CGTech to Demonstrate Vericut Composite Applications

CGTech is honored to be presenting the latest developments in composite fiber placement programming & simulation at the JEC End-user Automation Forum.

The presentation will be given by CGTech's Product Marketing Manager, Bill Hasenjaeger, on Wednesday, March, 25 2009, 10:30a.m. to 1:30p.m. during the JEC Composites Show in Paris, France. The JEC Composites show takes place March 24 to 26, 2009 at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles.

Most users of CNC Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machinery use off-line NC programming software delivered with their machine, forcing companies to adopt multiple software applications for multiple brands of machines. Hasenjaeger's presentation will discuss the implementation and use of machine independent off-line NC programming software as it applies to CNC fiber placement machines.

Additionally, throughout the show in Hall 1 Stand Q52, CGTech will be demonstrating Vericut Composite Applications: Vericut Composite Programming (VCP) and Vericut Composite Simulation (VCS).

VCP reads CAD surfaces and ply boundary information, and adds material to fill the plies according to user-specified manufacturing standards and requirements.

Layup paths are linked together to form specific layup sequences and are output as NC programs for the automated layup machine.

VCS reads CAD models and NC programs, either from VCP or other composite layup path-generation applications, and simulates the sequence of NC programs on a virtual machine. Material is applied to the layup form via NC program instructions in a virtual CNC simulation environment.

The simulated material applied to the form can be measured and inspected to ensure the NC program follows manufacturing standards and requirements. A report showing simulation results and statistical information can be automatically created.

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