Fabheads: Building Advanced Composites for the World’s Most Demanding Industries | Decoding Manufacturing

About this episode

Dhinesh Kanagaraj discusses how Fabheads is revolutionizing carbon fiber manufacturing with advanced automation technology.

Every metal behaves predictably, but carbon fiber doesn’t. Its strength depends on how every fiber is laid, making it one of the hardest materials to automate. That’s where Dhinesh Kanagaraj, Founder & CEO, Fabheads, comes in. Their breakthrough “adaptive tow placement” technology lets machines think like craftsmen, achieving fiber-level control at industrial speed. With software-driven automation and smarter material handling, Fabheads is achieving 3-10X productivity, up to 40% fewer rejections, and reduced waste. Watch this episode of Decoding Manufacturing to see how Fabheads is transforming carbon fiber manufacturing. Chapters: 0:24 - Intro 0:28 - Revolutionizing the carbon fiber industry 1:05 - Misconception about automating carbon fiber manufacturing 1:32 - The single most important breakthrough in tech stack 2:07 - Brief explanation of what Fabheds does 2:50 - Misconception about automating carbon fiber manufacturing 3:27 - The single most important breakthrough in tech stack 4:00 - Solving the gap in India’s composite manufacturing ecosystem 5:15 - Carbon fiber 3D printing for aerospace 7:41 - Demand for robotic composite system in a manual manufacturing led industry 8:21…

People in this episode

Guest: Dhinesh Kanagaraj

Topics covered

• carbon fiber
• automation
• manufacturing
• technology
• composites

Keywords

• adaptive tow placement
• productivity
• 3D printing
• aerospace
• robotic systems

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Fabheads technology, carbon fiber

Places: India

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