TY - CHAP A1 - Neumeyer, Thomas A1 - Kropka, Michael A1 - Joneck, Julian A1 - Loegel, Marc A1 - Kirchmeier, Kathrin A1 - Mühlbacher, Mathias A1 - Altstädt, Volker ED - Huber, Otto ED - Bicker, Marc ED - Patzelt, Peter T1 - Functionalized Oriented Composites – FORCE: A holistic approach from UD-tape to final part T2 - Tagungsband 10. Landshuter Leichtbau-Colloquium: Leichtbau – von der Wissenschaft bis zur Schlüsseltechnologie für Ressourceneffizienz N2 - Continuous fiber reinforced polymers based on thermoplastic matrices permit short cycle times as no curing step is needed and ancillary times can be reduced. Thus, they are promising candidates for high volume production of lightweight structures. In this paper a processing chain developed by Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH (NMB), named FORCE – Functionalized Oriented Composites is discussed: It enables cost efficient production of parts with tailored reinforcements employing unidirectionally fiber reinforced tapes (UD-tapes). State of the art preforming concepts result in high material scrap (often above 25 %), which consequently leads to elevated material costs. Furthermore, machine technologies known from thermoset based aerospace processes are too slow to serve in line with the cycle time of an injection molding press. In this work, a concept for a high-speed tape laying machine, based on two tables, first one for lay-up, the second one – which is turnable – for orientation and stacking, is presented. The equipment called FORCE Placement uses up to four different UD-tapes with different width in order to compromise between minimum laying time and reduced scrap. Besides the machine concept, a digital twin of the equipment which allows a virtual planning of the lay-up strategy and provides an estimation on costs and CO2 footprint of the intended preform is established. Furthermore, a cradle to gate life cycle assessment for an exemplary demonstrator part has been performed considering two different preform lay-ups. It is shown that in order to achieve the minimum CO2 footprint, saving potentials on the side of materials and process technologies must be used equally. Loadoptimized hybrid structures consisting of glass and carbon fiber reinforcement are shown to be an appropriate concept. Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:860-opus4-4550 SN - 978-3-9818439-5-8 N1 - Die Konferenzveröffentlichung erschien im Tagungsband zum 10. Landshuter Leichtbau-Colloquium „Leichtbau – von der Wissenschaft bis zur Schlüsseltechnologie für Ressourceneffizienz“ (24./25. Februar 2021, Hochschule Landshut). Hrsg.: Otto Huber, Marc Bicker, Peter Patzelt. LC-Verlag/Hochschule Landshut, 2021, ISBN 978-3-9818439-5-8 SP - 10 EP - 20 PB - LC-Verlag / Hochschule Landshut CY - Landshut ER -