CEVOTEC GMBH

Cevotec offers advanced production equipment and software for the automated production of complex fiber composites in aerospace. At the intersection of composites, mechanical engineering, robotics, and software, Cevotec develops Robotic Lamination solutions based on Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) technology. Robotic Lamination is an industrial pick-and-place lamination technology that extends the toolset for high-precision, high-rate composite lay-up. It enables conformable 3D fiber placement on geometrically complex surfaces with a wide range of difficult-to-handle materials, e.g. carbon fibers, glass fibers, adhesive films, and other technical materials. Cevotec's modular process equipment (SAMBA Series equipment) is enabled by dedicated CAD-CAM software (ARTIST STUDIO). The equipment can be configured to serve different lay-up tasks and replace work that, until now, only a skilled composite technician could do by hand. Unlike conventional tape-based lay-up technologies, Robotic Lamination can process complex surfaces, steep edges, small radii, multi-material laminate stacks, and locally optimized reinforcements. Typical applications include mid-sized, multi-material aircraft composite parts like radomes, nacelles and fairings for defense, space, and UAV programs. The modular SAMBA Series equipment covers use cases ranging from research and prototyping to industrial series production. Cevotec also offers retrofit solutions that add Robotic Lamination capabilities to existing robot cells. Automated quality inspection with cevoVision supports reliable process control and verifies patch presence, position, and placement quality. All system configurations are represented as digital twins in ARTIST STUDIO. The software supports laminate design, automated offline programming, robotic motion generation, and lay-up process simulation, creating an integrated digital workflow from component design to production. By switching from manual or conventional manufacturing processes to Robotic Lamination, manufacturers can achieve cost and time savings of 20% to 60% while improving repeatability, material utilization, production scalability, and process transparency.