Despite rapid advances in manufacturing composite parts, many composite manufacturers still cut reinforcements by hand. While the use of automated material cutting continues to grow, more manufacturers can benefit from adopting this efficient and cost-effective technology.

Automated cutting has become the standard in the aerospace and marine industries. Why? Because the latest technology can significantly reduce material waste, eliminate unnecessary labor and improve quality. It will also increase throughput. If you’re not already using automated cutting, now is the time to re-examine your cutting process and see what this technology can do for your business.

AOL CNC Cutting Equipment & Industries designs, manufactures and customizes composite cutting machines for a variety of industries, suitable for fiberglass, carbon fiber and aramid in dry and prepreg forms. Have been in the CNC industry for 13 years and am very familiar with what automated cutting can do for composite manufacturers and how to best apply it.

Benefits of automatic cutting

There are four main reasons to implement automated cutting: reduced labor, improved material utilization, improved quality, and greater efficiency and flexibility.

Reduced Labor – Machine cutting is faster and more accurate than hand cutting, even with static benchtop machines where the operator manually positions the material to be cut. Conveyor systems automatically feed and distribute materials. These systems require minimal labor to operate and can be converted from one job to another in minutes.

Improved material utilization – Because automated cutting machines are so accurate and repeatable, they reduce errors and waste common with manual cutting. Additionally, easy-to-use nesting software is available that automatically lays out template shapes in the most material-saving manner based on the dimensions of the material being cut. Together, these factors can reduce material waste by up to 25%.

Quality – Automatic cutting machines are extremely precise, which will result in more consistent quality of the final formed product. This becomes critical as part complexity increases.

Efficiency brings flexibility – the high speed of automated cutting increases cut throughput, and cuts can be made closer to layup time, or even simultaneously in some cases. Brings greater flexibility.

Feeding System – Powered feeding system automatically adjusts and maintains consistent tension for any material type. An optional control unit ensures precise alignment of each layer. This type of power feed system is available in a variety of width and weight configurations and can continuously feed marked lengths of material or until the roll is exhausted.

Once composites manufacturers integrate automated cutting into their workflows, equipment reliability becomes critical. This type of productive, unplanned downtime can be extremely disruptive and costly for equipment. Having equipment that can operate continuously without failure is critical.

If you're cutting or wasting a lot of material, it's time to take another look at automated cutting technology. Automation will reduce your labor costs, improve material utilization, and achieve consistently higher cut quality. This is a choice you can't ignore.

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