Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) equipment has been developed capable of laying fiber in excess of 2000 inches per minute on full-size, complex parts. Two such high-speed machines will be installed for production of a nose section for a large twin-aisle commercial aircraft fuselage at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas along with a rotator for the fuselage mandrel. The problem of cutting and adding on the fly at these speeds requires thorough re-evaluation of all aspects of the technology, including the mechanical, controls, servos systems, and programming systems. Factors to be considered for high speed cut and add on the fly are discussed.
High-Speed Fiber Placement on Large Complex Structures
Sae Technical Papers
Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition ; 2007
2007-09-17
Conference paper
English
Production Implementation of Multiple Machine, High Speed Fiber Placement for Large Structures
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