CONTROLLING HIGH-SPEED EVENTS DURING AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT

摘要

A method (100) are provided for performing a high-speed event, such as a cut/add of a tow, in an automated fiber placement process, by initiating the high-speed event prior to a fiber placement head reaching a location along a tool path of the fiber placement head at which it is desired to have the high-speed event completed (102, 104, 108, 110). A latency value processing step (106) is used to determine the process.