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The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved with Carbon Fibre-based production

This is a pretty bold move by the Siemens PLM folks.

Composites are rife and everywhere you look: from their traditional and nascent use in auto-sport which has been leading the pack in terms of short batch composite parts for decades, composites now everywhere, cars, planes, even cell phones. With this boom in interest in composites, along with it comes the need to define exactly how those components are manufactured. From tape placement and optimisation to the need to accurate run the increasingly complex machines that are automating production.

If you’re wondering how complex things get, this video from Lexus shows exactly where the state of the art is.

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