CADFiber©
Standalone and Windows based, CADFiber is a complete, machine independent, off-line programming solution for automated manufacturing of composite parts.
LAMINATE SEQUENCE
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING
TAPE PROGRAMMING
Design features:
- Geometry creation: geodesic and constant directions, etc.
- Rosettes definition: cartesian, translation, with topological and manufacturing constraints, etc.
- Ply sectorization to manually, semi-automatically or automatically identify regions according to design and manufacturing constraints such as angular deviation, steering, roller conformance, etc.
- 3D patterns to standardize sectorizations throughout the stacking with advanced staggering management
- Ply book definition: contour, seed point, orientation, etc.
Analysis features:
- Steering
- Angular definition
Design features
- Tape and fiber generation
- Short fiber management (chamfer, bat ear, bird beak)
- Tape split and slit
- Gap-overlap management
- Advanced layup strategies:
- Roller crush
- Anti-collision
- Corner draping
- Tilt management
Analysis features
- Roller conformance
- Gaps and overlaps
MACHINE SIMULATION
MACHINE DEFINITION
- Various robotic kinematics: 6-axis robot, linear unit, positioner
- Various machine tools kinematics: gantry, column machine…
- Safety equipment definition: light curtain, laser scanner…
- Home position definition, approach/retract scenarios
- Work station and work area selection
- Mold positioning
SIMULATION AND REPLAY
- Lay-up direction
- Numerous off-part motion strategies: collision avoidance and cycle time optimization
- Additional axes strategies: singularity avoidance and cycle time optimization
- Inversed kinematic
- Action set-up: fiber add and cut, compaction…
- Collision detection
- Motion checks: axis limits, out of range, singularities…
- Safety violation detection
- Cycle time estimation: reaching and laying time
- Statistics report: fiber consumption…
OPTIONAL ADD-ONS
- CATIA CPD export for CADFiber allows CPD designs to be exported from CATIA to program the part in CADFIber
- CADFiber Fibersim import: allows Fibersim designs to be imported in CADFiber
- CADFiber FEM export to export CADFiber AFP design data to FEA solvers such as Nastran, Simulia Abaqus, Samcef, etc
- CADFiber Laser Projection export to export ply, tapes, and tow contours for laser projection (Virtek, SL Laser, …)