Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 141-151Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.02.019
Keywords
Automation; Lay-up (automated); Tow; Automated fibre placement (AFP)
Funding
- EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK), Airbus
- GKN [EP/H025898/1]
- EPSRC [EP/H026371/1, EP/K025023/1, EP/H025898/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H026371/1, EP/K025023/1, EP/H025898/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Automated fibre placement (AFP) is well-known as a cutting-edge technology for manufacturing variable angle tow (VAT) composites with tailored fibre paths. However, its process-induced defects prevent the wide application of VAT composite structures. As an alternative manufacturing method, the continuous tow shearing (CTS) technique, utilising the ability to shear dry tows, has been developed. It was shown that CTS could significantly reduce process-induced defects such as fibre wrinkling, resin rich areas and fibre discontinuities. In this paper, its manufacturing characteristics such as material characteristics, layup accuracy, and thickness variation are investigated experimentally.(C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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