Cost-efficient, automated, and sustainable composite profile manufacture

A review of the state of the art, innovations, and future of pultrusion technologies

Journal article (2022)

Authors

Maximilian Volk ETH Zürich
O. Yuksel Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies - Aerospace Engineering
Ismet Baran University of Twente
Jesper H. Hattel Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Jon Spangenberg Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Michael Sandberg Aarhus University
Research Group
Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies (Aerospace Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 Maximilian Volk, O. Yuksel, Ismet Baran, Jesper H. Hattel, Jon Spangenberg, Michael Sandberg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.110135
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Department

Aerospace Structures & Materials

Research Group

Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies

Abstract

Over the last 70 years, pultrusion has matured into an industry-leading process when it comes to providing high throughput and automated composite manufacture at a competitive price point. In this paper, we review recent innovations that have advanced pultrusion to a versatile manufacturing technology and thereby allowed composite materials to penetrate markets in, e.g., the automotive, construction, aerospace, and wind turbine industries. We accompany our review with discussions on how pultrusion has enabled new innovations within additive manufacturing and sustainable composite manufacturing, and finally, we provide an outlook and suggestions for where we see the potential for research and new industrial applications of pultrusion technology.