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▶️ Check out the TU Delft Pioneering Tech Podcast: Building aircraft without drilled holes for mechanical fasteners through ultrasonic welding. Starring: SAM XL! Why should we reduce traditional mechanical fasteners to make aircraft lighter, stronger and more sustainable? In the Pioneering Tech Podcast, Delft University of Technology explores how SAM XL bridges the gap between fundamental research and industry. Programme Manager Martin Kampinga explains how we are driving a revolution in aircraft manufacturing: 👉 High-frequency mechanical vibrations generate frictional heat that bonds materials at molecular level, without drilling holes into loadbearing carbon fibres. 👉 The technique requires no adhesives or other chemicals, making structures lighter and preventing degradation of the joint. 👉 Advanced robots will apply this precision technology to enormous components. For industry, ultrasonic welding offers a more efficient production process, as well as a significant leap forward in sustainability. Lighter aircraft structures directly reduce fuel consumption and as such the CO2 emissions while lower operating costs. SAM XL translates complex TU Delft knowledge into practical, scalable solutions that strengthen the competitive position of European manufacturing industry.   The SAM XL team that works on this technology: Bram Jongbloed, our lead engineer that pushes the boundaries of manufacturing to further develop this technology, together with the other team members: Sungi Han, Johan van Stuyvesant Meijen, Nigel van Nierop, Menno Verkade, Berthil Grashof, Abhas Choudhary, André Florindo.   Special credits to Associate Professor Irene Fernandez Villegas, who was the driving force from the faculty TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering. 🎞️ Watch on Youtube: https://lnkd.in/emjppa7V 🎧 Or listen on Spotify https://lnkd.in/ek5Z3yJT TU Delft Campus, TU Delft | Business & Innovation #podcast #innovation #technology #science #aviation #robotics #composites #innovatie #vliegtuigbouw #composiet #engineering

Replacing welded steel joints with industrialised composite joints is how Europe regains competitiveness in offshore wind manufacturing. We are proud to announce that the Grant Agreement for JOIN2SCALE has officially been signed under the Horizon Europe programme, with Tree Composites as project coordinator, leading a strong European consortium to deliver this transformation. For decades, offshore wind foundations have relied on welding-intensive joint construction, requiring 30,000 to 50,000 hours of manual labour per jacket, driving excessive thick steel use, limiting fatigue performance and ultimately pushing large-scale fabrication outside of Europe. Starting this May, JOIN2SCALE will develop and validate the industrialisation of automated composite joint manufacturing, enabling up to 200% higher production throughput, 30–50% optimised steel use, up to 40% cost reduction and up to 35% lower CO₂ emissions, while significantly improving safety by eliminating a large share of hazardous welding activities. This unlocks true scale-up to full wind park volumes, ensures deep-water foundation fabrication remains competitive in Europe, keeps the steel industry actively engaged and strengthens European energy independence. This step forward is made possible together with our partners: TU Delft | Civil Engineering and Geosciences + SAM XL, PINETTE PEI, Fraunhofer ITWM, INEGI driving science & innovation, ECCS - European Convention for Constructional Steelwork, Loop Technology Ltd, OCAS NV, CHOMARAT Group, ArcelorMittal Energy Projects and associate partner TenneT Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. #HorizonEurope #JOIN2SCALE #OffshoreWind #EnergyTransition #Manufacturing #Composites #Steel

Reconsidering your career? Become our new Operations Manager! - Location: Delft - Workplace: a high tech, growing organisation - Team: collaborative top talents - Culture: innovative and flexible - Language: fluent in Dutch and English https://lnkd.in/eZxvTkrK TU Delft Alumni Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, TU Delft Campus, TU Delft | Business & Innovation. #vacature #operationsmanager #vacancy #career #carriere

🎉Congratulations Rinze Benedictus for receiving Royal Honours 💐! As a founding father, Rinze has played a crucial role in SAM XL's establishment, development and current strategic direction. We are proud and honoured that Rinze's major contribution to TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering and our fieldlab is valued and recognised. 🏵️

Paving the way towards industrial solutions with Automated Fiber Placement! 🦾➿   What if we can create the ideal conditions for thermoplastic AFP applications with in-situ consolidation, without the use of a laser - and the associated thorough safety measures?   🌡️Laser heating is the most common method in AFP with in-situ consolidation due to its precision and speed, but it poses safety challenges. The Excelitas Technologies Corp. humm3 pulsed flashlamp 💡offers a promising broadband, programmable, and relatively safer alternative.   Researchers Daniël Peeters, Julie Teuwen and SAM XL engineer Kasahun Asfew created a static setup replicating AFP conditions. They investigated the thermal response of the composite tape as a function of the programmable parameters: voltage, pulse width and pulse frequency. Deconsolidation of the tape under humm3 heating was assessed from micrographs and surface topography, quantified by thickness change, void content, waviness, and roughness.   Results showed that voltage is the dominant parameter influencing the thermal response, whereas pulse width and frequency (when combined such that the total fraction of time the flashlamp is on is constant), showed no significant effects when the total energy input was held constant. Compared to laser heating, humm3 produces less severe deconsolidation.   We believe that these results are promising to apply the lightweight character of composites on a large industrial scale. A great example of how SAM XL is collaborating with scientists at TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering on the industrialisation of this innovation, for new aircraft programmes and beyond. Further research will determine how to apply this technology - lowering the investment threshold for industry.   Results were presented by Daniël Peeters presented the results during the #ACM7 conference at our facility. Special thanks to our Automated Manufacturing Engineer André Florindo for his contribution to this research.   👉 Read more in the Composites Part A article "Thermal response and deconsolidation of thermoplastic composite tape during pulsed flashlamp (HUMM3) heating in automated fiber placement (AFP)":   https://lnkd.in/efUD_fVE Delft University of Technology, TU Delft Campus, TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering    #thermoplastic #composite #afp #automation #robotisation #humm3  

Reconsidering your career? Become our new Operations Manager! - Location: Delft - Workplace: a high tech, growing organisation - Team: collaborative top talents - Culture: innovative and flexible - Language: fluent in Dutch and English https://lnkd.in/eZxvTkrK TU Delft Alumni Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, TU Delft Campus, TU Delft | Business & Innovation. #vacature #operationsmanager #vacancy #career #carriere

𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗼𝗺𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗸 𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗻. Door personeelstekorten, stijgende kosten en toenemende internationale concurrentie wordt automatisering steeds belangrijker. Toch zetten veel mkb-maakbedrijven nog beperkte stappen, terwijl robotisering juist kansen biedt om productiviteit te verhogen en productie in Nederland te behouden. Wat betekent dit voor jouw organisatie? En waar liggen de eerste kansen? Lees het artikel: https://lnkd.in/e-2ACqeU

Honoured to welcome Willemijn Aerdts | Staatssecretaris Digitale Economie en Soevereiniteit! During her visit, the partners of the Future Network Services programme showcased the progress in developing 6G. Delft University of Technology scientists are collaborating with Do IoT Fieldlab to secure a strong Dutch position in deloping this revolutionary technology. It was a pleasure to showcase several state-of-the-art demos with the latest wireless technology 🛜. Our contribution included our in-house developed NDT robotic scanning technology 🔎 and preventive leak detection with Spot, the robot dog 🐕. Looking forward to further develop mobile robotics solutions for manufacturing and maintenance, with the latest enabling technologies. TU Delft Campus, TU Delft | Business & Innovation, TNO, Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat. #5G #Beyond5G #Towards6G #pioneering #robotics #connectivity #industry40 #industry50 #innovation #NDT #mobilerobot

Looking forward to ACM7 next week. Airborne is proud to be a sponsor of the 7th Symposium on Automated Composites Manufacturing, taking place from 13 to 17 April at SAM XL, Delft University of Technology, in Delft, the Netherlands. 🎤 Marcus Kremers will be speaking on Wednesday (15 April) at 16:10 with his presentation: “Automated Ply Placement, the established way to make high-rate composite parts” Marcus Kremers and David Beaumann will be at ACM7 from 14 to 16 April, feel free to stop by and say hello. See you in Delft. #ACM7 #TUDelft #Composites #Automation #AdvancedManufacturing

During a LabVIEW user group meeting at SAM XL, Berthil Grashof shared his favourite tips and tricks for development of large applications with LabVIEW. As a System Integrator and Instrumentation Engineer, Berthil has his own reasons for preferring this software above traditional programming languages. In the past years, he has applied his programming skills 🖥️ in several in house designed end effectors.   "First of all, I like the fact that everything is presented in a graphic way, literally with a drag and drop functionality. So you get a clear and complete overview of the entire process in a short period of time. For me, this works much faster than slogging through traditional programming code. Another major advantage is that the controllers we use are exceptionally more powerful than standard PLCs. And last but not least, when I develop a program, I can make it suitable to the usual flow chart that serves as a starting point. With a special design strategy, the flow chart matches one-to-one with the graphical code and makes certification easy for the aerospace production industry. Because of the object-oriented structure, the code can be reused easily.”   🥼The LabVIEW graphical programming platform is developed by NI (National Instruments), primarily used for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation. It uses visual language that allows engineers and scientists to build applications by dragging and dropping virtual instruments instead of writing lines of code. The LabView user group of users at Delft University of Technology, tech companies located on TU Delft Campus and other industry partners come together several times a year to share knowledge, discuss trends and discover interesting opportunities to collaborate and interact. At SAM XL, we stimulate our engineers to interact with peers on their specialisation. Feel free to contact us if you want to join the LabVIEW user group!   #learningcommunity #dissemination #engineering #programming #smartmanufacturing #smartrobots