Smart, multifunctional and multi-material fan blades. Modern and future engine fan blades, such as those used in the LEAP aircraft engine, are designed and manufactured using a 3D-woven carbon fiber ...

Fraunhofer IPT automates production of thermoplastic CFRP engine fan blades. Successful first demonstrations on 16-mm-thick CF/PA12 to be followed by CF/PEEK ... In the previous series of tests, the ...