Happy to let you know that Henri Werij, Dean of TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering and Rien van den Aker, CEO of van Wees UD & Crossply Technology, have signed an R&D agreement toward establishing an open research facility for unidirectional thermoplastic composites. It is an important step to accelerate our impact on materials and… Read more
Van Wees has made a Carbon PEEK crossply tape with an extra ordinary lay-up and thickness. The ply book is 90–0–90 orientation. The total thickness is 200 µm. and the single plies are therefore only 70 µm thick. It was the first impregnation trial with PEEK polymer and the results are encouraging. The tape will… Read more
Specs11 shows the latest developments at Van Wees in the field of composites and technical textiles. In this number we again focus on the complete program of Van Wees for the composites industry and the importance of automation. One of the new activities of Van Wees is supplying materials for a longer period and not… Read more
Whether upstream an injection molding machine or a press, a Van Wees composite tailored blank line can make the materials for this process just in time. It starts with the production of the UniDirectional tape on the impregnation machine. The process can be used for thermoplastic and thermoset resin based UD tapes. Production line for… Read more
One of our customers asked us to offer a Creel with individually controlled tow tension. A long standing wish which up till now could only be rewarded at high investment costs. Using its long time experience with creels and operating UD machines, Van Wees came up with a new design. The principle of applying the… Read more
Specs10 is made for the JEC 2015 shows. In this number we focus on the complete program of Van Wees for the composites industry and the importance of automation. We offer creels, impregnation-, Crossply- and Multi-axial UD Crossply machines and lamination lines. Although our last year’s focus has been on thermoplastic resin based machines, the… Read more
Van Wees uses the machines for testing new developments, modifications and processes before the machines are offered in the market. In the R&TC the following machines are available; Creels; 100 positions creel for carbon fibers. 80 positions creel for glass rovings. UD impregnation machine; working width 600 millimeters. Dispersion resin impregnation unit, kiss roller and… Read more
Creels The Van Wees creels are being used in our UD lines for unrolling the fibers at a constant tension. Van Wees has developed spool holders that are equipped with an adjustable core, making it possible to fit a range of cardboard tubes from 50 millimeter up to 95 mm. For unwinding technical yarns such… Read more
Van Wees is fully dedicated to manufacture equipment for the production of UD tapes, Crossply laminates and tailored blanks. Composite materials based on carbon and glass fibers reinforced thermoset and thermoplastic resins. End of last year, Van Wees has done an intensive study for a Fraunhofer institute in Germany with a TPR600 placement robot and… Read more
Late October 2013, Van Wees joined forces with control systems specialist, Eltra Engineering in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Henk Klijn, director at Eltra engineering BV and Rien van den Aker have worked together nearly 20 years on the development of UD and Crossply machines. Eltra has been a reliable partner for van Wees and the open… Read more