The latest product list available to a customer for the AFP process of composite products is below:
Process simulation and optimization service
- Are you manufacturing a composite part with automated fiber placement (AFP) technology?
- Are the AFP process settings and product optimized?
- Are you planning to reduce expensive tests and trials?
- Do you plan to improve the throughput time of your design and process?
Your tailored composite automated fiber placement can be optimized. Our physics-based software, OTOM AFP V.1.22, can help you to know the process temperatures beyond the visible point of the thermal camera. We help you to resolve:
- Temperature localization
- Process deviations
- Reliability issue
- Insufficient bonding quality
- Non-homogeneous quality
- High engineering lead time
- High final cost
OTOM AFP V.1.22
OTOM or Optimizing Thermo Optical Modeling is a physics-based CAE Software for automated fiber placement process. OTOMcomposite software can select and control accurately hundreds of AFP process parameters to control the process to have a robust and ideal tailored product. OTOM is not only the simulation software for AFP but also a tool to interact with the PLC to increase your productivity.
Commercial companies and research centers could request a free trial license to see how it may benefit them.
| Item option | Details |
|---|---|
| Standard package | Optical-thermal Steady-state analytical geometry (Cylinder, domes, flat panel) Laser distribution manager, Laser divergence, Roller deformation, Placement/Winding on Tape/Sub Optimization Placement/Winding Angle, Velocity, Laser power, and intensity, Laser head size, location, and orientation Post-processing Internal OTOM AFP plots, Rendering and smoothing plots, Tecplot output |
| Prime (Prerequisite: Standard package) | Non-linear thermal properties Temperature-dependent heat capacitance, density, heat conductance Transient thermal analysis Time-dependent thermal simulation, Variable laser power, velocity, Variable material properties, Continuous manufacturing type, Tecplot animations, OTOM AFP animations BRDF Ray-tracing reflections Fiber orientation reflection pattern PLC ADS communication module Connection with TwinCAT XAE |
| UOT and CAD optical (Prerequisite: Standard package ) | Kinematic determination on cylinder/domes: Path definitions, Multiple Laser modules, Laser Tilt/ Yaw variation Kinematic determination on CAD: Path definitions, Multiple Laser modules, Laser Tilt/ Yaw variation, Tape-Rack blade Optical analysis on cylinder/domes: Ray-tracing geometry dependent Optical analysis on CAD: Ray-tracing geometry dependent, Post-process optical analysis: Ray-tracing output presentation, Heat intensity on Tape/sub [Cuda] |
| GPU Accelerator | Cuda computing Boost for UOT-CAD analysis |
| UOT and CAD thermal (Prerequisite: UOT and CAD optical and Prime) | Thermal UOT Analytic geometry Temperature variation curved surfaces, Thermal UOT CAD Temperature variation, CAD models, Layer on layer thermal placement |
OTOM AFP Viewer
OTOM AFP viewer software is a dedicated post-processing tool to analyze results from the OTOMcomposite automated fiber placement (AFP) software.
This software is provided Free of cost to OTOM Engineering service customers.
- Load different thermal analysis outputs
- View figures data and animation at every step
- See-through thickness information
- Show/hide different layers
- Extract Temporal (time-series) plots of the heated zone
- Extract Temporal (time-series) plots of the specific location
- Global and local temperatures.
- Global Lay-up at every step
- Different representation styles and views
- Generate animation video and pictures
OTOM Ray-tracer
- Versatile Analysis:
- Conduct high-fidelity ray tracing on both opaque and transparent objects.
- Add multiple objects for optical characterization and analyze light interactions with various surfaces.
- Microscopy Integration:
- Import microscopy data for enhanced surface characterization.
- Incorporate surface roughness details for a higher level of precision.
- Precision Engineering:
- Tailor interventions based on real-world microscopic data.
- Optimize surface engineering projects with unparalleled precision.