Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt E.V. German Aerospace Center

Purpose

There is a clear trend in industry to move towards integrated, intelligent cyber physical manufacturing systems. Digital transformation of manufacturing processes is a key element in this industrial movement. Composite materials play important roles in the aerospace industry; however, the digital transformation of processes is slow because of the complexity of composite materials and processes, lack of reliable low-cost alternative manufacturing solutions, and safety. This Project focuses on exploring a series of innovative and disruptive game-changing enabling technologies and demonstrating their benefits on digital transformation of two essential stages of automated composite processes, i.e., lamination/forming and joining. Digital transformation is enabled by introducing automation, robotics, modeling, and computer vision.