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What if you could run industrial AFP experiments without industrial-scale infrastructure?
Layway LabAFP: Laser-Assisted Thermoplastic AFP for Research & Development
Layway LabAFP is a compact laser-assisted thermoplastic Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) system engineered specifically for research, development, and education.
Designed as an open-architecture platform, LabAFP provides full access to process parameters, enabling controlled experimentation, material validation, and AFP process optimization at laboratory scale.
Key capabilities include laser-assisted in-situ consolidation, open parameter control (temperature, speed, compaction), high repeatability and process stability, and compatibility with thermoplastic UD tapes such as PA, PPS, LM-PAEK, PEEK, PEKK, and PEI. The system is delivered in a plug-and-play, lab-friendly configuration.
LabAFP enables AFP process and parameter development, evaluation of new thermoplastic composite materials, small-scale preform manufacturing, research on post-processing routes (VBO, autoclave, hybrid workflows), as well as education and training in automated composite manufacturing.
By bridging academic research and industrial AFP workflows, Layway LabAFP supports rapid innovation in thermoplastic composite technologies.
source : Layway
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