Energy-saving technologies and materials for sustainable development in Mechatronic Components
CompoTech has been very active in the academic research and development. Especially in the area of industrial and automotive automation components, one of the largest CompoTech product areas. Using the CompoTech technology and know-how, ultra-light structural frames are produced from ultra-high modulus carbon fibres. These frames have been successfully integrated into production lines and other automation system world-wide with long-term cooperation with Bilsing Automation company.
The ongoing demands on productivity improvement of the automation system and the competition lead them to use not only the benefits of PITCH carbon fibres but also to test different design approaches and combine them with their products. One of the possible options is to couple the high-rigidity light-weight composites with modern mechatronic systems. To develop and test such coupled systems, a cooperation between CompoTech PLUS and Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague has started under NCK Mestec research project. The project, which is supported by Technology Agency of Czech Republic, has started in January 2023, and is planned for the next 6 years.
The goal of this project is to combine light-weight high rigidity composite structures with mechatronic systems. Their aim is to enhance the mechanical properties of structural frames, their speed and positioning precision. This should enable us to further improve the productivity of the automation lines for automotive industry.
Composite frames and structural assemblies attached to robot-based manipulators are analysed with different mechatronic systems so that the frame damping and deflection is improved both in static and dynamic loading by the mechatronics and advanced control systems. The R&D activities in 2023 and 2024 are focused on a composite T-Boom frame, which is usually applied in automotive industry for the fast part transportation. The standard light-weight frame from ultra-high modulus carbon fibres is being compared virtually using simulation models with different mechatronic approaches. In the following years, the new designs will be manufactured and compared with the reference standard approaches.
National Competence Centre of Mechatronics and Smart Technologies for Mechanical Engineering (MESTEC)
Project No: TN02000010
Project is co-financed with the support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Schedule of project: 1/2023 – 12/2028
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