Products
Ply Placement Visual Aid
A brand new and innovative technology for the shop floor, that integrates hardware with software, to assist in accurately and correctly placing plies during hand-layup manufacturing. (International patent pending)
Drape it - Check it - Make it
Laminate Tools is a revolutionary Windows software product that integrates the design, analysis and manufacture of composites structures. Laminate Tools exceeds the capabilities of existing products focused on a particular domain and each costing an order of magnitude more. Despite this, it incorporates core technology proven by hundreds of composites specialists worldwide since 1991. This is a product that designers and analysts simply cannot afford to miss:"We use Laminate Tools for two main reasons: manipulation of large lay-ups and ply book creation. Since it has been installed, LT proved to be an effective tool for sharing information between the analysis world and designers".
Luca Furbatto, Head of Stress Analysis and Materials at McLaren Racing.
Accurate, flexible, affordable solution
The 3D Creator digitizes 3-Dimensional objects in real time. Using a cordless or wired hand-held probe, x, y, z coordinates of the object are obtained by tracing surfaces and edges, or by touching individual points such as corners and reference positions. This information is input into a CAD or CAM program for graphics display and object manipulation.
- NX Nastran
A sound investment
NX Nastran combines the industry-standard Nastran FEA solver with the world's leading CAD-independent Windows-native pre- and post-processor for advanced engineering analysis (Femap). Laminate Tools interfaces seamlessly with NX Nastran to deliver a complete solution for design, analysis and manufacture of composite structures.
- Laminate Analysis Program (LAP)
Rely on a proven track record
LAP is a Windows software tool for the analysis and design of composite material laminates. Several years of active presence in the international composites community have established LAP as the most user friendly and powerful tool in its class. LAP is used by designers and researchers alike in over 20 countries across the world. It is not by chance that Airbus UK have established LAP 3.0F as their standard in-house composite laminate analysis tool.
The latest version has further enhanced the program's capabilities, reflecting useful feedback from our user base.
- Component Design Analysis (CoDA)
Lightning-fast component design
CoDA is a Windows software application that assists in the preliminary stage of engineering design of Panels, Beams, Joints, Flanges and Laminates, as well as in composite material Synthesis. CoDA is a product of the Composites Section of the Centre for Materials Measurement and Technology at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). It is based upon several years research funded by the Department of Trade and Industry and has been experimentally validated. Major UK industrial companies assisted with the development through advisory panels and funding.
