{"id":175,"date":"2016-09-20T13:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Fibersim-News\/WEBINAR-Watch-Now-How-to-Improve-Composite-Production-in-a-Hand\/ba-p\/366244"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:50:30","slug":"webinar-watch-now-how-to-improve-composite-production-in-a-hand-layup-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/fibersim\/webinar-watch-now-how-to-improve-composite-production-in-a-hand-layup-process\/","title":{"rendered":"WEBINAR Watch Now: How to Improve Composite Production in a Hand Layup Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\">Deadlines don\u2019t change because a business wants to take on the challenge of incorporating an innovative material. <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\">In the case of composites, there are a lot of factors to take into consideration that differ from conventional materials, when developing a part. <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\">While composites offer the opportunity for light weighting and cost reductions, with those benefits comes the complexities of component geometry, tooling requirements, and process economics. <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\"><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left\" style=\"width: 278px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/09\/CompositeDigitalWorkflow-2.png\" width=\"278\" height=\"283\" alt=\"CompositeDigitalWorkflow.png\" title=\"CompositeDigitalWorkflow.png\" \/><\/span><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Challenges: <\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\">Complexity of composite part definition leads to manufactured parts that rarely are the same as original part designs<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\">Lack of clear communication and understanding of composite manufacturing processes lead to challenges on the manufacturing floor<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><FONT face=\"Calibri\" color=\"#000000\">A composite part is developed that is of poor production quality, in a process that is slow, lacks consistency, and is not repeatable <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P>In a recent webinar held by Siemens on Composite World, we break down the facts.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>A significant portion of composite parts, across varied industries, are still manufactured with hand lay-up.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>How are companies improving these labor intensive processes to increase throughput: Laser projection systems.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>However, errors, inconsistent 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