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5 unusual facts about Tailored fiber placement


Tailored fiber placement

The fibrous material is fixed with an upper and lower stitching thread on a base material.

Further the TFP heating elements can be applied in CFRP wing structures of airplanes or blades of wind mills for anti- and de-icing tasks.

Applications range from highly accelerated lightweight parts for industrial robots or blades for compressors up to CFRP aircraft parts, e.g. I-beam for the NH-90 helicopter, automotive structures and bicycle parts.

Tailored fiber placement or TFP is a textile manufacturing technique based on the principle of sewing for a continuous placement of fibrous material for composite components.

:• Fibers can be orientated in arbitrary direction in order to manufacture highly stress adapted composite parts



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