Equipment:
Comprehensive compoisite design, tooling and manufacturing facility. Autoclave, hydraulic press, ovens, layup rooms, CNC machining, Injection moulding
Scientific focus and expertise:
Design and manufacture of prototype tooling and samples. Test and evaluation. Scale up for industrialisation of materials/components/assemblies
Materials class:
Composites, polymers
Research challenge:
Industrialising new materials and/or processes to incorporate novel structures/patterns/particulates in functional products. Specific focus on composites - from particulate loaded polymers to complex layered structures with ALM and mulitfunctinoality
Application:
Communication antennas, stealth (RCS), energy harvesting, sensing
Market Sector:
Defence, Aerospace, consumer, automotive