SAMBA Pro PV - industrial equipment for FPP dome reinforcements.

Dome reinforcements enable up to 15% material and cost savings while simultaneously increasing the storage volume. Robotic Lamination powered by Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) is the first robot-based technology that places dome reinforcements directly on vessel liners – efficient, precise, and scalable.

Our SAMBA Pro PV-2 system features two placement robots and material feeding units to reinforce both domes of a composite tank simultaneously. Camera-based quality inspection guarantees that only in-spec material is placed precisely on the vessel liner. Post-processing after the reinforcement lay-up is not necessary; the reinforced liner is ready for filament winding directly after the reinforcement lay-up. This boosts overall production efficiency and leads to shorter takt times.

SAMBA Pro PV-2 can be combined with all established wet or towpreg winding processes and comes with our CAD-CAM Software ARTIST STUDIO for reinforcement design and automated robot path planning. We also offer engineering support to integrate dome reinforcements into vessel designs.

ARTIST STUDIO - Where design for dome reinforcements starts

ARTIST STUDIO supports engineers with dedicated features for dome reinforcements that are only available with FPP technology, e.g. non-geodesic reinforcement designs. The CAD module, Patch Artist, is the tool for designing reinforcement laminates for different tank models and can be combined with a data interface to different commercial simulation software. The patch design directly links to production data via the CAM module Motion Artist. This module performs a fully automated offline robot programming, based on an accurate virtual twin of the SAMBA Pro PV production system and the laminate designed in Patch Artist. The entire placement process can be simulated before actual production, incl. automated collision check.