Automation through this project. By developing this technology, the potential of reinforcement fibres can be fully exploited, resulting in lighter and cheaper fibre-reinforced parts. The project will be completed in December 2009. ITA would like to thank the Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V. for its financial support to the research project AiF-No. 15475N (Grundlegende textilphysikalische Untersuchungen zur Konstruktion von dreidimensionalen gestickten Verbundwerkstoffen), which was implemented as part of the programme for the sponsorship of the Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung (IGF) with funds provided by the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie / BMWi) via the Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen Otto-von-Guericke e.V. (AiF). Fig. 2: Overview of a one-sided tailored fibre placement process (Source: ITA). More information: www.ita.rwth-aachen.de No52 October 2009 / jec composites magazinehttp://www.jeccomposites.com http://www.ita.rwth-aachen.de http://www.memmert.com