SBIR Phase II: Leveraging Z-axis Milled Fiber to Enhance the Performance, Economics and Sustainability of Carbon Fiber for High-Volume Applications

SBIR 第二阶段：利用 Z 轴铣削纤维增强大批量应用碳纤维的性能、经济性和可持续性

• 批准号: 1951183
• 负责人: Anvesh Gurijala
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: Boston Materials, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1951183&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Leveraging; axis

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is the development of a high-performance, economic, and sustainable carbon fiber material and associated processing technology for consumer electronics, aircraft interiors, and mass market automobiles. In current processes, roughly 30% of carbon fiber is typically scrapped during manufacturing. By 2024, an estimated 50,000 metric tons of virgin carbon fiber will be scrapped and disposed in landfills. The proposed technology will extract value from scrapped fiber and prevent disposal, offering up to 25% cost reduction compared with carbon fiber products commercially available today. This technology creates higher usage and new opportunities for this advanced material.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will support the development of a high-performance composite that utilizes low-cost and sustainable milled carbon fiber. An industrial roll-to-roll production process will be used to compound virgin carbon fiber with milled fiber. These reclaimed fibers are oriented in the Z-axis using a proprietary technology adapted from an industrial process originally developed to make thermoset products. The proposed project will develop a market-ready thermoplastic product with dense Z-axis reinforcement while retaining key in-plane properties. This new thermoplastic product will be targeted towards translation to high-volume consumer electronics, aircraft interiors, and automotive applications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II期项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发高性能，经济和可持续的碳纤维材料以及用于消费电子，飞机室内设计和大众市场汽车的高性能和相关加工技术。在当前过程中，通常在制造过程中大约30％的碳纤维被废弃。到2024年，估计将在垃圾填埋场中取消和处置50,000吨的维京碳纤维。拟议的技术将从废纤维中提取价值并防止处置，与当今市售的碳纤维产品相比，成本降低高达25％。这项技术为这种先进的材料创造了更高的使用和新的机会。本小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II期项目将支持开发使用低成本和可持续铣削的碳纤维的高性能复合材料。 工业卷到滚动的生产过程将用于将原始碳纤维与磨纤维复合。 这些再生纤维使用最初开发的用于制造热固性产品开发的工业过程的专有技术在Z轴上定向。 拟议的项目将开发出具有密集的Z轴增强的市场就绪的热塑性产品，同时保留了关键的面内特性。这种新的热塑性产品将针对转化为大容量消费电子，飞机室内装饰和汽车应用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准通过评估来进行评估。