Fiber placement dockable head for large parts
Advantages
High speed layup with robot and gantry for large slightly curved parts
1.5” thermoset, thermoplastic and dry fiber manufacturing ability
Unique modular head design for maximum productivity and reliability
Applications
Wings & fuselage panels
2D tailored stacks
Technical informations
AFP process specifications
| Fiber configuration | Up to 8 x 1.5” |
| Cut and feed repeatability* | ± 2.5 mm at 1 m/s |
| Compaction force control | 10 N/mm |
| Maximum lay-up speed* | 1.2 m/s |
| Tolerance between course laid up on separate tapes | +2.5/-0 mm |
| Minimum distance between cutting and feeding an individual fiber** | 10 mm |
| Minimum fiber length* | 124 mm |
| Dynamic head compliance | ±5 mm |
| Roller crush | ≤5 mm |
| Material packaging | Tape wheel on the head |
| HMI for advanced production management | |
| Offline programming software | Coriolis CADFiber® and CATFiber® |
| Heating device | Flash lamp, laser or Infrared |
| Controller | Siemens |
| Bar-code reader for material traceability | |
| Exchangeable head device and docking station |
Robotic cell configuration
| Robot | Robot Kuka KR 800 or Titan |
| Horizontal axis positioner | From 6T to 2x40T |
Gantry cell configuration
| X Y Z AXES | |
| Stroke | X : 20m, Y : 7m, Z : 2.1m, |
| Speed | X : 70m/min, Y : 90m/min, Z : 120m/min, |
| Acceleration | X : 2m/s², Y : 3m/s², Z : 4m/s², |
| Positional Accuracy | X : ±0.10 mm, Y : ±0.10 mm, Z : ±0.10 mm, |
| Repetability | X : ±0.05 mm, Y : ±0.05 mm, Z : ±0.05 mm, |
| A B C AXES | |
| Stroke | A : ±100°, B : ±25°, C : ±200°, |
| Speed | A : 2.62 rad/s, B : 0.80 rad/s, C : 8.4 rad/s, |
| Acceleration | A : 8 rad/s², B : 5 rad/s², C : 17 rad/s², |
| Positional Accuracy | A : ±25 arcsec, B : ±25 arcsec, C : ±25 arcsec, |
| Repetability | A : ±15 arcsec, B : ±15 arcsec, C : ±15 arcsec, |
Materials
| Thermoset prepreg | 135 to 252 gsm dry |
| Thermoplastic prepreg | 135 to 252 gsm dry |
| Dry fiber | 135 to 252 gsm dry |
Packaging
| Tape wheel | |
| Maximum gross weight | 10 kg |
| Spool maximum diameter | 600 mm |
| Carboard Inner diameter | 203.7 mm |
| Cardboard Core width and tolerance | 46 + / 0.1 mm |
| Tape width | 38.1 mm (1.5in) |
*Depends on the material, heat source and part shape and controller
** lay-up speed can be limited
Get in touch with Coriolis
Feel free to contact us to discuss you composite part automation project. We’re here to help you, every step of the way from the design until the manufacturing.
Rue Condorcet – Z.A. du Mourillon
F-56530 Quéven
Tél : +33 2 97 59 94 98
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