ABOUT
Accelerator of innovation
Weight reduction goes hand in hand with a reduction in energy and fuel consumptions, which in turn reduces harmful emissions. As such, 'light weighting' is a fundamental building block of our transition towards a climate neutral society. SAM|XL envisions speeding up this transition through collaboration and innovation. Eventually propagating our values regarding a healthy planet not only through speech and writing, but also through sustainable product development and manufacturing within Europe.
Having 'aerospace' in our DNA, we understand as no other that the unimaginable can be achieved when man and machine collaborate to push boundaries. We strive to maximize the synergy between skilled professionals and intelligent manufacturing systems for producing, joining and inspecting composite and light-metal structures. Our pragmatic approach to achieve this long-term ambition: small steps, big impact.
Team
Dr. Kjelt van Rijswijk
Managing Director, Program Manager CADC
Abhas Choudhary
Composite Welding & Manufacturing Engineer
Eugenio Bernardi
Robotics Engineer
Rik Tonnaer
Lead Automated Manufacturing Engineer
Sander Orbons
PR and Communication
Dick Bolk
Operations Manager
André Mendes Florindo
Automated Manufacturing Engineer
Florian Leu
Mechatronics Automation Engineer
Sungi Han
Additive Manufacturing Engineer
Eveline van Kan
Business Controller
Berthil Grashof
System Integrator and Robot Safety Expert
Johan Boender
General Technical Support
Syrine Zbidi
Software Automation Engineer
Claudia Westhoff
Office Manager/Project Assistent
Bram Jongbloed
Materials & Process Engineer
Kate Twiss
Robotics Software Engineer
Daphne Stukker
PR and Communication
Aashish Vatsyayan
Robotics Software Engineer
Dave Kroezen
Software Engineer
Menno Verkade
Education and Research Technician
Nadia Haifi
PR and Communication
Board
Experts
CADC program
SAM|XL is the outcome of the Composite Automation Development Program (CADC), which is funded via the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD): “Composite Automation Development Centre – A programme to build, use and grow a Fieldlab for smart composite manufacturing technologies”. The CADC consortium comprises TU Delft, Fokker-GKN, Airborne, Airbus Defence & Space Netherlands, Suzlon, TNO, GTM Advanced Materials and KVE.
