CAESA® Automated Fiber Placement

Modular CAM Software with integrated simulation.

Optimized Coverage Planning

The focus of the CAESA® Composites Suite is the automated and optimized generation of courses and laying programs for the effective use of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) and Automated Tape Laying (ATL) technologies.

• Efficient coverage planning in just a few minutes.

• Consideration of machine restrictions such as minimum tow length and design requirements of the part.

• Adapt your laminate to the machine and minimize material usage and production time.

• Easy integration of new layup heads and machine kinematics.

Machine Manufacturer

We reproduce your machine in the software and create a complete package for you:

• 3D models

• Kinematics

• Postprocessor

• Machine specific features

Component Manufacturer

Create optimized programs for your components:

• Cost & productivity analyses

• Optimized material usage

• Gap management

• Collision analysis

Research Institutes

CAESA CAM Software offers fast program generation for your trials:

• Open for new machine concepts

• Expandable interfaces 

• Customizable postprocessor

• Flexible licensing model

Supported Processes

• Processes: AFP & ATL

• Laminate types: 2D & 3D

• Laying heads: Single tow, Multi tow, Multi material, Multi width

• Cutting: perpendicular, angled

• Machine types: NC machines and robots, including external axes

CAM

• Import: CATIA V5 CPD, Fibersim, DXF, STEP, IGES

• Design: Definition and calculation of laminates, gaps and overlaps

• Analysis: Material usage, fiber angle deviation, steering

• Export: Laminate manufacturability report, layer outlines, FE formats

• Postprocessor: Siemens 840D sl, Sinumerik One, KUKA KRL, KUKA.CNC 

Simulation

• Analysis: material consumption, process times, weight, material costs, CO2 eqv.

• Planning of the product

• Collision analyses

• Identification of singularities

• Material build up simulation

• Consideration of speed parameters

• Axis limit checks