Panogen Composite

Description :  
Dedicated to Composite Manufacturing, the product's main feature is to provide a Catia V5 integrated tool (workbench) for part preparation & programming for contour following machine (cutter, laser cutting).

This workbench is included in NC Manufacturing workshop from the Catia Start Menu.

The integration in Catia V5 makes it possible to exploit directly the native geometry resulting from the design phase and reduced considerably the preparation and programming work of the elementary part. Moreover this integration allows to extract and exploit automatically mandatory information like material name and ply orientation.


The preparation work consists of:
• Definition of a manufacturing context by the allocation of a machine
• Selection of the composite entities (ply, cut pieces, tapes) to program
• Release of the programming (batch process)


The programming work consists of:
• Automatic extraction of composite information (material name, fibre orientation)
• Automatic detection & verification of the part closed profiles
• Automatic insertion of texts for marking operations
• Automatic creation of cutting paths (profile contouring)
• Automatic creation of marking operations


A complementary product is PANOGEN Composite Manufacturing CAA V5 based:
• Production management with possible link to an ERP system
• Automatic nesting with management of the orientation constraints (fibre direction)
• Nesting visualisation & edition
• Post-processing to generate the NC files

Customer benefits :  
The main customer advantages are listed below:
- One integrated component of Catia V5.
- The direct use of the Catia-V5 native geometry, directly defined by the designers, rather than one geometry emanating from neutral files and exported toward Catia. This induces no data loss.
- The Associated link between manufacturing part and design office part.
- The use of one unique CAD system to realize geometrical modifications (i.e. fixing lugs insertion).
- PAN-PRG incorporates material & cutting parameters database. Once a machine and a material are assigned to a part, reliable tool paths may be created automatically.
- Catia V5 look & feel for user convenience.
- Easy to use via smart lugs, cutting strategies with reduced parameters.
- Reduced preparation time with a automation high-level, using automatic tool path creation, automatic hole analysis to generate drilling operations, automatic marking insertion.
- Possible generation of neutral output files (i.e. IGES, DXF) for interfaces with all nesting tools.
- Possible generation of specific output files (option to be defined with the customers).

Available since :   30/12/2004   From V5 R14

DS prerequisite products :   CATIA V5 R12 and more

Product languages :   French, English, German

- concerning the machine tools:
o check that it is the cutting 2,5 axes and contour following machine process,
o check the cutting technology: Laser, Water jet, Ultra sonic and electronic cutter, Milling

- concerning the process: check that it is nest manufacturing

- check that the needs concern 2D parts and not 3D

- check that the cutting machine (if it is not known in the PANOGEN perimeter: LECTRA, TRUMPF, WISSNER, PORTATEC, AMADA, BYSTRONIC, PRIMA, ROFIN, DEJET, FLOW,…) is driven by an “usual” NC (SIEMENS 840D, HEINDENHAIN…) et Text ISO file. Some machines use binary files and it is more difficult for CIMPA to realize the post-processor without help from the machine constructor.

- Check the sector of the customer because PANOGEN is basically dedicated to sheet metal and composite manufacturing but it can eventually be considered to apply the product to sectors needs like textile and wood manufacturing, if these needs are compatible with composite and sheet metal ones.

Aerospace suppliers, textile, wood,...

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