Production system, method and computer program product

A method for producing a composite fiber component comprising the steps of:

• optically capturing, via an optical device, features of a working surface and/or of plies laid on the working surface, the plies comprising fiber material;
• determining, via a computing device, a parameter of the captured features and a comparative result depending on a comparison of the determined parameter and a reference parameter;
• giving feedback, via a feedback device, depending on the comparative result;
• providing a projector device for projecting a pattern of light on the working surface and/or on an upwardly exposed surface of a ply to guide placement of plies on the working surface and/or on the ply;
• and
• providing a control device, wherein the control device being configured for controlling the optical device, the computing device, the feedback device and the projector device;
• projecting, via the projector device, a kth pattern corresponding to a target position of a kth ply, and, at the same time, to project a jth pattern corresponding to a target position of a jth ply;
• capturing features, via the optical device, of the kth ply and the jth ply laid on the working surface;
• determining, via the computing device, a position of the captured features and a comparative result depending on a comparison of the determined position and a reference position for the kth ply and the jth ply respectively;
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• giving feedback, via the feedback device, depending on the respective comparative result;
• incrementing k from 1 to N, with N designating the total number of plies making up a first portion of the composite component to be produced, and incrementing j from 1 to M, with M designating the total number of plies making up a second portion of the composite component to be produced, wherein the computing device is configured to determine presence of a foreign object, wherein the foreign object is a tool, wherein the parameter includes a position and/or geometry of the tool, wherein the projector device comprises at least one laser, wherein the control device is configured to control the at least one laser to locate and indicate the position and/or geometry of the tool on the working surface by circling the tool with a red line light about the tool on the working surface.