28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-6.1.3


IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION QUALITY OF THE ADVANCED AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT PROCESS BY MEANS OF ONLINE PATH CORRECTION

C. Krombholz, M. Perner, M. Bock, D. Roestermundt
DLR, Germany

Keywords: automated fiber placement technology, robotics, laser triangulation, online path correction, quality assurance system

Within the DLR-project GroFi the Center for Lightweight-Production-Technology in Stade implemented for the first time a laser triangulation sensor for the online path correction in the Advanced Automated Fiber Placement Technology. This enabled the possibility of real-time control of the production quality and the detection of significant process parameters.


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