The Engel v-duo machine was designed specifically for fibre composite applications. Compared to conventional presses, the Engel v-duo is 50 per cent shorter in terms of height.

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At Composites Europe 2015, which takes place from September 22nd to 24th in Stuttgart, Engel will be presenting the full potential of the Engel v-duo series and also guarantees visitors a look at many other current lightweight-design projects at its booth (stand D20, hall 7).

The MyoPro can be applied to upper body rehabilitation, however, due to its compact form and mobility it truly shines as an assistive device.  This wearable exoskeleton restores partial use of a weakened arm, making it possible to perform everyday tasks.  Cutting vegetables can be challenging without a way to pin them down.  Carts and lawn maulers turn randomly when pushed with only one hand.  With this medical orthotic, a weakened limb is provided with enough assistive force to be made useful again.

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Great Britain's first Engel v-duo press has been housed at WMG's Automotive Composite Research Centre at the University of Warwick. Engel supplied the 1,700-tonne press with a mould and integrated HP-RTM equipment.

Great Britain's first Engel v-duo press has been delivered to WMG's Automotive Composite Research Centre at the University of Warwick. "As a development partner with the automotive industry, flexibility is very important to us. The Engel v-duo enables us to research thermoset composites prepreg compression molding (PCM), sheet molding compound (SMC) compression molding, HP-RTM and stamp forming of thermoplastic composites," says Professor Ken Kendall, Professorial Fellow at WMG's Automotive Composite Research Centre. "The precise control provided by this equipment is an essential feature for us when researching these processes".

SolidWorks is a 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software used by millions of engineers throughout the world.  It is made by Dassault Systèmes which regularly publishes marketing materials with each yearly iteration of the software.  Last year, the company used the Parrot Bebop Drone for a series of videos and brochures that illustrate the power of their CAD software.

The Engel v-duo machine was designed specifically for fiber composite applications. Compared to conventional presses, the it is 50 per cent shorter in height and about 60 per cent lighter. The large vertical machine, which is available with clamping forces from 4,000 to 36,000 kN, therefore makes it possible to create compact production cells at low investment costs.

SolidWorks 2017 is launching this month, and all of its advantages are described in terms of designing an upper body exoskeleton.  The MyoPro by Myomo is featured as the example product used to illustrate the benefits of the new release of SolidWorks 2017.  This is an amazingly clever way to advertise the MyoPro and to show millions of engineers exactly how far the exoskeleton industry has advanced.

The MyoPro is an elbow-wrist-fingers orthosis with a version for each arm.  It is designed for people with arm weakness stemming from a multitude of causes.  The latest model, the MyoPro Motion-G Orthosis has four degrees of freedom, two powered and two passive.  Motors actuate the elbow and thumb and fingers (2nd and 3rd digits).  The motors are controlled using EMG signal in the arm.  This is a similar setup to the HANK and Hal lower body gait rehabilitation exoskeletons.  The MyoPro will provide assistive force only when the user is actively attempting to perform the task at hand.

Engel's decades of experience in the automotive industry was another crucial factor in WMG's decision to invest in an Engel v-duo machine. It was also important to Professor Kendall to purchase an integrated solution where everything came from a single source. When Engel is used as a system supplier, the customer only communicates with one Engel contact, which can speed up the project planning and start-up of the plant significantly. A further advantage is that the HP-RTM unit, which Engel implemented in cooperation with its system partner Hennecke (in St. Augustin, Germany), has been integrated into the machine's control unit, meaning the entire manufacturing process can be managed via the machine's display.

While many of the inner workings of the MyoPro are revealed it is more than worth the publicity.  Dassault Systèmes selecting an exoskeleton as a featured product is a step forward in popularizing the exoskeleton industry.  The MyoPro is a product that has been on the market for over a year, and there is no mixing of science-fiction with reality going on here.

Dassault Systèmes have an introductory segment that shows the MyoPro in action at the beginning of each video.  Afterwards, there are videos which show how easy it is with SolidWorks 2017 to view the MyoPro in exploded view, change the injection molding of the casing, apply the name of the company to a curved surface, isolate and find the dimensions of any part and work with imported objects.  The videos reveal the elbow motor, battery pack casing and slot and many other components that make up this wearable exoskeleton.  There are also images of the heat dissipation from the motors across the device, suggesting there will be even more videos with this wearable exoskeleton released in the future.

At its Center for Lightweight Composite Technologies in St. Valentin, Austria, the injection moulding machine manufacturer focuses on promoting the interdisciplinary development of fiber composite technologies with partner companies and universities. The aim is to speed up the launch of composite technologies in the automotive industry. The technology center is currently focusing on the processing of semi-finished thermoplastic products (thermoplastic fabrics and tapes) and on reactive technologies that use thermoset and thermoplastic material systems, such as HP-RTM and in situ caprolactam polymerization.

For the 2017 launch of SolidWorks, Dassault Systèmes have replaced the drone with a robotic exoskeleton.  If this commercial campaign is anything like the Parrot Bebop Drone, there should be videos and drawings of the MyoPro circulating the internet for almost an entire year.  This is an incredibly scrappy way to educate engineers all over the world on the advancements of exoskeleton technology.

The Engel v-duo is characterised by a very high degree of rigidity and excellent platen parallelism. Platen-parallelism control for injection compression moulding is included in the standard version of the machine. In addition, handling devices that move straight into the mould area can be integrated to save space. Using the sliding tables, insertion tasks and set-ups can be carried out flexibly and easily. The hydraulic accumulator has been done away with completely, and with the ecodrive servo-hydraulic system fitted on the standard version of the machine, the Engel v-duo is setting new standards in energy efficiency too.

Great Britain's first Engel v-duo press has been delivered to WMG's Automotive Composite Research Centre at the University of Warwick. "As a development partner with the automotive industry, flexibility is very important to us. The Engel v-duo enables us to research thermoset composites prepreg compression molding (PCM), sheet molding compound (SMC) compression molding, HP‑RTM and stamp forming of thermoplastic composites," says Professor Ken Kendall, Professorial Fellow at WMG's Automotive Composite Research Centre.

Engel supplied the 1,700-tonne press with a mold and integrated HP-RTM equipment. With a mold mounting surface of 2.2 by 1.8 meters, the machine offers WMG the opportunity to produce a multitude of components and use different materials and manufacturing processes.

WMG is a research and education group based at the University of Warwick and works collaboratively with global companies to develop innovative products, services and processes. Along with its UK base, the group operates education centers and partnerships in seven countries. The Centre's aim is to help the automotive sector tap into innovative technologies, using the industrial-scale machine to develop mass-production processes for the manufacture of fiber reinforced composite components