BAE Selects Fibersim for Aircraft Parts Design

Vistagy has announced that BAE Systems Composite Structures has selected Fibersim software to design and manufacture parts for commercial aircraft programmes, including an auxiliary power unit plenum. BAE Systems Composite Structures has used Fibersim on programmes for Rolls-Royce, Bell Helicopter, and Raytheon. The company uses the software to compress product development cycle times and reduce costs by eliminating the laborious processes for manually developing plies, creating templates and digitising flat patterns.

In addition, Fibersim-driven manufacturing processes enable BAE Systems Composite Structures to reduce layup time and improve repeatability. Tim Stewart, manager of manufacturing engineering for US combat systems at BAE Systems Composite Structures, said: 'The aerospace industry is very deadline-driven and Fibersim helps us meet deadlines in a variety of ways. 'For instance, when engineers begin a project, they do not know what they are going to be up against.

'Thanks to Fibersim's dependable and robust simulation capabilities, we know if there is going to be a problem well before a part hits the manufacturing floor, and that saves us a lot of time. 'In the past we had to wait for tooling to arrive before we could create flat patterns, which could take 12 to 16 weeks. 'With Fibersim, we can create the flat patterns even before we see the tool so when it comes in, we are ready to go,' Stewart added.

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