Composite production scale-up · Finland

From prototype
to scale-up

Turn funded hardware programmes into repeatable composite production. Our industrial team combines AI-assisted path planning, process control and closed-loop quality with AFP, winding, AddX LFAM, forming and inspection.

REAL CONNECTED PRODUCTION
AFP CELL
Automated fiber placement cell scaling composite production
Industrial process knowledge, AI and quality in one production system.Explore products →
Research engine · public collaborations€20M+collaborative R&D portfolio

Active programmes are advancing recyclable materials, in-process control, adaptive manufacturing and digital twins. More collaborations are in preparation and remain unnamed until they are public.

Explore the public research portfolio →
AeroComp
TOSCA
ORGANIC
CAELESTIS
ROBOT Box
ABBOT
Proven production network

100+ technical partners and installations worldwide

Anonymous installation points and our research consortium show a connected technical network without exposing customer identities. Tour the network or take control of the view.

Research + production · identities protectedA global learning network

Every installation and collaboration strengthens the software, processes and production knowledge behind the platform.

Global overview
Anonymous installation region
StructureFuselage panels · bulkheads · tooling
PressureHydrogen vessels · tubes · motor sleeves
SpeedFoils · rudders · launcher structures
“The AFP-XS is a high quality, easy to use, repeatable system that quickly swaps over from a standard thermoset system to handle dry fibers and thermoplastics.”
Françis SedeilhanCompositadour
Interactive process demo · coordinated winding
01 · One cell in the platform

A real cell, in motion

This winding cell is one building block, not the whole offer. The KR 120, E1 rail and KP1 positioner demonstrate how AddCell coordinates real production hardware around a part.

02 · Coordinate motion

Reach the whole part

As you scroll, the carriage and arm move as one system. AddPath plans the tool pose while AddCell keeps the robot, rail and process synchronized.

03 · Run the process

Turn motion into structure

Drag the orange TCP target to pose the robot yourself, or run the synchronized winding cycle: KR 120, E1 rail and KP1 positioner moving as one production cell.

PlatformMotionPlacement
AddCell · interactive cell simulation
Real AddCell robot laying carbon fiber in a production cell
Starts automatically on capable connections
Preparing the interactive cell
KR 120 + E1 + KP1 · coordinated cellDirect manipulation inside the cell
Page scrolling always remains free
Prototype-to-production architecture

One platform
Every process to scale the part

Addcomposites is the industrial partner that configures the complete production system—not a loose collection of end effectors. AI-assisted software, robots, tooling, material flow and quality control work as one architecture from first article to repeatable production.

Engineer reviewing a robotic production plan in AddPath
AI-assisted digital thread

Plan + simulate

Turn geometry and performance targets into manufacturable paths, optimized motion and an executable production plan.

Explore software →
AddX large-format additive manufacturing system installed on an industrial robot
Process architecture

Make + form

Combine LFAM, AFP, winding, RTM, thermoforming or stamping around the part.

Explore processes →
Laser line scanner, process sensors and material feed on an AFP head
AI production intelligence

Control + learn

Use sensing, adaptive process control and inspection data to detect drift, close the quality loop and improve the next part.

Explore AddCell →
Configured around the product

From first article to repeatable production

Each scale-up architecture combines the right processes, axes, tooling, material flow, AI controls and quality evidence for the programme—not the other way around.

KUKA robot manufacturing a grid-stiffened composite fuselage panel
Autonomous flight

Drone scale-up

Airframes, spars, skins and local reinforcement from prototype to rate.

Large composite flight structure shown from robotic manufacture to finished part
Advanced air mobility

eVTOL rate production

Rotors, wings, fuselages and structural assemblies.

Robotic laser-assisted winding of a composite pressure vessel
Clean energy

Hydrogen systems

Vessel winding, bosses, liners and verified overwrap.

Laser-assisted thermoplastic fiber placement on a curved structural tool
Defence programmes

Mission-ready structures

Airframes, radomes, missile components and EMI structures.

Engineer commissioning an industrial AFP system for traceable flight structures
Certified flight

Aerospace scale-up

Skins, spars, control surfaces and interiors with traceable quality.

Automated helical composite winding for cylindrical launch hardware
Space + launch

Orbital structures

Tanks, panels, reflectors and launcher structures.

Iterative CAD · CAE · CAM · production

Design the structure
Industrialize the system

Composite production is not a handoff between disconnected tools. Geometry, laminate definition, structural analysis, process planning, cell simulation and inspection form one repeating engineering loop.
Auto-playing stages · drag or swipe the comparison ↔
Active engineering stage

04 · AI-assisted CAM + process planning

Use process knowledge and AI assistance to translate the approved laminate into manufacturable courses, winding patterns, deposition parameters, tooling strategy and coordinated motion.

DESIGN ↺ ANALYZE ↺ PLAN ↺ PRODUCE ↺ VERIFY
Digital simulation of a robotic composite process
Finished carbon fibre aerospace profile produced from the digital manufacturing definition
Start with simulationPATHS · REACH · COLLISION · CYCLE
Finish with the partSTRUCTURE · QUALITY · VERIFIED OUTPUT
Latest from the lab · recorded runs

See the process moving

Real machines, real material, real parts.Recent footage from Addcomposites cells, customer applications and live demonstrations. On capable connections, the first run starts muted when this section approaches; data-saving visitors keep the lightweight posters.

KUKA robot and AFP-X manufacturing a composite aerospace panelRecent run
Aerospace · AFP-X

Complex fuselage manufacturing

Open Short ↗
AFP head consolidating thermoplastic tape onto printed toolingProcess close-up
Hybrid tooling

Thermoplastic on printed tooling

Open Short ↗
AFP system placing continuous fiber around a cylindrical composite structureCylindrical process
Winding · AFP

Cylindrical reinforcement

Open Short ↗
Industrial robot and AFP-XS manufacturing a Type V hydrogen tankCustomer application
Hydrogen · AFP-XS

Type V tank production

Open Short ↗
AFP-XS system demonstrated live at JEC World 2026Live demonstration
AFP-XS · JEC 2026

Compact AFP, live on the floor

Open Short ↗
Only one privacy-enhanced YouTube player is loaded at a time.View all Addcomposites Shorts ↗