VARIATION ANALYSIS OF CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS LIGHT WEIGHT AERO ENGINE PARTS

Paper in proceeding, 2022

In this paper the focus is on variation analysis for composite CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced polymers) parts. A detailed study of possible sources of variation in manufacturing of CFRP parts is presented. Based on the variables identified a simulation chain on how to manage and simulate this variation is described. This paper also presents a logical approach to how a digital twin for a fully automated production line of compression molded CFRP parts can be built, and to investigate and quantify how much each individual variable contributes to the final variation in the component.