Composite Tow Placement — Production
TOWFORGE-4
Four-head production tailored fiber placement — 1K to 52K tow.
A four-head specialty platform pairing flat embroidery with a large taping head at every position. This production machine is engineered for parallel tow placement and continuous wire / tube placement at industrial throughput.
Overview
Reference photo — current production unit photography available on request.
Why this machine
Composite engineers can program fiber paths that follow the load, then build four identical preforms in parallel — or four variations for design-of-experiment work. The same platform places copper harnesses, CNT yarn, and tubing for high-volume smart-textile production.
Capabilities
- Tow sizes 1K through 52K — carbon, glass, basalt, natural fiber
- Flat preforms that drape — programmed fiber orientation
- Production-scale parallel output across four heads
- Couches 20–42 AWG wire, 16 μm CNT thread, tubing to 15 mm
- Drives 3–55 V, 1 mA–15 A heating element circuits
Ideal for
Composite manufacturers, aerospace and automotive R&D, smart-textile OEMs scaling production.
Specifications
- Configuration
- 6 needles × 4 flat heads + 4 large taping (PD) heads
- Functions
- Flat • Cording • Taping • Tow placement
- Working volume
- 750 × 750 × 1000 mm
- Maximum speed
- 1,000 spm
- Control
- 15" colour touchscreen LCD
- Drive
- 70 mm servo main motor
- Thread capacity
- Extended spool — ~3.5× standard
- Power
- Standard 120 V — quiet operation
- Packing
- Wooden crate
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.