AS COMPOSITE PARTS BECOME LARGER AND MORE COMPLEX, LOCATING TEMPLATES ARE BECOMING IMPRACTICAL. BOEING HAS DEVELOPED A LASER-BASED PLY LOCATING SYSTEM CALLED THE OPTICAL LAYUP TEMPLATE, OR OLT. RETRO-REFLECTIVE REFERENCES ON THE LAYUP MANDREL ALLOW THE RELATIVE POSITION LASER PROJECTOR AND LAYUP MANDREL TO BE COMPUTED. THIS SIMPLIFIES 3D PROJECTION OF PLY PERIPHERIES. THE OLT REDUCES TOOLING COSTS, SHORTENS FLOW TIME FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, AND SIMPLIFIES PART FABRICATION.
| Number of Pages : | 9 |
| Published : | 06/01/1993 |
