JEC World 2016, the N°1 worldwide Composites Tradeshow which took place in Paris on March 8-10th, 2016 was an exciting opportunity for Dassault Systèmes to connect with Composites users and influencers across Industries.

Either visiting the 3DS booth or attending the Design in the Age of Experience conference cycle, they could discover the value that our 3DEXPERIENCE platform for Composites and Additive Manufacturing provide to their business:

Extend & Strengthen the Composites Value Chain

The 3DS Composites integrated solution is known to span across the entire spectrum of composites product development, from design to analysis and manufacturing on a single virtual platform, with Best-in-class Partner solutions complementing the process. This year, along with our partners Galorath Inc. on the booth and Convergent Inc. across the aisle, we demonstrated further strengthening and extension of this value chain.

For early feasibility assessment at Conceptual Design stage, Galorath showcased a Cost Estimation solution called SEER for Composites, while Convergent Inc. delivered Composites Thermal Assessment in the hands of Designers for quick decision making. Downstream in the process, several Manufacturing Design solutions were proposed to ensure seamless interaction with Shopfloor Systems, including the new Laser Projection Operator role from Dassault Systemes, increased interaction with JETCAM for output to Nesting and Cutting Systems, and Coriolis integrated CATFiber for Automated Fiber Placement.

Drive disruptive technologies for Clean Energy

In line with its mission as charter member of IACMI – Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation – Dassault Systemes is also committed to develop lower-cost, higher-speed, more efficient manufacturing processes for advanced composites.

Dassault Systemes recently released a dedicated solution for Composites Braiding and showcased during the show the upcoming capabilities for Thermo-Forming. These both position Manufacturing Simulation at the heart of the Design process to provide enhanced Experiences about manufacturability, increased trade-off for design exploration and in fine, to help drive clean energy product development & manufacturing.

Enable Industrial Adoption of Additive Manufacturing

We also received a huge interest for our new Additive Manufacturing solution. This integrated value stream from science-based functional generative Design to Manufacturing process and Simulation really aims at solving some of the key challenges slowing down the industrial use case adoption of 3D Printing.

We demonstrated that combining Modeling, Simulation and Optimization in the hands of a Designer, we can remove the traditional barriers and provide huge gains in productivity. And that with digital continuity, from Generative Programming to Manufacturing Simulation & Optimization, we allow to regain control over the Manufacturing process and reach expected quality and repeatability.

At the heart of Innovation with Partners Ecosystem

As an acknowledgement of this thought leadership, Dassault Systemes received during the event the prestigious JEC World 2016 Innovation Award for its accomplishment on Large-Scale Composites Additive Manufacturing innovation with OAK Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Cincinnati Incorporated.

ORNL, Cincinnati and DS developed a revolutionary platform called Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) which makes possible to 3D-Print large products like the Shelby Cobra in a few hours. Material is added 200 times more quickly than with existing systems and production costs can be cut by 95%.

For those who missed us at JEC World 2016, you can still connect with Dassault Systemes on these Composites and Additive Manufacturing topics, amongst many more Experiences, during the DESIGN In The Age of Experience event on April 11th-12th, 2016 in Milan. And we will soon make the recording of our JEC conference cycle available on the 3DS Composites Community. Stay tuned …