JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #111 - March 2017 - Special JEC World - 84

JEC WORLD 2017
Multi-sector

> Booth:
Modular digital cutting system
Zünd will be exhibiting innovative automation solutions for the composites market. With the G3 M-1600 and collaborative UR Hall 5A, S41
robot, the Swiss cutter manufacturer presents a modular digital cutting system designed for exceptional productivity and performance.
Maximum productivity and reliability, along with simple integration in automated production workflows, are
critical competitive advantages in the composites market. Perfectly coordinated system components working together in a fully-integrated digital workflow are the key to success. With the G3 M-1600 cutting system
combined with a collaborative UR robot, Zünd offers a perfect automation solution for cutting and off-loading
prepreg materials. The UR robot does not require caging or other protected workspaces and relieves the operator
of the repetitive, non-value adding task of sorting and unloading. The cut parts are automatically stacked and can
be removed at any time without any interruptions to the production process. With a cutting area of 1330 x 1600
mm, the G3 M-1600 can handle anything from prepreg materials to dry weave and core materials, and even moulded parts. No matter whether carbon
or glass fibre, aramid, pre-consolidated, semi-finished thermoplastics, hard foam or honeycomb - with its advanced tool design, Zünd offers the perfect
high-performance cutting tool for every application. To meet the rigorous demands of processing fibreglass and carbon fibre, for example, the company
recommends the extremely efficient and robust Power Rotary Tool (PRT), which is also protected against electrically-charged or abrasive dust particles.
For cutting materials with a low melting point without damaging them, the RPM settings of the tool can be adjusted for specific material requirements.
The Pneumatic Oscillating Tool (POT) is another powerful tool. Air-driven, with an 8 mm stroke, this tool is the perfect choice for efficiently processing
honeycomb and hard foam materials. The routing option with the R62 specialty router bit, on the other hand, is the ideal tool for precisely and efficiently
routing cured parts.
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Production

jec composites magazine / No111 March 2017

IIoT-enabled automation software
> Booth:
for total production optimization
Hall 5A - D62
Plataine is an award-winning, leading provider of
IIoT (Industrial Internet of
Things)-based intelligent automation software for advanced
manufacturers. The company's
solutions are used worldwide by
leading OEM, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers including CTC (an Airbus
company), GE Aviation, Avcorp, Composites Horizons, Hexcel, IAI,
Triumph and MT Aerospace.
MAT (Material & Asset Tracker) is part of Plataine's integrated Total
Production Optimization (TPO) suite, targeted to specifically address the challenges of composite part manufacturing. MAT enables
composite manufacturers to enhance production using Industrial
IoT-enabled automation software. Context-sensitive algorithms create ready-to-cut production plans integrated with the existing infrastructure, adapting to what makes a company great. MAT puts every
aspect of production at the user's fingertips in real time, resulting in
greater competitiveness through increased material utilization, improved productivity, controlled quality and higher manufacturing
throughput.
Key features:
* Track assets location: raw material prepreg rolls, kits, tools and layup moulds;
* Manage material and assets shelf life, including the "in and out of
freezer" times;
* Provide production status to management and customers;
* Handle asset relationships and part genealogy;
* Perform impact analysis when quality concerns arise;
* Configure customized alerts;
* Trace assets' history of events and quality information;
* Real-time visibility into the production floor using Live Map.

Multi-sector

Augmented reality for composites
> Booth:
manufacturing with Anaglyph's PlyMatch
Hall 5A - N62
Anaglyph, the UK composites design and manufacturing solutions specialist, will demonstrate the revolutionary hand lay-up ply placement
technology PlyMatch. PlyMatch™ uses augmented reality to show the live
combined images of actual and target ply outlines and fibre orientation
details on a monitor, so that the two can be matched by the operator. It is used
for the accurate placement of plies in hand lay-up manufacture of composite
parts, as well as for monitoring and validation of automated methods. It is particularly useful in case of complex geometries, with high curvature or enclosed
spaces. So far, its users are in the aerospace, automotive and transport sectors.
There are still a lot more possible applications. Laminate Tools is a stand-alone
Windows® application, interfacing with
most industry standards. It addresses the
entire design-analysis-check-manufacture group process of structural design, but focusing on the composite material
features. It complements existing CAD systems and/or FEA environments.
Laminate Tools has native interfaces to Solidworks, Rhino, Nastran, Ansys and
Abaqus. It helps optimize and manufacture exactly what is being designed and
saves valuable team time. CoDA (Composite Component Design Analysis) is
used for the preliminary analysis of sub-components with plate, beam, joint,
flange or laminate geometries. It is based on several years' research at NPL
(National Physical Laboratory) that included experimental validation, which
means that its results can be relied upon. CoDA is available as seven independent, but integrated, modules. Based on the classical laminate theory, LAP
(Laminate Analysis Program) is used to analyse any type of composite laminate subjected to in-plane loads and moments. The flat laminate has no fixed
size, apart from its thickness, so that the analysis can be applied to any composite component where loadings and deformations are known. Anaglyph Ltd.
has been serving the composites industry worldwide for over 20 years. They
have been working closely with the automotive and aerospace sectors, initially
supplying composite design and analysis software and, as a natural extension
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to those, developed PlyMatch™.

www.plataine.com

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