A project spanning four-months in 2018 was conducted at the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) to advance the state of the art in Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) fabrication of complex carbon fiber wind tunnel blades for NASA wind tunnels. This effort was the first step in developing a methodology for fabricating these complex parts. An AFP robotic system was used to explore whether manufacturing time and cost for production of wind tunnel blades could be reduced. Computer aided design models of the blade surfaces were created, and AFP process planning and programming was employed to study the manufacturability of the shapes. A manufacturing demonstration unit was fabricated to demonstrate a methodology to fabricate a complex shape representative of a wind tunnel blade. The present study revealed that the heater configuration on the LaRC AFP robotic system was the primary constraint that limited its ability to use AFP for wind tunnel blade manufacturing.


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    Titel :

    Hybrid AFP/Hand Layup Optimized Blades to Enhance Wind Tunnel Capability Summary of PREDICT 2018 Efforts


    Beteiligte:
    Dawn C. Jegley (Autor:in) / Ray W Grenoble (Autor:in) / Brian Mason (Autor:in) / Ramy Harik (Autor:in) / Joshua Halbritter (Autor:in) / Daniel Munden (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-05-01


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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