Autonomous preforming system: automated and sensor-aided handling of dry carbon fibre textiles

Automated Near-net-shape Preforming of Carbon Fi-ber Reinforced Thermoplastics (cfrtp)

This paper aims to show, that the preforming process of parts made of Carbon Fiber Reiforced Thermoplastics (CFRTP) can be improved, when using several technologies like near-net shape cut-piece generation with forming simulation, automated cut-piece detection, robotic gripping and laydown of fabrics. Thereby the authors of this paper want to contribute to the increase of CFRTP applications in ...

Automated manufacturing of large, three-dimensional CFRP parts from dry textiles

Automated Laser Sensor System

This paper presents an automated laser sensor system developed for damage detection of an Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) used by the US Army. The paper recounts the five-year effort aimed at developing a condition assessment system for AVLBs. A prototype automated laser sensor system built and tested by CFC-WVU consists of: 1) automated robotic gantry, 2) laser vibrometer, 3) data acqui...

Electrical Switchability and Dry-Wash Durability of Conductive Textiles

There is growing interest in the area of conductive textiles in the scientific and industrial community. Herein, we successfully prepared a conductive textile via covalently grafting polyaniline (PANI) onto cotton by a multi-step treatment process. The conductivity of the resultant fabric could be tuned by immersing in water having different pH values. The conductive and insulating properties o...

Automated Design of Assembly System with Computer Aided System Help

The paper deal about automated assembly manufacturing cell design. First part is about Methods and techniques used for assembly systems design. Next part describes specific CAD systems used for design process of our assembly cell. With help of this CAD toll we have design geometric disposition of all system elements by CATIA and also parts of control system by FluidSim. Whole design problematic...