COMPOSITES
RECYCLE, REUSE, REPAIR
Gradel’s Rodrigo Perez Hernandez explains how the company’s automated filament winding process provides a sustainable approach to creating heavy duty lightweight parts
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radel focuses on the development of special purpose machinery for the nuclear and space markets. Te Lightweight division has
developed its own fiber winding filament process for industrial applications with a diverse team from architectural, aerospace, automotive, and mechanical engineering. We now have projects in a wide range of industries, including drones, automotive and aerospace, among many others. Our Gradel Robotic Additive
Manufacturing (GRAM) technology is a fully automated endless filament winding process used to develop ultra-lightweight 2D, 3D and 4D parts and structures for use in several industrial fields. A process capable of using any types of fibres and with any impregnation matrix, GRAM is a fast, low energy consumption, waste reducing and cost effective manufacturing technique capable of creating heavy duty lightweight structures which support the use of bio-based raw materials. Essentially, GRAM enables the
recycling, reusing and repairing of parts while allowing the design, development, and manufacture of sustainable and green multifunctional components.
GRAM is designed for large- scale manufacturing
NATURAL FIBRES Gradel Lightweight has researched and developed GRAM for the use of natural
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