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software MANUFACTURING

Cevotec launches engineering software
for fibre patch placement technology

As the potential of innovative fibre composite technologies can only be fully
exploited by fully developed engineering software, Cevotec extends the Fibre
Patch Placement (FPP) process with the in-house developed CAD-CAM software
Artist Studio.
FELIX MICHL,
Head of Technology,
DR. NEVEN MAJIC,
Vice President Software Technology
Cevotec GmbH

A

paradigm change would be
the right word to express what
happened in the Cevotec laboratories during the last years. The
Munich-based company focuses on
creating an automated process for
oriented long fibre preforming of complex geometry structures.

Benefits of patch laminates
Up to now, there have been attempts
to improve the production of complex
3D preforms by means of endless
fibres. Cevotec now offers the first
industry-ready production solution
for carbon composites that works with
patch laminates. Processing of small
patches enables the automated quality-controlled production of complex
3D geometry preforms in high volumes. Moreover, a significant increase
of mechanical properties such as
strength and stiffness can be achieved
while using much less material. Used
as tailored reinforcement layers along

complex load paths, patch laminates
increase mechanical properties, especially in critical areas, and reduce
weight in the overall structure. So,
finally, far better results are obtained
than with continuous fibres.

Samba production system

by one and places them on a 3D tool.
Before the patches are placed in the
final position, optical systems check
their quality and detect any deviation
in order to correct the patch deposition point. This way, the problem of
high complexity was ultimately solved
passively, with two decisive advantages: in addition to the significantly
improved automation capability, the
patches and thus the carbon fibres can
be freely oriented at any point in the
preform, so that the patches can be laid
very precisely along curved load paths.

Cevotec's novel production system
Samba (Figure 1) consists of a
tape feeder as a stationary unit, an
extremely quickly moving four-axis
pick-and-place robot and a six-axis
tool manipulation robot with a load capacity of 100 kilogrammes, which
allows
precise
guidance of even
heavy preforming
tools. After a
binder-stabilized
carbon fibre tape
is fed into the machine and cut into
fibre
segments
(the patches), a
form-adaptive
gripper picks up
Fig. 1: The Samba fibre patch placement production system
the patches one
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #111 - March 2017 - Special JEC World - o

Cover
Edito
Opinion: Composites parts producer
Contents
NEWS
In brief
Construction & public transport
Meeting
Agenda
BUSINESS
Overview 2016
Carbon fibre
MANUFACTURING
Resin
Software
Simulation
Automatic process
Pultrusion
Integrated process
3D printing
AFP
Special JEC World 2017 - The largest composites show in the world
Planets
JEC World 2017 Conference Programme
JEC World 2017 Awards Programme
Process
Nano-materials
Innovation
Nano-materials
Milestone
Natural fibres
Seismic
Regulations
SOLUTIONS
Tank
Marine
Automotive
TECHNOLOGY
Simulation
Natural fibres
Behaviour
Pultrusion
Index
Advertisers
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