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12 CompositesWorld DESIGN & TESTING SEPTEMBER 2017 is is the sequence now employed by some major aircraft makers today. Many aerospace companies are still spending a great deal of time performing their stress analysis and sizing in error-prone spreadsheets or custom scripts instead of making use of the commercial software. Our software can replace those scripts with automated stress analysis/sizing that quickly updates the FEA model and CAD layup schedules with every change to the design. is kind of software automation can reduce a design schedule from many months to a few weeks. And in the long term, the ability to call up and repeat a digital analysis on an aircraft at any point in its 30- to 50-year lifespan — one that can extend beyond any individual engineer's career — is of obvious benefit. Keeping design models viable also will be key as Industry 4.0 becomes reality and the link between the composites design process and subsequent manufacturing becomes increasingly automated. Craig Collier is the founder and president of Collier Research Corp. (Hampton, VA, US), a NASA spinoff, and the developer of HyperSizer composite design, analysis and optimization software. For more information, visit www.hypersizer.com. At Litzler, we are Driven by Right. The Right choice for every customer around the globe. • Nip and S-Wrap Configurations • S-Wrap Increases Production Speeds up to 100 fpm (30 mpm) • Hot Melt Three Roll Reverse Roll Filmers • Single Tow Drum Winders • Fiber Unwind Creels • 12" (300 mm) Pilot Machines • Production Machines up to 60" (1525 mm) • Thermoplastic and Solution Prepreg Machines also Available C. A. Litzler Co., Inc. • 4800 W. 160th Street • Cleveland, OH 44135 USA 216-267-8020 • Fax: 216-267-9856 • sales@calitzler.com • www.calitzler.com • Litzler Shanghai 021-54249130 WAECO equipment is now offered by C. A. Litzler Co., Inc. Hot Melt Prepreg Machinery P.O. Box 264 1366 Norwich Rd. Plainfield, CT. 06374 Office: 860.564.7817 Cell: 860.608.4696 WWW.PREPREGS.COM dyoung@prepregs.com Energy Independent Adhesive Prepregs for Composite Manufacturers We are now completely powered by the sun! Drawing our energy directly from our own solar panels! Producing more than we consume & giving back to the community! ROOM TEMPERATURE Storage Prepreg to come soon!