18/12/2019
Hydrogen tanks in the automotive industry or high-resistance tubes in oil and gas industry are some of the application of FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastic) products which can be made by LATW/LATP process. Thanks to these advanced techniques, a seamless production chain of FRP products is possible. However, a closed-loop control model based on a predictive simulation ensures proper quality such as bonding strength during the Winding/Placement. For that reason, an integrated computer-implemented method named OTOM was developed to obtain better bonding quality such as bonding strength. It can be achieved by predicting proper bonding conditions on generic surfaces. Analyzing laser irradiation, absorption, and reflection together with heat transfer phenomena during rotation of the mandrel and roller is one of the main scientific contributions of this software. This challenge was resolved by an intelligent algorithm to discretize the boundary conditions of the optical and thermal models to calculate nip-point temperature where the incoming tape bonded to the substrate. Optimization of defined parameters for the desired goal was also designed to prevent the LATW/LATP process to make an inferior product.