20 AEROSPACEMANUFACTURING | MARCh 2010
EvEnt prEviEw i JEC CompositEs paris
A feast of technology
Always a hotbed of innovation, JEC Paris will be a key event in the calendar for
those looking to invest in new technologies. Here, Aerospace Manufacturing looks at
some of the products on display.
A
modelling, and as built documentation

major supplier of tape laying
equipment to the Boeing 787 and with accuracy up to 54 microns. Users
Airbus A350 XWB programmes, can hard probe measure simple point
MTorres (stand S65) will exhibit variations, then laser scan sections
an array of fabrication and assembly for larger volumes of data without
solutions for high productivity prepreg the wasted time of adding/removing
carbon fibre component production. As attachments, untangling cabling, or
well as its well known automatic tape importing data from another CMM.
laying machine, TORRESLAYUP, the The company also cites its ability to
Pamplona, Spain-based company will accurately scan reflective and dark
be promoting its latest generation, high objects as a key benefit. Faro will also
productivity automatic fibre placement
Net shape carbon fibre performs: Produced by
have on show its FaroArm, Laser Tracker
Toho Tenax
machine, TORRESFIBERLAYUP. In ION and FARO Gage product lines, all
addition, it will also be demonstrating designed to make measuring complex
its ultrasonic cutting capabilities process, the company has invested in objects easy.
with the TORRESPANEX and its new production equipment to develop UK-based composite design,
TORRESSONIC ultrasonic inspection these new net shape preforms, which analysis and manufacturing solution
machines for NDI applications as well can be made by automated placement provider Anaglyph (stand P49) will
as its popular 5-axis routing and drilling of multiple carbon fibres using robotic be demonstrating the newly released
machines with flexible tooling. manufacturing equipment. Harnessing
Composite material manufacturer Toho its expertise in manufacturing and
Tenax (stand G58) will be showcasing processing of functional carbon fibre, the
its net shape carbon fibre preforms. product includes bindered, high quality
With the preforming process for carbon dry fibres for resin transfer moulding,
fibre reinforced plastic components improving the mechanical performance
typically a costly and labour intensive of laminates. Toho Tenax will also be
demonstrating its STS40 48K filament
carbon fibre yarn, designed for high
volume applications.
Leading provider of portable
measurement and imaging solutions,
Faro (stand V30) will present its Laser
Faro’s Laser ScanArm V3: For capturing large point
ScanArm V3, which enables users to
cloud data
inspect parts in detail by capturing
large point cloud data. The device version 4.0 of Laminate Tools, a draping
features open architecture, enabling and finite element analysis pre-/post-
users to employ Geomagic, Polyworks, processing software package. Laminate
RapidForm and many other third party Tools v4.0 includes a new geometry
software programmes and can tackle all module for CAD file importing and
measurement tasks such as inspection, grouping into element sets for draping
An MTorres automatic fibre placement machine: For
point cloud to CAD comparison, rapid as well as numerous user driven
large scale components and high productivity
prototyping, reverse engineering, 3D enhancements to existing modules.
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