Performing high-speed events ''on-the-fly'' during fabrication of a composite structure by automated fiber placement

摘要

An apparatus and method 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.