Application areas

Fulfilled industrial requirements

Gaps between 3D textile technolgy & industrial demands

Remarks

Aerospace

Radome

automated, available sizes

production capacity, design complexity

requires feasible method to meet design criteria

Motor Vehicles

Bonnet

automated, organized shape geometry

range of production process

prodcution cycle timefor light weight components

Indoor panel

automated, fiber orientation

organized eco-process with less costing

cost-effectiveness with a certain quality

Machinery & equipment

Shield

automated

limited fiber orientation, not suitable for each 3D-process

variable and controlled shape geometries

Pressure vessel

automated

all shapes are not possible directly through a 3D-process

choice of a particular technique as demand

Safety helmets

automated, standardized shape

commercial accountability, increase in the process channel

eco-process chain