NexGen UAV Serpentine Intake Duct Print

NexGen UAV Serpentine Intake Duct Print using the Scalable Composite Robotic Manufacturing (SCRAM) System is a revolutionary way to build aerostructures. It is all digital manufacturing via modular process heads on a high-accuracy robotic arm. The cell itself is a micro-factory or "factory in a cell."
Traditional manufacturing of a complex composite part would require an entire factory with multiple manufacturing stations, expensive hard tooling, multiple machines, multiple programming systems, multiple operators, and many thousands of square feet of factory floor space. All of these systems and floor space need to be airconditioned, cleaned, financed and maintained. This traditional, highly capital-intensive manufacturing approach creates huge barriers to entry. It also increased the time from investment to revenue generation.
Electroimpact has condensed a composite factory into a single highly flexible robotic cell. This type of highly integrated manufacturing technology allows for design and manufacturing permutations that can not be accomplished any other way on much shorter timelines. This type of manufacturing approach could have a tremendous impact on how procurement, supply chain, and stockpiles are maintained. Overhead costs are an order of magnitude less for a combined manufacturing system like SCRAM.
Integrated flexible manufacturing systems like this lend themselves to distributed manufacturing. Their flexibility would allow customers to instantly redirect manufacturing to near-term needs, not vague long-term guesses of what may be needed in five, ten years of more out in the future. This reduced time horizon allows for system designs to be focused for the known job at hand.

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What a stunning technology! Can the porosity and other properties of PAEK composite materials meet the requirements after laser in-situ consolidation?