👉This Tuesday, Denis Cartié, Composite Development Manager, gaved a conference at SAMPE China 2024 “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙁𝙋 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ? “

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ?
An efficient 3D modeling procedure was developed to help manage the thermal management issues during AFP of thermoplastics composites

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙚 :
✔ Improve part quality and help qualification
✔ Increase AFP process reliability
✔ Extend opportunities for AFP TP layup

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 :
✔ Utilizes VNCK data (position and velocity)
✔ Incorporates the actual geometry of the part without simplifications
✔ Full 3D modeling
✔ Transient analysis capability
✔ Efficient computational speed