Automated composites manufacturing
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Suong Van Hoa
The increasing use of composites in many important applications such as aerospace, automobiles, civil infrastructures, and sports equipment gives rise to the need to increase speed, to reduce costs, to reduce waste, and to enhance repeatability in manufacturing. Automation for composites manufacturing has become a necessity. Over the past several years, there has been a significant development in the automation of composites manufacturing. New machines have been developed. Apart from activities at major companies, there have also been activities in automated composites manufacturing at universities and research institutes. The automation not only aims to increase the efficiency of the composite manufacturing process, but it also brings about new capabilities that significantly enhance the tailorability of composites, for optimization of structural efficiency. Fiber steering brings about new possibilities for making the composite materials working harder and more effectively. This special issue of Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, which puts emphasis on automation, marks an important milestone in the new development of composites.
©2015 by De Gruyter
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Automated composites manufacturing
- Review
- Modelling the effect of gaps and overlaps in automated fibre placement (AFP)-manufactured laminates
- Original articles
- Simulation and experimental validation of gaps and bridging in the automated fiber placement process
- The effect of the percentage of steered plies on the bending-induced buckling performance of a variable stiffness composite cylinder
- Size-dependent behavior of laminates with curvilinear fibers made by automated fiber placement
- Impact of layup rate on the quality of fiber steering/cut-restart in automated fiber placement processes
- Effect of autoclave process on the quality of thermoplastic composite truncated cones manufactured using automated fiber placement technique
- Design and automated manufacturing of profiled composite driveshafts
- Novel form-flexible handling and joining tool for automated preforming
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Automated composites manufacturing
- Review
- Modelling the effect of gaps and overlaps in automated fibre placement (AFP)-manufactured laminates
- Original articles
- Simulation and experimental validation of gaps and bridging in the automated fiber placement process
- The effect of the percentage of steered plies on the bending-induced buckling performance of a variable stiffness composite cylinder
- Size-dependent behavior of laminates with curvilinear fibers made by automated fiber placement
- Impact of layup rate on the quality of fiber steering/cut-restart in automated fiber placement processes
- Effect of autoclave process on the quality of thermoplastic composite truncated cones manufactured using automated fiber placement technique
- Design and automated manufacturing of profiled composite driveshafts
- Novel form-flexible handling and joining tool for automated preforming
