Posted February 29, 2016
 

LINDAU, Germany – Woven textile semi-finished products for glass, aramid, basalt and carbon fiber composites mainly help to reduce moving masses and therefore the CO2 emissions. These exceptional efficient high-precision fabrics are more and more used in aviation and aerospace but also in mechanical engineering, construction and architecture.

 

Lindauer DORNIER, by focusing its core competencies under the label of “DORNIER Composite Systems®,” makes a valuable contribution to the business. Based on the know-how of fiber handling and the application of thermoplastic materials the company offers efficient manufacturing processes for these high-performance materials.

 

The company will present its innovations at JEC World in Paris March 8-10.
 

Weaving per se is a digital manufacturing process. The position of the thread is clearly defined any time in the process and can be documented. Hence, this technique is a pathfinder for “Digital Engineering.” This characteristic, in combination with a superb reliability and reproducibility in industrial production ambience, are prerequisites for its use in highly complex fiber composite components. Fixation or impregnation with thermoplastic matrix materials complete the required process chain.

It is not surprising that DORNIER weaving machines are the reference for the processing of carbon fibers for more than 40 years. The first commercial CFRP components were produced with fabrics made on DORNIER weaving machines. This trend has continued since. Just one of the reasons is the multitude of further developments of the DORNIER weaving machine system family comprising rapier and air-jet weaving machines as well as special machines for processing of various technical yarns. Thanks to the modular design system the machine concepts are specifically tailor-made to customers’ needs and requirements.

Lindauer DORNIER GmbH, technological market leader for weaving systems for technical fabrics and manufacturer of film stretching lines, operates two production sites with about 1,000 employees in Southern Germany. In order to retain as great a lead as possible in the textile and plastics industries, about 8 percent of the annual turnover is spent for research and development.

 

This, in addition to creative engineering work, thorough knowledge of technological context and customer proximity contributes largely to the outstanding position of the family-owned company. Three types of weaving machines are offered especially for the production of fabrics for composite technology: The DORNIER rapier weaving machine with a positive controlled center transfer, a rapier weaving machine for 3D structures with the new, specifically developed horizontal takeoff for multilayer fabrics as well as a tape weaving machine.