Automated ultrasonic welding cells for thermoplastic composites
Project: High-speed ultrasonic welding
How fibre-reinforced thermoplastic structures can be joined quickly, reproducibly and without compromising structural integrity
Ultrasonically welded CFRP components are lightweight, strong and fully recyclable. Grunewald delivers the complete solution – tools, machinery, process and machine design.
High-speed ultrasonic welding of thermoplastic composite structures
- Achieving high-strength, uniformly welded joints
- Designing an automated manufacturing process for scalable thermoplastic composites using ultrasonic welding
- Herrmann Ultraschall – ultrasonic generators and precision welding tools
- SAM XL – process expertise and industrial-scale validation
Challenge
Joining components made from thermoplastic fibre-reinforced materials requires high-strength, reproducible and uniform joints. The joining process must reliably control welding of structures and ensure short cycle times together with a high level of process stability under series production conditions.
Joining technology with second-level cycle times
Through material-integrated bonding
Repairable and recyclable structures
Key features
- High-speed joining in seconds using ultrasonic welding technology
- High-strength joints
- Automatable manufacturing process for industrial series production
- Lightweight, maintenance-friendly structures
- Weight and cost advantages with high load-bearing capacity
- Sustainability through repairability and recyclability of components
Technology partners
- High-performance ultrasonic generators and precision-engineered welding tools from Herrmann Ultraschall ensure reliable, efficient and process-stable ultrasonic welding.
- SAM XL provides in-depth process knowledge and validates solutions at industrial scale. They hold various patents on continuous ultrasonic welding (CUW) and built patented CUW end effectors.
Your point of contact for your solution
Thomas Scholz
Mail: t.scholz@grunewald.de
Phone: +49 (0) 2871 2507-241
Mobile: +49 (0) 175 2426983