Automation of composite materials products process preparation

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2020-11, Vol.971 (4), p.42074
• Main Authors: Lobanov, D V, Kuptsov, M V, Skeeba, V Yu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Automation; Composite materials; Materials selection; Mechanical engineering; Software
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/971/4/042074

The article describes the prospects of using composite materials in industry, issues of process preparation of such materials. The ways to solve the issue of automation of process preparation of products made of modern composites are represented. Prospects for effective use of composites as structural materials are seen in increasing the degree of automation of process preparation at the stage of making reasonable technical and economic decisions on the choice of composite for mechanical engineering products instead of common materials. Besides, there is an urgent need to process a large amount of information on such materials, which is a deterrent for representatives of production department. The way out of the issue is seen in the creation of software products that will reduce the time for process preparation and will enable automated and reasonable choice of composite materials taking into account available production data and varying comparability conditions. This will not only increase the performance of the procedure of organizational and technological process preparation of products made of composite materials, but also increase the demand for products made of such materials, and will also allow up-to-date information on available products, materials and tools, their physical, mechanical and operational properties. The method of creating software products for composing and editing a database of composite materials and a software for reasonable selection of composite in the conditions of a given priority of material characteristics taken from the created database is presented. The description of the main features of the created software is represented. The modules will reduce time costs and increase the efficiency of the process preparation due to the automation, as well as allow reasonable and quick decision on the choice of rational material.