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Carbon fibre reinforced composites offer excellent specific stiffness and strength and are therefore interesting for rotating machinery applications. The main disadvantage of high pe@ormance composites is the manufacturing process which is labor intensive and thus slow and expensive. The Thermoplastic Fibre Placement process overcomes these dificulties due to its high degree of automation. During the process, an impregnated thermoplastic tape is heated up and then consolidated insitu under pressure. This process has been implemented on a 6-axis robot in our lab and on a 3-axis robotic workcell in the ABB motor factory in Switzerland. This workcell is used to wind overhang bandages for motors.