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The structural and mechanical advantages of Carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRC) lead to an increasing demand of Carbon fiber products. This class of materials is gaining widespread acceptance in various fields like aviation, wind energy or especially automotive and is gradually replacing traditional lightweight construction materials such as high-strength steel or aluminum. Currently, particular process steps of the production of fiber composite structures are performed manually or semiautomatically. Especially the automated handling of semi-finished products consisting of unstable textile poses a challenge for an economical manufacturing. Due to the manifold advantages of thermoplastic composites and the challenges concerning the processing, the paper presents the conception for the automated handling of high-temperature thermoplastic semi-finished products.
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Graf, J., Richter, C., Reinhart, G. (2017). Automated handling of high-temperature thermoplastic Carbon Fiber materials for a large-scale production. In: Schüppstuhl, T., Franke, J., Tracht, K. (eds) Tagungsband des 2. Kongresses Montage Handhabung Industrieroboter. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54441-9_20
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