Narrow Tape Prepreg

Precision prepreg tape is made two ways. One route runs a full-width line, then slits the roll at a second site. The other makes the tape at final width, in one pass, where it is needed.

CDI, a leading global supplier of prepreg machines and specialist composite processing equipment, built the CD6019 for the second route. One step. One site. Fifteen minutes from power-on. Die-formed edges. No fuzz.

Cleared figures only: 14 weeks traditional lead time · 15 min start-up · 15 min die change · 1 lb of tape in 6 minutes · 500 g matrix in / 1 lb usable out / 30 g residue · 10 ft × 4 ft per module. Widths 0.125 · 0.250 · 0.500 in.

Key capabilities

• One pass: impregnate, form, and wind
• ShapedTape, precision tow, and towpreg on the same line
• 15 min power-on · 15 min die change · 1 lb of tape in 6 minutes
• Bridge from toll production to in-house capability

Applications

• AFP / ATL feedstock
• Filament winding and pressure structures
• Specialty and development quantities