From datasheet
to composite bracket.
Several weeks.

Follow Sarah — a structural engineer — as she qualifies TC1320 PEKK thermoplastic for a composite bracket using the TapeLayer™ platform.

The old way: run months of qualification tests, generate scrap, and still not know if your design is optimal.
Months of testing ~40% scrap Now: several weeks →
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SpecSniper

Sarah uploads the datasheet.

TC1320 PEKK is a new material — it's not yet in the database. She drops the datasheet into SpecSniper. In seconds, every material property is extracted, structured, and sourced. No manual entry, no transcription errors, no guessing at units.

Extracted properties — TC1320 PEKK TenCate Advanced Composites Datasheet, p.4
Glass transition temperature (Tg) 170°C ±17°C
Melt point (Tm) 350°C ±35°C
Tensile strength (0° fiber direction) 1,820 MPa ±182 MPa
Tensile modulus (0°) 120 GPa ±12 GPa
Nominal ply thickness 0.127 mm
Dark blue = error bar assumed ±10% (no vendor std dev stated)
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Strata

She benchmarks TC1320 against the database.

Strata surfaces every comparable material already in the system. Sarah sees qualification complexity at a glance — TC1320 PEKK requires fewer cycles than the thermoset alternatives she's used before.

Material comparison — aerospace-grade options
Material Tensile Str. Tg Cure Temp Cycles to qualify
TC1320 PEKK ✦ 1,820 MPa 159°C 370°C 4
IM7/8552 Epoxy 2,758 MPa 185°C 180°C 12
T300/Epoxy 1,500 MPa 180°C 175°C 8
Key finding: TC1320 PEKK requires 4 qualification cycles vs. 12 for thermoset alternatives — thermoplastic reshaping eliminates post-cure rework.
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3
Optimax Simulated

The AI recommends an optimal layup.

Sarah enters her bracket geometry: 200mm × 60mm cantilever, 75N point load at tip. Optimax applies classical laminate theory across the TC1320 PEKK dataset and returns a recommendation with a 94% confidence score. Geometry input is illustrative — CAD integration is in development.

[0/±45/90]ₛ · 8 plies Confidence 94%
44 GPa ±4.4 GPa
Pred. Stiffness
1.8 mm
Pred. Deflection
5.0 mm
Allowable
Margin of safety 2.4× — design is safe under load
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4
Avatar

She simulates the bracket under load.

Avatar's beam solver deflects the bracket 1.8mm under 75N — well within the 5mm spec. Sarah probes failure by increasing to 200N. The root flushes red. No black zone: no irreversible deformation. The design is safe.

TC1320 PEKK Bracket — [0/±45/90]ₛ · 8 plies Load: 200N (failure probe)
200N Root (max stress) Tip (free) δ=1.8mm
312 MPa
Max stress (root)
1,600 MPa
TC1320 yield stress
5.1×
Margin to yield
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5
TapeLayer™ Coming With Hardware

The machine builds it. No touch labor.

Sarah submits the approved layup spec. The TapeLayer™ reads it directly: temperature, humidity, tape tension, and actuator position — all controlled, all recorded. The part emerges from the sealed environment. Zero human hands on the layup.

When the TapeLayer™ is in your facility, this step happens on-site — or Sarah uploads specs remotely and receives the finished part. Either way, every actuator position, sensor reading, and environmental measurement is captured and written back to the system.

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SpecSniper ← As-Made Data Coming With Hardware

The build becomes a data point.

As-made data from the bracket flows back into the company's own SpecSniper. Not the datasheet values — the actual measured structural properties from this build, this machine, this environment. The company decides whether to keep it private or share it. Either way, their next Optimax run has real data — not just a datasheet estimate.

SpecSniper database growth (this company)
TC1320 PEKK — datasheet records 12 properties
TC1320 PEKK — as-made records (after this build) +8 measured properties
Prediction uncertainty reduction (Tg) ±10% → ±2.3% after 5 builds
The flywheel

More builds.
Smarter estimates. Less scrap.

Each TapeLayer™ build feeds as-made data back into the system. The AI tightens its predictions. The scrap rate falls. That loop is only possible on Greenlight hardware.

More machines. More builds. More data. The AI gets smarter. The estimates get tighter. The scrap goes down. And the data is per-machine — it doesn't run on anyone else's hardware. That's the TapeLayer™ moat.

Sarah's story is
the product.

Every step above — except the hardware — is live today. See it yourself, or talk to us about what this means for your program.

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