FIBER PROCESSING
FIBER PROCESSING
Our Process Engineering team has experience in multiple fiber formation processes, including carbon fiber manufacturing. We work as an extension of your engineering group to design custom solutions to meet your business goals.
FIBER INDUSTRY
Fiber producers need to be ready for even more fiber product manufacturing. The automotive and aerospace markets are two of the largest carbon fiber buyers. Government subsidies will drive down carbon fiber costs to make lighter-weight vehicles and equipment, such as buses, wind turbines, and compressed gas storage tanks. Lately, medical supply manufacturers have invested in nonwoven fibers for producing personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, gowns, and other products.
Industry leaders predict that aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets will continue to demand carbon fiber for carbon parts and products to reduce weight and improve strength. Even though fiber processing lines take time and investment to enter the market, experts predict that the demand will only increase, and fiber producers need to be agile.
WHAT IS FIBER PROCESSING AUTOMATION?
Fiber processing automation means using automated equipment like robotics, sensors, and artificial intelligence to make fiber composites faster, more safely, and more efficiently than traditional equipment. JR Automation helps fiber suppliers make their products with custom equipment designed to meet strict specifications. From extrusion, spinning, bonding, and melting to collecting and packaging, automation can improve fiber manufacturing processes.
Our customers work with large fiber product manufacturers in the commercial aerospace, defense, automotive, and medical industries to supply lightweight and robust fiber. Our customers make carbon fibers, nonwoven fibers, and more.
BENEFITS OF FIBER PROCESSING AUTOMATION
Like many industries, the demand for efficient, safe, and high-quality products is a growing challenge for the fiber industry. Because of the high cost of investment and time to market, fiber suppliers have to anticipate future demand and make decisions now. Integrating automated equipment to support lean manufacturing will set your organization up for success in the future.
WHY YOU SHOULD PARTNER WITH JR AUTOMATION
We are experts in robotics integration. We design, develop, and source turnkey solutions for fiber processing. JR Automation partners with the best robotics manufacturers, and we work with you to plan and design where equipment and people will work best in your facilities. As production lines grow in size and complexity, you can trust us to coordinate installation and deployment. From nylon to polyester to carbon, our engineers have the technical know-how to refine your processes or design a turnkey line to do what you need it to do.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Careful consideration of the project, operations, and maintenance needs are incorporated into the final designs to exceed your expectations. Our processing experience includes carbon fiber spinning, air and solution quenching, and carbonization oven and furnace integration. Our solutions can weave, bond, dry, crimp, or finish new or traditional fibers. Our expertise includes:
- Bi-component spinning
- Bonding
- Calendering
- Carbonization line applications
- Creels
- Tension stands
- Compaction and nip rolls
- Composite
- Crimping boxes
- Cross-ply applications
- Drawing
- Drying
- Edge sealing
- Extrusion
- Carbon fiber
- Fiber filament spinning
- Finishing: Baths or kiss rolls
- Honeycomb
- Laminating applications
- Piddling arms
- Polymerization
- Prepreg line applications
- Quenching: Air and solution
- Roll stands: Heated or cooled
- Steam chest
- Unwind and rewind stands
- Weaving applications
- Finite element analysis
- Heat and material balancing
- Fluid and thermal analysis
- PDIs and Instruments
- Meltblown nonwoven applications
- Spunbond nonwoven applications
