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automation

Fig. 3: Transfer from steel processing technologies to preform production

Fig. 4: Convertible hardtop demonstrator

tailored tubes and assembly lines to preform production is a possible solution. This means shifting from tailored blanks and tubes with locally adapted thickness, material quality and geometry to tailored non-crimp fabrics (NCF) or braided structures in the single-step preforming technology, and from assembly lines to a preforming centre in multi-step preforming. Single-step preforming means producing semi-finished textile parts in a single processing step, while multistep preforming consists in converting “tailored NCF” and “tailored braids” into near-net-shape preforms in a sequence of automated processing steps. Preforming involves benefits such as reduced handling and cutting operations, as well as simplified handling of the limp textiles or preforms due to the tailored fabrics, as well as higher productivity resulting from the automated process steps and novel process chains. Further developments in single- and multi-step preforming are presented here on the basis of a typical process chain.

When producing the described structure in a preforming/ LCM process chain, certain requirements can be derived from these characteristics. Most importantly, tolerances of < +/- 1 mm have to be fulfilled. Furthermore, the threedimensional shape in combination with a certain bending stiffness (due to handlability) requires locally adjusted drapability. Combining single- and multi-step preforming processes is a promising approach to produce such a structure in an economically viable way. A possible process chain is shown schematically in Fig. 5. A specially designed semi-finished part is produced by means of enhanced multiaxial warpknitting technology (single-step preforming). It is then pre-cut and transferred to an assembly line or cell, where it is equipped with additional subcomponents and transformed into its final shape (multi-step preforming). The result is a near-net-shape textile reinforcement structure which is ready for consolidation in a subsequent LCM process. Single- and multi-step preforming, as well as the interface between them, are described below.

Typical process chain
Highly automated preforming processes mostly target automotive applications, which will require production rates of 100,000 parts a year in the near future in order to establish the use of FRP structures. For this reason, a convertible hardtop was chosen as a typical demonstrator. The same part (Fig. 4) was already used as a demonstrator in the AiF-funded research project “AutoPreforms” [4]. The hardtop has a number of characteristics which are typical of automotive applications, such as: - Three-dimensional surface with average complexity - Local reinforcements (stringers) - Thickness variations - Metallic inserts for load introduction

Fig. 5: Process chain

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012

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Edito
Point of view: core material
Contents
Agenda of Events
COMPANY & BUSINESS
- In Brief
- Reinforcement
- Book launch
APPLICATIONS
- Railway
- UAV
- Electric vehicule
MARKET
- Human ressources
- Sandwich
SPECIAL JEC ASIA 2012
- Floor plan
- Conferences
- JEC Asia Innovation Awards Programme
- Innovation report
- Country guest of honour: Malaysia
- Reinforcement
- Wind energy
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
- Design
- Automation
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
- Reinforcement
- UPR
- Mirco-pultrusion
- Pultrusion
- Injection
- Certification
Index
In the world
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Reinforcement
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Wind energy
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Design
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Automation
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Reinforcement
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - UPR
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Mirco-pultrusion
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Pultrusion
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Injection
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - - Certification
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #73 - June 2012 - Index
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