MAG’s new VIPER 7000 vertical gantry fiber placement system builds on the company’s wide range of modular product platforms, bringing the advantages of unlimited part length and multiple work zones to supersize wind energy part production. The VIPER 7000 gantry system is easily sized for any part length, making the system ideal for blade shells, spars, spar caps, and shear webs. The new gantry system introduces a wide range of processing advantages to fiber placement work. The system consumes less overall floor space than a conventional system using mandrel-mounted tooling. The VIPER 7000 accommodates both fixed floor-mounted or rotation tooling in either Outer Mold Line (OML) or Inner Mold Line (IML) configurations. The gantry platform is available in low-rail or in-floor styles, and can be any length required—in addition to mounting multiple gantries if desired. Options include a dockable head and 32-creel magazine load.
           
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