Composites JEC 2010

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As the largest trade show of itskind in Europe, JEC Paris willagain bring over 1,000 exhibitors

together to demonstrate the latesttechnologies from its exhibitors anddeliver a snapshot of the current market, with themed villages for various industry sectors as well as over 15 international

and national country pavilions. The manufacturing landscape haschanged substantially since JEC’s lastParis event a year ago as the effectsof recession continue to manifestthemselves across Europe. Despite thishowever, the technological importanceof alternative and new materials tomany industries has ensured that thecomposite industry has continued to grow as new applications are adopted, with the worldwide market now believed to be worth €62 billion and the

European market €19 billion, buoyed by the high value added aerospace and windenergy industries.

Last year, JEC Paris attracted over27,700 visitors through its doors with65% of these coming from abroad and will be aiming to improve on this further, with much of the organiser’s efforts

being put into improving the level of education available and demonstrating the opportunities and challenges for new and established manufacturers and users.

This is exemplified by the expansionof its conference and forum programmeto cover the latest hot topics. Alongsidethe already established industry end

user forums – two new conferences forcomposite simulation and developmentprocess, and an additional forumdiscussing recycling and life cyclemanagement will also take place. Altogether, it is expected that over2,000 qualified attendees will hearpresentations from over 80 speakersfrom companies such as Airbus, AstriumSpace Transportation, Bombardier,Dassault Aviation, EADS and Eurocopter,discussing a wide range of programmes,technologies and industry issues.

J EC Paris est le plus grand saloncommercial de son genre en Europeet réunira une fois encore plus de 1

000 exposants. Vous y découvrirez les toutes dernières technologies disponibles et pourrezvous faire un aperçu de l’état actuel du

marché, grâce à des villages à thème dédiés à plusieurs secteurs d ’activité et plus de 15 pavillons nationaux et internationaux.

Le paysage de la production a beaucoupchangé depuis le dernier salon JEC il y a un

DévEloppEr sa Créativité grâCE aux CompositEsLe salon JEC Composites sera de retour à la Porte de Versailles, à Paris, du 13 au 15 avril prochain, avec toutes les dernières innovations et nouveautés du marché.

an, car les effets de la récession continuent à se manifester à travers l ’Europe. Malgré cela, l’importance technologique des matériaux nouveaux et alternatifs pour de nombreux secteurs a permis au marché des composites de continuer à progresser, grâce à l ’adoption

de nouvelles applications. Le marché international et le marché européen sont maintenant estimés respectivement à 62 et 19 milliards d’euros, stimulés par les secteurs

aéronautique et éolien à forte valeur ajoutée.

L’an passé, JEC Paris a attiré plus de 27 700 visiteurs, dont 65 % en provenance de l ’étranger. Les organisateurs souhaitent encore améliorer ces chiffres, notamment en

renforçant le niveau de formation offert et en montrant les opportunités et les défis qui se

présentent aux fabricants et aux utilisateurs. Le programme des conférences et des forums s’est ainsi développé pour prendre en compte les sujets d ’intérêt récents. Outre les forums d ’utilisateurs professionnels préexistants,

Best in show: Visitors at last year’s JEC Innovation

Awards mingle among the exhibits

with compositesgEtting CrEativE

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The JEC Composites exhibition will return to Porte de Versailles in Paris from

April 13-15 this year, bringing with it all the latest innovations and developments

in the market.





“One main topic at the 2010 JECConference and Forum programme willbe cost control and process automation,”states JEC Group president and CEOFrédérique Mutel. “To exploit the fullpotential of composite materials forhigh performance lightweight structures,it is necessary to consider the entire

process chain, and automation can bridgethat gap for long term, profitable serialproduction.

“Another major change for 2010 isthe emphasis we are going to put onenvironment. Recycling and life cyclemanagement is now a key challengefor the composites sector and JEC islaunching its first cross industry forumon this subject. Another area, Bio-basedfibres and resins derived from natural,renewable sources have also receivedsignificant interest in recent years due

to increased environmental awareness,concern about the depletion of non-renewable resources and instability in oilprices.”

As an initiative launched last year, a business to business meetings servicehas also been popular and will berunning again this time, with visitors

able to arrange meetings via JEC’s website. Technical sales presentations,demonstrating new products from many of its exhibitors and giving visitorsthe opportunity to discuss these withcompany representatives, will also berunning throughout the event.

Speaking about the relevance of the aerospace industry to the widercomposites industry, Mutel explains:“The average penetration rate of composites for commercial aircraft isincreasing significantly from around 8%

in 2007 to 12% in 2013 due to deliveriesof new aircraft with higher compositecontent. Both the number of compositeparts and performance requirements forthese applications are on the rise. Forinstance, the emergence of new matriceslike benzoxazine resin with significanttemperature resistance properties offercrucial fire safety properties for thehousing of the auxiliary power unit on

the Airbus A380, as highlighted in this year’s JEC Innovation Awards.

“Another trend over recent years hasbeen towards eliminating autoclavecuring and longer production runs toimprove productivity and achieve energy savings. There is also the eliminationof the need for expensive finishing operations, e.g. for net-shape parts. Atthe same time, the use of automation is growing, making it necessary to designspecific machines for the part to be

manufactured, and moulds that canperform several different operationsduring the production process. Assembly methods can also lead to weight savingsand faster production. Adhesive bonding for example is always a good candidateand so is automated welding.”

Returning to the subject of the eventitself, Mutel concludes: “JEC has twoambitions: 100% quality and creativity.Our goal is to give the best service basedon our quality and a tailored approach.We also have to be constantly innovative

deux nouvelles conférences se tiendront sur le processus de simulation et de mise au point des composites, ainsi qu’un forum sur le recyclage et la gestion du cycle de vie. Au total, plus de 2 000 personnes qualifiées devraient assister aux présentations d ’Airbus, Astrium Space Transportation, Bombardier, Dassault Aviation, EADS et Eurocopter (plus de 80 intervenants) portant sur divers

programmes, technologies et questions spécifiques aux secteurs.

Selon la PDG du groupe JEC, Frédérique Mutel, « l’un des principaux sujets abordés des conférences et des forums JEC 2010 sera le contrôle des coûts et l’automatisation des processus. Pour exploiter au mieux le

potentiel des matériaux composites en matière de structures légères haute performance, il est nécessaire de prendre en compte l ’intégralité de la chaîne de processus ; l’automatisation peut combler ce manque et permettre une productionen série rentable et durable ».

« En outre, le salon de 2010 sera davantageorienté sur l’environnement. Parce que le

recyclage et la gestion du cycle de vie sont désormais un défi majeur pour le secteur descomposites, JEC lancera son premier forum

intersecteur sur le sujet. Ces dernières années, lesbiofibres et biorésines issues de sources naturelles renouvelables ont également suscité beaucoupintérêt, en raison d’une plus grande sensibilisation

à l’écologie et des inquiétudes relatives à

l’épuisement des ressources non renouvelables et à l’instabilité des cours du pétrole ».

Le service de réunions interentreprises lancé l ’an passé ayant remporté beaucoup de succès, il sera à nouveau proposé cette année ; les visiteurs pourront programmer leurs réunions sur le site Web de JEC. Pendant toute la durée du salon, des présentations technico-commerciales permettront également auxvisiteurs de discuter des nouveaux produits desexposants avec les représentants des entreprises.

À propos de la pertinence de l ’industrie aéronautique pour le secteur des compositestout entier, Mme Mutel explique : « le taux de

pénétration moyen des composites destinés à l’aviation commerciale augmente de manière

Much to talk about: JEC has expanded its conferenceand forum programme this year to cover the latest

industry topics

Consistent growth: The European market consumedapproximately 2.2 million tons of composite material

in 2009 and accounts for 31% of the worldwide market





significative : il est passé de 8 % en 2007 à 12 % en 2013 en raison de livraisons d ’appareils neufs à plus haute teneur encomposites. Le nombre de pièces compositesest en pleine progression, tout comme lesexigences fonctionnelles de ces applications.

Par exemple, l ’apparition de nouvelles matrices comme la résine de benzoxazine, très résistante à la chaleur, apporte une grande sécurité incendie au carter du groupe moteur auxiliaire de l’Airbus A380, comme l’ont

révélé les trophées JEC de l’innovation decette année ».« Les tendances de ces dernières années sont

également à l’élimination de l’autoclavageet des longues campagnes de production afin

d ’améliorer la productivité et d ’économiser de l’énergie. Le but est également de supprimer lesopérations de finition coûteuses, notamment

pour les pièces près des cotes. Parallèlement, l’automatisation se développe, ce qui nécessite de concevoir des machines spécifiques aux pièces à produire et des moules pouvant servir à plusieurs opérations de production. Les méthodes de montage peuvent également participer à la réduction du poids et des délais de production. Ainsi, l ’assemblage par collage

est toujours très prisé, tout comme le soudage automatisé ». Revenant au thème du salon en lui-même,

Mme Mutel conclut : « JEC a deux ambitions : 100 % de qualité et de créativité. Notre

objectif est de fournir le meilleur service possible grâce à la qualité et à une approche sur mesure. De même, nous devons innover en permanence et concevoir de nouveaux services, de nouveaux thèmes et de nouveaux produits. Nous sommes par exemple le seul salon au monde à proposer des suites d ’affaires à nosexposants pour leur permettre d’accueillir leursclients de manière exclusive ».

« JEC Paris 2010 sera un évènement majeur dans l ’histoire des composites, au vu du grand

nombre de technologies et de produits finis attestant des avancées technologiques du secteur. Le défi de la prochaine décennie sera de répandre ces technologies, qui restent pour l’instant entre les mains de l ’élite ». ❙

JEC Paris forums and conferences 2010JEC has announced an expanded conference and forum programme for Paris.

This includes six industry sector end user forums as well as three cross

industry forums and three technical conferences. The aeronautics forum

takes place on Thursday 15th April between 10.30 to 1.00.

Aeronautics forumCost Control

● Controlling cost in aeronautics

composites manufacturing – Kevin

Potter, reader in composites

manufacturing, University of Bristol

Next Generation Composite Wings

●Airbus A350 XWB: Composite wing

spar development – Paulo Lage,

engineering design capability, Airbus

●A full composite lateral and centre

wing box – Simon Topping, structures

engineer, Airbus Operations Limited

●Bombardier CSeries: Developinga game changing aircraft – Gavin

Campbell, director, design engineering

and technology development, Belfast,

Bombardier Aerospace

First Welded Thermoplastic composite

Primary Structures in Series

Production

●Induction welded thermoplastic

control surfaces – Arnt Offringa,

director of R&D, Fokker Aerostructures

Cross industry forums:Tuesday 13th April

10.30 - 1.00: Recycling and Life Cycle

Management: Recycling as part of an

integrated life cycle management

Wednesday 14th April

10.30 - 1.00: Automation: Reducing the

cost of manufacturing composite parts

2.30 - 5.00: Bio-Based Materials: Going

green!

Technical conferences:Tuesday 13th April

2.30 - 5.00: Composites Development

Process in partnership with DLR CFRP

Research: Exploring the challenges of

the process chain for CFRP structures

Wednesday 14th April

10.30 - 1.00: Composites Design in

partnership with Stanford University:

Acquiring proficiency in composites

design

2.30 - 5.00: Composites Simulation in

partnership with ESI Group: Optimising

the design and manufacturing

simulation processes

and design new services, new themesand new products. For instance, we arethe only exhibition in the world to offer

Business Suites to our exhibitors toenable them to host their customers inan exclusive way.

“JEC Paris 2010 will be a key event inthe history of composites, demonstratedby the high level of technologies andfinished products testifying to thetechnological breakthroughs being experienced by the industry. Thechallenge for the new decade is to spreadthe technologies that remain today in thehands of the elite.” ❙

www.jeccomposites.com

Pre-production Bombardier CSeries wing

demonstrator: Composite technologies used on the

new aircraft will be discussed in the aerospace forum





A major supplier of tape laying equipment to the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 XWB programmes,

MTorres ( stand S65 ) will exhibitan array of fabrication and assembly solutions for high productivity prepreg carbon fibre component production. As well as its well known automatic tapelaying machine, TORRESLAYUP, thePamplona, Spain-based company willbe promoting its latest generation, highproductivity automatic fibre placement

machine, TORRESFIBERLAYUP. Inaddition, it will also be demonstrating its ultrasonic cutting capabilities with the TORRESPANEX and its TORRESSONIC ultrasonic inspectionmachines for NDI applications as wellas its popular 5-axis routing and drilling machines with flexible tooling.

Composite material manufacturer TohoTenax ( stand G58 ) will be showcasing its net shape carbon fibre preforms.With the preforming process for carbonfibre reinforced plastic components

typically a costly and labour intensive

process, the company has invested innew production equipment to developthese new net shape preforms, whichcan be made by automated placementof multiple carbon fibres using roboticmanufacturing equipment. Harnessing its expertise in manufacturing andprocessing of functional carbon fibre, theproduct includes bindered, high quality dry fibres for resin transfer moulding,improving the mechanical performance

of laminates. Toho Tenax will also bedemonstrating its STS40 48K filamentcarbon fibre yarn, designed for high volume applications.

Leading provider of portablemeasurement and imaging solutions,Faro ( stand V30 ) will present its LaserScanArm V3, which enables users toinspect parts in detail by capturing large point cloud data. The devicefeatures open architecture, enabling users to employ Geomagic, Polyworks,

RapidForm and many other third party software programmes and can tackle allmeasurement tasks such as inspection,point cloud to CAD comparison, rapidprototyping, reverse engineering, 3D

modelling, and as built documentation with accuracy up to 54 microns. Userscan hard probe measure simple point variations, then laser scan sectionsfor larger volumes of data withoutthe wasted time of adding/removing attachments, untangling cabling, orimporting data from another CMM. The company also cites its ability toaccurately scan reflective and darkobjects as a key benefit. Faro will alsohave on show its FaroArm, Laser Tracker

ION and FARO Gage product lines, alldesigned to make measuring complex objects easy.

UK-based composite design,analysis and manufacturing solutionprovider Anaglyph ( stand P49 ) willbe demonstrating the newly released

version 4.0 of Laminate Tools, a draping and finite element analysis pre-/post-processing software package. Laminate

Tools v4.0 includes a new geometry module for CAD file importing and grouping into element sets for draping as well as numerous user drivenenhancements to existing modules.

An MTorres automatic fibre placement machine: Forlarge scale components and high productivity

Net shape carbon fibre performs: Produced byToho Tenax

Faro’s Laser ScanArm V3: For capturing large pointcloud data

A feast of technologyAlways a hotbed of innovation, JEC Paris will be a key event in the calendar for

those looking to invest in new technologies. Here, Aerospace Manufacturing looks at

some of the products on display.





Other established Anaglyph softwareapplications being promoted at the show include CoDA (Component Design Analysis), LAP (Laminate AnalysisProgram), and PlyMatch, a revolutionary hardware- and software-based system foraccurate hand lay-up ply placement. Easy

to use, compact, mobile and versatile,the system can be used either as analternative or as a complement to legacy ply placement methods.

Another UK-based software developer,CGTech ( stand T14 ) will be showcasing

its machine independent fibre placementprogramming and simulation softwarein Paris with demonstrations of itsVERICUT Composite Programming (VCP) and VERICUT CompositeSimulation (VCS) software. VCP and

VCS allow users to move from CADdesigned composite parts to CNCprograms that drive automated fibreplacement machines. VCP reads CADsurfaces and ply boundary information

and adds material to fill plies according to user specified manufacturing standards and requirements, linking lay-up paths together to form specific lay-upsequences output as NC programs. VCSreads CAD models and NC programs,either from VCP or other compositelay-up path generation applications, andsimulates the sequence of NC programson a virtual machine. Material is applied

to the lay-up form via NC programinstructions in a virtual CNC simulationenvironment. The simulated materialapplied to the form can be measured andinspected to ensure the NC programfollows manufacturing standards andrequirements. Aerospace customerprojects produced using these products,such as a large one piece fuselage barrel,an aircraft inlet duct and aircraft skinpanels, will be highlighted on CGTech’sstand, as well as the latest version of its

VERICUT CNC machine simulationand optimisation software.With its focus on improving accuracy

and consistency when machining composite parts, Delcam ( stand R37 ) will be promoting its NC-PartLocatorsoftware. Developed in association with metrology specialist MSP, thesoftware gives users the ability to adjusttoolpaths to the actual position of the part, rather than having to ensurethat the component is in exactly thenominal location specified in the CAM

system. To ensure accurate trimming andprofiling, NC-PartLocator first gathersthe necessary data using a probe fittedonto the machine too, creating a probing sequence within the software. This data is then used by best fit routines withinthe software to determine the part’sexact position. Any mismatch betweenthe nominal position used in the CAMsystem to generate the toolpaths and theactual position of the component on itsfixture can be calculated. The software

then feeds the results to the machinetool control as a datum shift or rotationto compensate for the differences inlocation and alignment. NC-PartLocatorcan also help to tackle localised problems

caused by variations in material thicknessor distortion across a part, and canalso identify whether components havebecome too distorted prior to machining and inspection.

German laser system developerZ-Laser ( stand Q40 ) produces productsfor customers in many industries forlaser projection, 3D measurementand biophotonic applications. In the

composite industry, 2D and 3D laserprojectors from the company can beapplied to many production processes where precision is essential, simplifying and accelerating the laying process andimproving quality. Commonly used forhigh value manual tasks, the systemprojects the contours of each prepreg into the form, reducing labour time,ensuring accuracy, reducing errors andallowing for production monitoring.In addition to automated internal driftcompensation, controlled by time and

thermal influences, the system includesZ-Laser’s Projection Manager Softwareand is compatible with all major 3DCAD formats. ❙

www.jeccomposites.comCGTech’s VERICUT software: Being used to lay-up an

aircraft wing spar

Z-Laser projection systems: Used to speed the laying

process and improve accuracy

NC-PartLocator software from Delcam: Ensuring

toolpaths match the actual position of the part

Laminate Tool v4.0 software from Anaglyph:

Featuring a new geometry module for CAD fileimporting and grouping

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