Composite Tow Placement — Sample Scale
COMPOSITRA-9
Sample-scale tailored fiber placement — design and iterate before production.
A sample-scale tow placement platform for R&D — develop and iterate fiber paths, evaluate tow size, and prove a preform geometry before scaling into production.
Overview
Sample-scale tailored fiber placement — design and iterate before production.
Why this machine
Composite design groups can sketch a load path, stitch a preform, infuse it, test it, and revise — in a single afternoon. When the design is locked, the same DST file scales to TOWFORGE-4 for four-up production.
Capabilities
- Tow sizes 1K through 52K — carbon, glass, basalt, natural fiber
- Flat preforms that drape onto curved tooling
- Engineered fiber orientation along principal stress directions
- Hybrid layups: tow + couched wire + flat conductive thread
- Integrated laser cutter for net-shape preforms
Ideal for
Composite R&D, aerospace structures groups, university composites programs, motorsports innovation labs.
Specifications
- Configuration
- 9 needles × 1 flat head + 1 taping (PD) head
- Functions
- Tow placement • Flat • Cording • Laser cutting
- Embroidery area
- 650 × 1200 mm
- Maximum speed
- 1,200 spm
- Tow range
- 1K–52K (carbon, glass, basalt, natural)
- Control
- 12" colour touchscreen LCD
- Power
- Standard 120 V — quiet operation
- Machine size
- 2,470 × 1,630 × 1,600 mm
- Net weight
- 650 kg
Sampling
Bring your spec — we'll stitch a sample on this platform at our Albany showroom.
Pricing
Contact for current pricing — tariffs included; rent-to-own available.