BAE Systems Composite Structures Selects VISTAGY’s FiberSIM to Design and Manufacture Aircraft Parts

By DE Editors

VISTAGY, Inc. has announced that BAE Systems Composite Structures Inc. has purchased FiberSIM software to design and manufacture parts for commercial aircraft programs, including an auxiliary power unit plenum. BAE Systems Composite Structures has worked with VISTAGY for more than a decade and has used FiberSIM on programs for Rolls Royce, Bell Helicopter, and Raytheon.

“The aerospace industry is very deadline-driven and FiberSIM helps us meet deadlines in a variety of ways,” says Tim Stewart,  manager of Manufacturing Engineering for U.S. Combat Systems at BAE Systems Composite Structures. “For instance, when an engineer begins a project, he really doesn’t know what he is going to be up against. Thanks to FiberSIM’s dependable and robust simulation capabilities, we know if there is going to be a problem well before a part hits the manufacturing floor, and that saves us a lot of time. Further, in the past, we had to wait for tooling to arrive before we could create flat patterns. That could take 12 to 16 weeks. With FiberSIM, we can create the flat patterns even before we see the tool so when it comes in,  we’re ready to go.”

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.