- Engineering & Technology
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TECNALIA's Automated Composites Manufacturing Pilot Plant provides capabilities for designing, integrating and validating robotics and automation solutions within the manufacturing sector.
The facility incorporates key equipment, including an autoclave, a press with an infrared (IR) oven, and a hot-forming table.
Its services include the development and validation of automated manufacturing processes, prototype and pre-series production, and the implementation of lightweighting and functionalization strategies.
The facility aims to accelerate technological development and facilitate technology transfer to industrial environments through pilot projects, comparative testing and expert technical support.
Equipment
- Autoclave
- Press + IR furnace
- Hot forming bench
- TFP machine
- Pick & place cell and automated hot forming
- Rapid wrapping machine
- Thermoforming machine
- Moulds fitted with sensors
- Permeability measuring device
- RTM thermoset and thermoplastic injection devices
- Mould carrier
- Power sources and resistive heated moulds
- Robot with pick & place claws, US cutting device and hot forming column
- 3D tufting head
- Additive manufacturing machines
- Nanomaterial extruder and conventional extruder
- Plastic injection moulding machine
- Equipment for on-site repairs
- Ovens
- Mould controllers
- Development and validation of automated manufacturing processes
- Prototype and pre-series production
- Lightweighting and functionalization strategies
Aimed at:
- Companies in the transport sector interested in lightweighting solutions based on composites, and manufacturers of materials, semi-finished products or finished parts in composite materials.
TECNALIA
Gipuzkoa Science and Technology Park, Mikeletegi Pasealekua, 2, E-20009, Donostia-San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa)
Robotics and Automation:
- Advanced Robotics
- Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Application sectors
- Aerospace
- Aeronautics and space
- Automotive
- Capital goods (metalworking industry)
- Railways
Industry plan
- HAZI · Aerospace
- IRABAZI · Automotive components
