TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of material characteristics on the layup quality of the Continuous Multi-Tow Shearing (CMTS) process
AU - Zympleoudis, Evangelos
AU - Potter, Kevin
AU - Weaver, Paul M.
AU - Chul Kim, Byung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The aerospace industry has pioneered the use of automated material placement machines, which excel in placing fibres in straight lines on large-scale moulds. Nonetheless, their ability to produce curved paths, which are required for complex doubly curved shapes and more efficient load distribution, is extremely limited. In order to overcome this limitation, the Continuous Multi-Tow Shearing (CMTS) process was developed, where in-plane shear deformation is employed in order to steer the tow path. The CMTS utilises unidirectional (UD) carbon fabric with multiple tows in the form of a tape. In this paper two different materials were tested with a CMTS prototype head and a qualitative analysis was performed in order to give insight into the effect of material parameters on the quality that can be achieved with the process.
AB - The aerospace industry has pioneered the use of automated material placement machines, which excel in placing fibres in straight lines on large-scale moulds. Nonetheless, their ability to produce curved paths, which are required for complex doubly curved shapes and more efficient load distribution, is extremely limited. In order to overcome this limitation, the Continuous Multi-Tow Shearing (CMTS) process was developed, where in-plane shear deformation is employed in order to steer the tow path. The CMTS utilises unidirectional (UD) carbon fabric with multiple tows in the form of a tape. In this paper two different materials were tested with a CMTS prototype head and a qualitative analysis was performed in order to give insight into the effect of material parameters on the quality that can be achieved with the process.
KW - Automation
KW - Continuous Multi-Tow Shearing (CMTS)
KW - Fibre placement
KW - Tow steering
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85018578244
T3 - ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials
BT - ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials
PB - European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM
T2 - 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2016
Y2 - 26 June 2016 through 30 June 2016
ER -