The automated fiber placement process has been in development at Hercules since 1980. Fiber placement is being developed specifically for aircraft and other high performance structural applications. Several major milestones have been achieved during process development. These milestones are discussed in this paper. The automated fiber placement process is currently being demonstrated on the NASA ACT program. All demonstration projects to date have focused on fiber placement of transport aircraft fuselage structures. Hercules has worked closely with Boeing and Douglas on these demonstration projects. This paper gives a description of demonstration projects and results achieved.


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    Title :

    Automated Fiber Placement: Evolution and Current Demonstrations


    Contributors:
    C. G. Grant (author) / V. M. Benson (author)

    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    24 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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