Dassault Inmotion - Resin Transfer Molding Solution
Featuring SIMULIA and CATIA
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Traditional approach to manufacturing - The first part process usually takes a lot of time and consumes substantial amounts of expensive composite materials
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Final shapes of flat patterns are determined on the shop floor
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Time consuming trial and error
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Cutting plies, placing them on the mold using manual measurement
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If they don’t fit or are distorted, start the process over
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Complex shapes of wind blades hard to predict how material will drape on the mold causing wrinkling or warping
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Not repeatable or optimized
Evaluating Manufacturability in the Virtual Environment
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Simulation capabilities ensure that the detailed design is manufacturable
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Being able to see the lay-up up of plies on the mold to identify where part geometry will cause fabric distortion
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Generation of flat patterns to be exported to a ply cutting machine or laser projection systems
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Generate output for Tape Laying or Fiber Placement machines directly from CAD design software
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Shop floor documentation can be printed, created as a PDF file or an electronic ply book all with associated operations and work instructions
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Simulation capabilities ensure that the detailed design is manufacturable to avoid costly trial and error on the shop floor
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Fabric distortion – engineer can add darts and splices to eliminate fabric bunching and receive immediate feedback to see if the changes corrected the problem
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Flat patterns can be linked to nesting systems for optimized ply layout or laser projection systems eliminating the need for manual measurement during the lay-up process
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