Limitations of processing carbon fibre reinforced plastic/polymer material using automated fibre placement technology

RP Smith, Z Qureshi, RJ Scaife… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Automated fibre placement was used to optimise the tow steering of carbon fibre reinforced
plastic/polymer whereby the minimum defect-free steering radius (Rmin) achievable. The …

Information leakage-aware computer aided cyber-physical manufacturing

MA Al Faruque, J Wan, SR Chhetri, S Faezi - US Patent 11,178,166, 2021 - Google Patents
A methodology as described herein allows cyber-domain tools such as computer aided-
manufacturing (CAM) to be aware of the existing information leakage. Then, either machine …

Automated fiber placement with course trajectory compensation

T Yarker, WH Hasenjaeger - US Patent 9,545,759, 2017 - Google Patents
Various automated fiber placement systems and methods are disclosed. The system can
determine steerable paths for the application of a composite material over highly contoured …

Strength prediction system and method for composite laminates

M Rassaian, JH Gosse, AE Parrish… - US Patent 10,095,818, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of predicting the strength characteristics of a composite laminate may include
loading a structural model of a composite laminate formed of a material system. The method …

System and method for optimizing composite laminate structures

AK Gilbert, OB Nakhjavani, S Khosravani… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A system and method for creating an optimized composite laminate structure
containing a plurality of plies. The system has a processor and a memory, including an …

Defending side channel attacks in additive manufacturing systems

MA Al Faruque, J Wan, SR Chhetri - US Patent 10,212,185, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A novel methodology for providing security to maintain the confidentiality of
additive manufacturing systems during the cyber-physical manufacturing process is …

Sublaminate library generation for optimization of multi-panel composite parts

RJ Thompson, AW Blom-Schieber - US Patent 10,380,319, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are provided for composite part design. One embodiment is
a method of creating a library of sublaminates used in optimizing fiber orientations of a multi …

System and method for edge length differential measurement for fiber steering in automated fiber placement

AW Blom-Schieber, T Winfree - US Patent 10,549,491, 2020 - Google Patents
US10549491B2 - System and method for edge length differential measurement for fiber steering
in automated fiber placement - Google Patents US10549491B2 - System and method for edge …

Optimization of ply orientations for multi-layer composite parts

LS Kang, AW Blom - US Patent 10,467,350, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are provided for composite part design. One embodiment is
an apparatus that designs a composite part. The apparatus includes a controller configured …

Designing a 3D modeled object via orientation optimization

LM Couret, M Schmidt, CBW Pedersen - US Patent 12,061,850, 2024 - Google Patents
A computer-implemented method for designing a 3D modeled object. The 3D modeled
object represents a mechanical part formed in a material having an anisotropic behavior …