ASSEMBLY AND WELDING OF COMPOSITES AND THERMOPLASTICS

SONIMAT provides many technologies for the assembly of thermoplastic composites, glass fibres and carbon fibres: infrared, laser, rotation and ultrasound.

These are clean, proven technologies that can be integrated into manual and automated equipment:

• Portable ultrasonic welding system – SSP
• Standard ultrasonic welding machine – ESW press
• Rotary welding machine – RSW
• Standard infrared welding machine – HPW

SONIMAT is also involved in the SIDEFFECT project, which aims to develop dynamic induction welding for aircraft composite fuselage assembly operations. Read the article.

ULTRASONIC MACHINING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Our ultrasonic technology has many advantages for cutting honeycomb, dry fabrics, composites and pre-impregnated materials:

• Longer tool life
• Quick and easy blade change
• No fraying
• No thermal deterioration

This technology can be integrated into a wide range of manual and automated products:

• SONIBLADE range of end-effectors for ultrasonic cutting and surfacing for use on robot cells, NC machines, XY tables and AFT/APL machines.
• Portable ultrasonic cutting system – SSP

AEROSTRUCTURES

• External skin (wing, fuselage)
• Wings
• Doors and hatches
• Landing gear bays
• Spoilers
• Horizontal and vertical stabilisers

Non-exhaustive list.

MOTOR ENGINE

• Ferrules
• Clips
• Stiffeners
• Acoustic panels

Non-exhaustive list.