Automatic Fiber Placement Machine

MTORRES TOTAL SOLUTION FOR CARBON FIBER MANUFACTURING

TORRESFIBERLAYUP

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OPTIONS· Automatic splicer· Automatic miss add/miss cut· Ultrasonic cutting system· Wireless pendant· Automatic polyethylene disposal

The TORRESFIBERLAYUP hasbeen specially designed forextremely high speed andhigh productivity fully auto-matic process to fabricate highcontour carbon fiber parts.

Applications include manufac-turing of flat, mild curvature aswell as high contour carbonfiber components.

TheTORRESFIBERLAYUP is amachine designed to providethe highest productivity when itcomes to fabricate high contourcarbon fiber aircraft compo-nents, although a 2D for highspeed flat lamination, providinghuge scrap material savings is also available.

Its unique tow cutting andadding system at full speeddesign concept allows themachine to cut, add and laydown consistently and accurate-ly at 60 mpm (2,500 IPM),ensuring the highest productivi-ty fiber placement solution available in the market.

It is a modular concept systemthat allows the design and deliv-ery of virtually any configurationof machine in terms of MachineArchitecture (Column, Gantry,Cantilever type), with or withoutdifferent loads Head Stock/TailStock, number of tows, as wellas the tow width (1/8'', 1/4'', or1/2'' ) and machine size.

A highly advanced and sophisti-cated programming/simulationsoftware package, TORFIBER,allows the programmer to generate, simulate and analysethe part program, within a CATIAenvironment, before the MTORRES provided postproces-sor generates the CNC program.

Automatic Tape LayerMachine

8 9MTORRES TOTAL SOLUTION FOR CARBON FIBER MANUFACTURING

TORRESLAYUP

OPTIONS· Scrap saving software (Multitape option only)

· Mould scanning system· Laser contour marking

OPTIONS· Ultrasonic cutting system· Multitape· Automatic defect detection system

· Mould deviation compensation system

· Automatic knife calibration· Automatic knife cleaning

The TORRESLAYUP is an 11axes Gantry CNC tape layermachine specially designedfor high speed tape laying ofcompound contoured aircraftstructural components.

Furthermore, there is oneunique and remarkable optionfor flat components only, whichlays down simultaneously 4x150mm (4x6”) tapes, providing theproductivity of a 600 mm(24”)wide band keeping thescrap within the 150 mmm (6”)wide tape levels.

Additionally, the TORRESLAYUP

is the only available tape layer in the market that has proven to lay down successfully theCooper Mesh as well as GlassFiber material.

Optionally, an Ultrasonic Cuttingsystem built in the head, may cutthe solid laminate after laying to formats avoiding the need of a dedicated machine for thispurposes.

A highly sophisticated simulationsoftware package, TORLAY, allowsthe programmer to simulate andanalyse and modify every tape,ply, layer and part associatedparameter properly, before aMTORRES supplied postprocessorgenerates the CNC program. Inaddition, a Part History softwarepackage is provided, to keep control of production relevantevents.

TORRESLAYUP can be built in various sizes to meet customerrequirements.

The TORRESLAYUP is the leadingTape Layer reference in theIndustry in both 2D and 3Dworking modes.

Different machine architecturesare available, Gantry, Column,Cantilever, robot, etc. workingover a vacuum table, lay up toolor rotary mandrel.

The particular tape laying headdesign provides the best com-pacting results in the market,avoiding any debulking opera-tion while fabricating a part.The TORRESLAYUP standardhead runs with 300 and 150 mm(12'' and, 6'') wide tape beingoptional 75 mm (3”) tape.

A Multitape option, unique inthe market, offers a head capa-ble of running different reels oftapes at the same time. The same head can handle dif-ferent Multitape configurations,1x150 mm, 1x300 mm, 4x75mm or 2x150 mm (1x6”, 1x12”,4x3” or 2x6”) to provide thecapability to lay down severaltapes simultaneously.

In this way, by running forinstance 2x150 mm (2x6”)tapes, the machine has a totalband width of 300 mm andtherefore its productivity while atthe same time, it can handlecurved surfaces with steeringrequirements that only 150 mm(6”) wide tape can handle, allthat keeping the scrap volumeassociated to the 150 mm (6”)wide tape.