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Design of Integrated Robotic Automated Fiber Placement System and CAM Software Development |
SUN Shouzheng1, JIN Ziang1, LI Xinyu1, LIU Mingyu1, ZHAO Zhiyuan2, HAN Zhenyu1, FU Hongya1 |
1. State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China;
2. Shanghai Spaceflight Precision Machinery Institute, Shanghai 201600, China |
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Abstract To meet the growing demand for composite components in the aerospace manufacturing industry, an integrated robotic automated fiber placement system and associated CAM software have been designed for the problem of automated molding of composite materials. The integrated design of the laying head and the yarn frame effectively reduces the total volume of the machine and shortens the yarn transfer path. The core component of the laying head has been designed with shearing, re-feeding, clamping, heating and pressure mechanisms, enabling it to realize the mentioned functions. An autonomous and controllable automated fiber placement CAM software is developed based on C++ language, Qt framework, OpenCASCADE and OpenGL. The functions of display interaction, trajectory planning, layup analysis and motion simulation are integrated together, which greatly improves the usableness and operational efficiency of the software. Finally, it is verified by curved surface automated fiber placement experiments. The results show that the designed robotic automated fiber placement system and the CAM software can ensure the accuracy, stability and reliability in the laying process.
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