honor to work with one of the world’s leading material science companies. To truly drive innovation in composites, we firmly believe it is vital to collaborate throughout the value chain, enabling the development of materials, processes and automation to go hand-in-hand. If we follow such a holistic approach, great breakthroughs are possible,” says Marcus Kremers, CTO at Airborne.