Cutting the Fiber -- Carbon Fiber, that is

Car­bon fiber is an extreme­ly strong poly­mer made up of car­bon fibers. The mate­r­i­al is light­weight and has sev­er­al uses in an array of industries.

While car­bon fiber can be a lit­tle on the expen­sive side, the mate­r­i­al is used heav­i­ly in the auto­mo­tive and aero­space indus­tries. Car­bon fiber com­pos­ite is found in sev­er­al trans­porta­tion vehi­cles like sail­boats, bicy­cles and motorcycles.

Oth­er indus­tries have start­ed to use car­bon fiber because of its strength. It is used in com­mon items like tent poles, golf clubs and helmets.

Car­bon fiber can be cut either with a reg­u­lar cut­ting appli­ca­tion that uses a knife or saw end-of-arm-tool­ing. It can also be cut with an abra­sive water­jet process that uses a steam of high-pres­sured water mixed with abrasives.

Car­bon fiber robot­ic cut­ting or water­jet cut­ting is attrac­tive to man­u­fac­tur­ers when cut­ting pieces of car­bon fiber because of the expen­sive nature of the mate­r­i­al. Robot­ic cut­ting appli­ca­tions have accu­ra­cy and pre­ci­sion that is unmatched by man­u­al applications.

Robots​.com pro­vides automa­tion solu­tions from Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and KUKA robot­ics, has a large amount of cut­ting robots avail­able for both cut­ting and water­jet cut­ting appli­ca­tions. Our team of engi­neers, sales­men and tech­ni­cians will work with you to find the car­bon fiber cut­ting appli­ca­tion that is right for your facility.

For more infor­ma­tion about car­bon fiber cut­ting robot­ics, con­tact Robots​.com today at 877−762−6881.