22 AEROSPACEMANUFACTURING | MARCH 2010
EVENT PREVIEW I JEC COMPOSITES PARIS
and adds material to fill plies according
to user specified manufacturing
standards and requirements, linking lay-
up paths together to form specific lay-up
sequences output as NC programs. VCS
reads CAD models and NC programs,
either from VCP or other composite
lay-up path generation applications, and
simulates the sequence of NC programs
on a virtual machine. Material is applied NC-PartLocator software from Delcam: Ensuring
to the lay-up form via NC program
toolpaths match the actual position of the part
Laminate Tool v4.0 software from Anaglyph:
instructions in a virtual CNC simulation
Featuring a new geometry module for CAD file environment. The simulated material caused by variations in material thickness
importing and grouping
applied to the form can be measured and or distortion across a part, and can
inspected to ensure the NC program also identify whether components have
Other established Anaglyph software follows manufacturing standards and become too distorted prior to machining
applications being promoted at the show requirements. Aerospace customer and inspection.
include CoDA (Component Design projects produced using these products, German laser system developer
Analysis), LAP (Laminate Analysis such as a large one piece fuselage barrel, Z-Laser (stand Q40) produces products
Program), and PlyMatch, a revolutionary an aircraft inlet duct and aircraft skin for customers in many industries for
hardware- and software-based system for panels, will be highlighted on CGTech’s laser projection, 3D measurement
accurate hand lay-up ply placement. Easy stand, as well as the latest version of its and biophotonic applications. In the
to use, compact, mobile and versatile, VERICUT CNC machine simulation composite industry, 2D and 3D laser
the system can be used either as an and optimisation software. projectors from the company can be
alternative or as a complement to legacy With its focus on improving accuracy applied to many production processes
ply placement methods. and consistency when machining where precision is essential, simplifying
Another UK-based software developer, composite parts, Delcam (stand R37) and accelerating the laying process and
CGTech (stand T14) will be showcasing will be promoting its NC-PartLocator improving quality. Commonly used for
software. Developed in association high value manual tasks, the system
with metrology specialist MSP, the projects the contours of each prepreg
software gives users the ability to adjust into the form, reducing labour time,
toolpaths to the actual position of ensuring accuracy, reducing errors and
the part, rather than having to ensure allowing for production monitoring.
that the component is in exactly the In addition to automated internal drift
nominal location specified in the CAM compensation, controlled by time and
system. To ensure accurate trimming and thermal influences, the system includes
profiling, NC-PartLocator first gathers Z-Laser’s Projection Manager Software
the necessary data using a probe fitted and is compatible with all major 3D
CGTech’s VERICUT software: Being used to lay-up an
onto the machine too, creating a probing CAD formats. ❙
aircraft wing spar
sequence within the software. This data www.jeccomposites.com
is then used by best fit routines within
its machine independent fibre placement the software to determine the part’s
programming and simulation software exact position. Any mismatch between
in Paris with demonstrations of its the nominal position used in the CAM
VERICUT Composite Programming system to generate the toolpaths and the
(VCP) and VERICUT Composite actual position of the component on its
Simulation (VCS) software. VCP and fixture can be calculated. The software
VCS allow users to move from CAD then feeds the results to the machine
designed composite parts to CNC tool control as a datum shift or rotation
programs that drive automated fibre to compensate for the differences in
placement machines. VCP reads CAD location and alignment. NC-PartLocator
Z-Laser projection systems: Used to speed the laying
surfaces and ply boundary information can also help to tackle localised problems
process and improve accuracy
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