Automated Composites Manufacturing - Third International Symposium


Third Symposium on Automated Composites Manufacturing (ACM 3)

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ACM 3
April, 2017
Montreal, Canada
ISBN: 978-1-60595-431-8

Table of Contents

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Preface
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Organizing Committee
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PART 1—ELEMENTS OF THE PLACEMENT MACHINES

Dynamic Tool Center Point (DTCP) Implementing in Automated Fiber Placement (AFP)
Itzel de Jesus Gonzalez Ojeda, Olivier Patrouix, Yannick Aoustin
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Design of a Machine for Automated Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP) Based Manufacturing Processes
Simon Konze, Sophia Elsner, Konrad Löschner, Peter Laabs, Lars Bittrich, Axel Spickenheuer, Gert Heinrich
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Integrated Design and Manufacturing Approach for a Faster and Easier Production of Rotor Blade Molds—Direct Tooling by BladeMaker
Ingo Gebauer, Heiko Rosemann, Christian Dörsch
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Introduction of a Multi Kinematic Gripping System for the Vacuum Bagging Process of Complex Shaped Aerospace Composite Structures
Clemens Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Michael Vistein, Lars Brandt
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PART 2—HEATING SYSTEMS

Fiber Placement and Tape Laying Through Continuous Ultrasonic Tacking: A Robust and Low Cost Alternative
Arnt Offringa, Jeroen Oosterhof
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Quantification of Tape Deconsolidation During Laser Assisted Fiber Placement
Thijs Kok, Wouter J. B. Grouve, Laurent L. Warnet, Remko Akkerman
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Continuous Ultrasonic Welding of Thermoplastic Composite Plates
Genevieve Palardy, Frank Senders, Martijn van Beurden, Irene Fernandez Villegas
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Automated Fiber Placement of Thermoplastic Composites Using Fiber Laser
Mehran Eimanlou, Mehdi Hojjati
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Xenon Flashlamp Heating for Automated Fibre Placement
David Williams, Martin Brown
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Resistance Seam Welding of Carbon Fiber Semi-finished Products
Fabian Zacharias, Hauke Schmidt, Sven Torstrick, Jan Stüve
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PART 3: INSPECTION

Integrated Automatic Inspection in Robotic Composites Cells
Scott Blake
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Fiber Angle Analysis of Carbon Fiber Preforms by 3D Eddy Current Testing
Christian Bülow, Sven Torstrick, Jan Stüve
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Thermal Imaging as a Solution for Reliable Monitoring of AFP Processes
Carsten Schmidt, Berend Denkena, Tristan Hocke, Klaas Völtzer
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Online Preventive Non-destructive Evaluation for Automated Fibre Placement
Rik Tonnaer, Sonell Shroff, Roger Groves
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PART 4: DRAPING AND STAMP FORMING

Development of a Generic Geometry to Test the Limits of Automated Draping and Stamp Forming Processes in Composite Manufacturing
Julien van Campen
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Study of Bi-experiment Inverse Method for Thermal Characterization of Fiber-reinforced Composites
Laurent Pouliot Laforte, Louis Laberge-Lebel
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stamp Forming of Thermoplastic Composite Wing Rib
Xiao Cai, Suong Van Hoa, Ramin Sedaghati
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PART 5: DRY FIBER AFP

Feature-Based Design for Manufacturing Guidelines for Dry Fibre AFP
Mattia Di Francesco, Laura Veldenz, Simon Astwood, Peter Giddings, Giuseppe Dell’Anno, Kevin Potter
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Composite Laminates Made by Automated Fiber Placement of Dry Fibers and Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding
Norvan Gharabegi, Suong V. Hoa, Mehdi Hojjati
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Assessment of Steering Capability of Automated Dry Fibre Placement Through a Quantitative Methodology
L. Veldenz, M. DiFrancesco, S. Astwood, P. Giddings, B. C. Kim, K. Potter
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PART 6: SPECIAL LAMINATES AND STRUCTURES

Laminates with Overlacing Made by Automated Fiber Placement
Minh Duc Hoang, Suong Van Hoa
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Development of Manufacturing Process for Thick Curved Thermoplastic Composite Tubes by Using Automated Fiber Placement
Chong Hui Song, Jeffry Fortin Simpson, Suong Van Hoa
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Automation for Wind Blade Manufacturing
James Sherwood, Matteo Polcari
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Design, Manufacturing and Testing of a Variable Stiffness Composite Cylinder for Improved Bending Induced Buckling Performance
Mohammad Rouhi, Hossein Ghayoor, Jeffrey Fortin-Simpson, Tom T. Zacchia, Suong V. Hoa, Mehdi Hojjati
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PART 7: BRAIDING AND WEAVING

Automated Braiding of Non-axisymmetric Structures
Philippe Monnot, Jonathan Levesque, Lois Laberge Lebel
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Relating Weaving Parameters and 3D Woven Fabric Design with a Geometrical Modelling Approach
Julien Brazeau-Seguin, Jonathan Levesque, Louis Laberge Lebel
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PART 8: SIMULATION AND LAY DOWN PROCESS

Finite Element Simulation of In-situ Consolidation of Fibre Placed Thermoplastic Laminate for Prediction of Residual Stresses and Laminate Quality
Gautam Jeyakodi, Sonell Shroff
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Systematic Down Selection Approach to Automated Composites Lay-down Processes
Angelo Sportelli, Marco Barile, Gianni Iagulli, Marco Raffone, Leonardo Lecce
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Trends and Innovations of Automated Fiber Placement
Jihua Chen, Marc Palardy-Sim, Marc-André Octeau, Ali Yousefpour
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