Fives

The Fives, Composites & Automated Solutions business line provides end-to-end composite manufacturing solutions from lamination to demolding and everything in between. As industry partners, we provide customizable lamination, forming, inspection, and curing solutions. Precision and performance are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring minimal waste and maximum quality. Above all, we specialize in developing highly automated end-to-end solutions that increase productivity across the complete line.

This automation specialism has also led us to develop a range of unique and customized automation solutions. Working in fields as diverse as aerospace and biomedical engineering, we are problem solvers on the broadest possible scale.

Comprised of renowned legacy names: Cincinnati, Forest-Liné, and Lund we're responsible for the largest install base of tape layer and fiber placement machines in the world. Offering standard and highly customizable composite equipment and automated solutions according to customers' needs.

Featured Products:

CINCINNATI ROBOTIC VIPER
Presenting the next generation in automated fiber placement (AFP) machines.
Cincinnati Viper Fiber Placement Systems represent the largest install base of fiber placement machines in the world. Get ready for the next-gen edition.

- Machine configurations can accommodate many shape and size applications, including concave and convex
- Designed for OEM /Tier 1 capabilities and quality standards
- Targeted to automate hand layup parts
- Dockable head for flexibility
- Best-in-class in-process inspection capability
- Interfaces w/ACES Composites Programming Package


CINCINNATI SUPERCHARGER
Presenting the future in automated tape lamination (ATL) machines.
Fives is responsible for the largest install base of automated tape laminators in the world. Get ready for the future in the industry. The Cincinnati SuperCharger features:

- Choice of vertical travel
- X-axis rails in incremental sections for flexibility in part length
- Up to 25-degree contours and up to 60 m/min (2,362 ipm) lay-up rate
- Nine and ten axis machine
- Machine height configured for specific applications
- High-speed axis motion for high productivity
- Choice of crossrail width


FIVES IN-PROCESS INSPECTION (IPI)
Presenting the next-generation integrated measurement technology for automated composite layup.
An innovative quality monitoring solution, the Fives IPI features:

- Custom design to seamlessly integrate into an AFP machine
- Inventive Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging technology creates 3D maps of composites surface
- Real-time defect measurement
- Real-time tow placement measurement and control
- Measures close to compaction roller minimizing optical variation
- Robust to a wide assortment of composite