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    New equipment brings tape placement within reach of smaller shops “Right-sised” automated tape laying head is simple and affordable. few technologies enjoy the high-tech stature fof fiber placement and tape laying. The yyup speed, the complex euts, the robotic head’s axes of motion and the manufacturing eificieney are impressive — and so is the price. Depending on size, automated fiber placement and tape laying equipment can cost several milion dollars per machine, a capital cost that most fabricators can’t justi¥y without a sub- stantial production contract. Automated Dynamics (ADC, Schenee- tady, N.Y., U.S.A), @ manufacturer of a range of traditional fiber placement machin- ery, has developed a patented concept that brings fiber and tape placement down to earth, at a more reasonable cost. The com- pany’s new “right-sized” automated tape laying (ATL) head is targeted at manufactur- ers who make thermoset composite parts without much curvature, in moderate- to high-rate production, The ATL head can be Installed on different machine platforms, Including filament winders, gantry robots, articulated arms, custom designs and sui able used machines, so the work envelope size is completely tailorable Company president James Mondo explains that many mid-level suppliers hand lay up flat laminates or “charges” that are then draped into a contoured tool for cure. ‘The equipment is tailorable to any part size, from small ribs up to spars or skins many meters long. “For such simple laminates, a large, intricate machine isn't the best investment, because the eom- plexity isn’t needed,” he says. “Flar parts are fairly easy to automate, and fabricators can

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