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VISTAGY software used for jet design DANISH company Terma AS has selected VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® software for designing and manufacturing parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft. VISTAGY’s FiberSIM Advanced Composite Engineering Environment™ (ACEE), Documentation and Laser Projection software applications will be used to design and manufacture the parts, which will be produced using carbon fibre composites. Terma has been selected to supply conventional edges for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter horizontal stabiliser. Benny Daugholm, Joint Strike Fighter programme manager for Terma, believes the system will reduce design costs and delivery time – important factors in a project with a potential turnover value of around US$50 million. The ACEE is integrated into existing CAD software systems to provide specialised functions for the design and automation of manufacturing composite products. Documentation software enables engineers to generate and customise documents such as material tables, sequence charts and ply lay-up diagrams. Laser data files are automatically generated in the CAD software system from a 3D model of a composite part with the Laser Projection software. The files can then be exported to laser projection machines that project ply outlines directly onto a lay-up tool. This reduces layup time and minimises errors. Terma develops products and systems in the aerospace industry and has already supplied several structural parts of the aircraft to
manufacturer Lockheed Martin. These include weapons pylons, gun pods and composite panels for the airframe. Terma AS; www.terma.com VISTAGY Inc; www.vistagy.com
PTLI expands laboratory space PLASTICS Technology Laboratories Inc (PTLI), Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA, has more than doubled its condition laboratory space in a recent expansion. The expansion will enable greater capabilities for mechanical, physical, analytical,
rheological, electrical, optical, flammability and weathering test services. Products being introduced include machining, weathering, wet chemistry, tribology and flame laboratories. Plastics Technology Laboratories Inc (PTLI); www.ptli.com
November 2006
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VISTAGY software used for jet design DANISH company Terma AS has selected VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® software for designing and manufacturing parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft. VISTAGY’s FiberSIM Advanced Composite Engineering Environment™ (ACEE), Documentation and Laser Projection software applications will be used to design and manufacture the parts, which will be produced using carbon fibre composites. Terma has been selected to supply conventional edges for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter horizontal stabiliser. Benny Daugholm, Joint Strike Fighter programme manager for Terma, believes the system will reduce design costs and delivery time – important factors in a project with a potential turnover value of around US$50 million. The ACEE is integrated into existing CAD software systems to provide specialised functions for the design and automation of manufacturing composite products. Documentation software enables engineers to generate and customise documents such as material tables, sequence charts and ply lay-up diagrams. Laser data files are automatically generated in the CAD software system from a 3D model of a composite part with the Laser Projection software. The files can then be exported to laser projection machines that project ply outlines directly onto a lay-up tool. This reduces layup time and minimises errors. Terma develops products and systems in the aerospace industry and has already supplied several structural parts of the aircraft to
manufacturer Lockheed Martin. These include weapons pylons, gun pods and composite panels for the airframe. Terma AS; www.terma.com VISTAGY Inc; www.vistagy.com
PTLI expands laboratory space PLASTICS Technology Laboratories Inc (PTLI), Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA, has more than doubled its condition laboratory space in a recent expansion. The expansion will enable greater capabilities for mechanical, physical, analytical,
rheological, electrical, optical, flammability and weathering test services. Products being introduced include machining, weathering, wet chemistry, tribology and flame laboratories. Plastics Technology Laboratories Inc (PTLI); www.ptli.com
November 2006
REINFORCEDplastics
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