Fiber Placement Systems are designed for dexterity and flexibilityfor production of wrinkle-free lay-up of convex and concave parts.These highly productive machines are equipped with patented featuresto producesuperiorqualitywhiledramaticallyreducingscrap.
With 7 axes of motion, VIPER Fiber Placement Systems are particularly suited to high lycon toured structures. High count our, variable wall thickness, and cut-out sections are all produced to near net configurationwhich significantly reduces material waste (as low as 2%) in the initiallay-up and post-process machiningoperations
The Cincinnati VIPER Fiber Placement Systems automaticallyand independently control up to 32 individual tows or slit tapeproducing a variable bandwidth “on-the-fly”. Each tow can beindependently dispensed, clamped, cut and restarted during fiber placement. Gapsand overlapsareminimizedasthemachinepreciselylaysinteriororexterior contouredboundaries.
The VIPER’s advanced design delivers other key advantages toautomated production including maintaining constant angle on a complexsurface, In-process compaction of material and no limits to plyorientations
TheCut, Clamp, Restart (CCR) doc kingsy stem can automatically exchange one CCR for another CCR that processes the same width material,thus allowing the service of the CCR to occur offline, while themachine continues in production. Benefits include: Improved productivityvia reduced out-of-cycle time, Head maintenance/repair is done off-lineand minimal interruption of part layup
Material Specifications | |
---|---|
Width | 3.175 mm (125 in), 6.35 mm (25 in), 12.7 mm (5 in) |
Thickness Uncured | 152 to 254 mm (0.06 into 0.010 in) |
Core Inside Diameter | 74.67 to 82.55 mm ( 2.94 in to 3.25 in) or 150.87 to 158 mm (5.94 in to 6.25 in) |
Core Length | 230 to 406 mm (9 to 16 in) |
Diameter of Spool (max) | 200 mm (10 in) |
Weight of Spool (max) | 5 lbs (11.34 kg) |