Abstract
Liquid composite moulding (LCM) processes show a high potential in automated, large scale production of continuous fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP). One of the most challenging steps is the forming of the two-dimensional textile material into a complex, three-dimensional fibre structure. In this paper, a multi-punch forming process is presented. The upper mould of a generic part geometry is divided into 15 independently controllable punches. Depending on the different punch sequences, draping effects as well as defects related to wrinkling and shearing of the textile material are investigated. It has been shown that the sequence of the punches has a significant influence on the final preform quality. To predict the resulting regions of wrinkling and shearing, a finite-element based simulation model is set up. Forming tests and simulations with different punch-sequences are then performed and evaluated for validation purposes. To make a statement about the global preform quality, different objective functions regarding wrinkling are presented and analysed.
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