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EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT Laser placement New features in laser placement No business can afford time-consuming and faulty measuring methods during production and assembly procedures. The composite industry is no exception to this rule. With laser placement technology, hand lay-up can be carried out with more accuracy and reliability, because the laser clearly indicates where to place a piece of fabric or UD. SL-Laser offers new tools for this widely used equipment. n the composite industry, laser placement is used for placing prepregs or inlays and cloth plies in the wet laminating process, in a wide range of applications (aerospace, wind turbine blades, Formula one, motor sports, ship & boat manufacturing, ballistic protection assemblies, etc.) whenever the fabrics or UDs used are expensive and/or a high precision of orientation is needed. With laser placement, industrial rejects are minimized, thereby guaranteeing repeatable quality. In addition, the cost and inventory of cumbersome solid templates are eliminated, saving time and capital. I Laser outlines projected on the tooling surface are generated directly from CAD drawings at the design and construction level. The sequence of the images for the necessary steps of work procedure can be controlled as required and retrieved via a remote unit. The projection colour of the lasers delivered by SL-Laser is red and green. The laser point is moved with such a high speed in both X and Y directions that a standing picture is perceived. This makes the work procedures highly visible to the operator, who simply positions material to the light. digitizing interface while it handles files from Catia V4 and V5 and any other leading CAD/CAM programs. Multitooling enables simultaneous projection on multiple tools with one projector. Even the challenging task of using several projectors on more than one tool is handled with simplicity (Figure 1). SL3D automatically splits the images and distributes the segments among the lasers. Utilization of the installed system is enhanced notably by reducing the number of projectors per tool. Among other innovations, SL-Laser has developed a wireless remote control and a digitizing arm, which allows keeping data directly onto the mould when CAD files are not available. A pencil drawing directly onto the mould To round up the system, SL-Laser has added a powerful digitizing interface to SL3D where no projection data is available. The SL3D arm is a digitizing arm with an accuracy of 0.3mm (Figure 2). Fig. 2: The SL3D arm Wireless remote control Productivity is further increased by providing a separate user interface for each tool through individual Windows CE® wireless handheld ProCommander (Figure 1). By simply redrawing the ply boundaries with its pencil-like tip, laser data is produced and projected simultaneously. A powerful toolbox of polygon and spline functions converts the coordinates to curves in real time. Reference points are taken the same way. While the contour grows on the screen, SL3D automatically optimizes for multihead projection. As soon as the last curve is finished, the complete information on all plies and work steps is saved in a work file and production can start. Alternatively, the SL3D-ProCollector laserbased digitizer can be used for very large tools. As long as hand lay-up remains in use, laser placement will have a place of choice in the composite industry. Thus, all improvements to this technology are welcome. More informations: www.sl-laser.com New characteristics SL-Laser, as a leading supplier of Europe’s top aerospace manufacturers, has introduced a number of new features in its industry-proven projection system. The SL3D V4.0 software offers Multitooling and a powerful new Fig. 1: Simultaneous projection and ProCommander remote control ProCommander shows the actual ply on a graphical display and allows the technician to control all steps on a single tool remotely and independently. JEC Composites Magazine / No39 March - April 2008
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008

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NEWS WORLDWIDE - Companies
- Epsilon Composite
- Agenda of events
- Equipment : Laser placement
- Ply placement by live video image
BUSINESS - Market survey
- Formosa Plastics Corp.
- Topkey at a crossroads
- Trends : robotics
- Niche market : Patient positioning
FEATURE : ENVIRONMENT
- Management
- Biopolymers
- Natural fibre
PROCESS - Software
- Infusion
- Simulation
SPECIAL JEC COMPOSITES 2008 - JEC End-users Forums
- JEC innovation award programme
- Innovations
USER'S PLATFORM - Composites in the world
- Better acoustics for a concert hall
- Leather and fibres - No more excuses
- Applications
- Aircraft interior : more than just a seat
KNOW HOW - Composite tooloing
- Process
- Liquid composite moulding
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - NEWS WORLDWIDE - Companies
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Epsilon Composite
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Agenda of events
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Equipment : Laser placement
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Ply placement by live video image
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Formosa Plastics Corp.
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Trends : robotics
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Niche market : Patient positioning
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Management
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Biopolymers
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Natural fibre
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - PROCESS - Software
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Infusion
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - SPECIAL JEC COMPOSITES 2008 - JEC End-users Forums
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - JEC innovation award programme
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Innovations
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Better acoustics for a concert hall
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Leather and fibres - No more excuses
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Aircraft interior : more than just a seat
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - KNOW HOW - Composite tooloing
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #39 - March/April 2008 - - Liquid composite moulding
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