DIGITISATION AND OPTIMISATION OF UK METAL COMPOSITE FIBRE FOR IMPROVED ECONOMICS

英国金属复合纤维的数字化和优化以提高经济效益

• 批准号: 40316
• 金额: $ 25.38万
• 依托单位: TISICS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=40316
• 关键词: DIGITISATION; OPTIMISATION; UK; METAL; COMPOSITE

Fibre reinforced Metal Matrix Composites have extensive applications in high growth industrial sectors such as space and aerospace, key to the UK's economic growth and industrial strategy for exports. These lightweight materials offer 30% weight savings in direct replacement parts and up to 70% weight saving where system designs can be optimised. The UK has a strong history in the technology and the core supply chain from raw materials to final products.TISICS is the only integrated fibre and metal composite manufacturer worldwide and has extensive experience in developing component and process technologies for a wide range of applications including:* Aero-engines: Lighter, higher operating temperature components reduce fuel burn.* Aircraft landing gear: Lighter, higher stiffness gear reduces fuel burn and titanium composites offer an alternative to chrome or cadmium plated steels.* Satellite pressure vessel: lighter, near net shape propellant and pressurant tanks reduce system mass and half lead time which will be advantageous for constellation satellites.* Space robotics and structures: Lighter, more compact systems are key to space exploration and in-space servicing.* Energy: Lighter, more robust steam turbines will increase energy generation efficiency, reducing emissions.* Automotive: longer term high production volume economics will allow MMCs to offer lighter systems capable of reducing emissions from combustion engines or range extension for electric vehicles.This project builds on the previous work aimed at the development of a world leading silicon carbide fibre production facility for MMCs. In order to industrialise this technology further development is needed to bring manufacturing maturity and production economics, of which the reinforcing silicon carbide fibre is a significant factor, to the necessary level for inclusion in space and aerospace platform designs.To address this TISICS development strategy for its fibre (since completing its development in 2014) has involved some initial process automation and digitisation and improving reactor component designs. The next steps to be addressed in this project are for:* further process digitisation for real time process monitoring and diagnostics. Achieving a more economic process and blueprint for a larger facility by extending the use of digital sensors for process control and in-process monitoring to lead to reliability gains in start-up and to extend batch production output* improved feedstock supply control and conversion rates via modelling and redesigning the feedstock supply, capture and recycle systems* modelling and designing waste management solutions. This project will address the major costs influences.

纤维增强的金属基质复合材料在高增长工业领域（例如太空和航空航天）具有广泛的应用，这是英国经济增长和出口工业战略的关键。这些轻巧的材料可在直接更换零件中节省30％的重量，并在可以优化系统设计的地方节省高达70％的重量。英国在技术和从原材料到最终产品的核心供应链中都有很强的历史。Tisics是全球唯一的集成纤维和金属复合制造商，在开发组件和过程技术方面具有丰富的经验*卫星压力容器。数量经济学将使MMC能够提供能够减少燃烧发动机或电动汽车范围扩展的较轻系统。该项目建立在以前的工作基础上，旨在开发世界领先的MMC碳化硅纤维生产设施。为了工业化，需要进一步开发这项技术来实现制造成熟度和生产经济学，加固的碳化硅纤维是一个重要因素，达到了纳入太空和航空航天平台设计的必要水平。为了解决其纤维的这一Tisics开发策略（自2014年完成其开发以来）涉及一些最初的工艺自动化和数字化的成分和改进的Reedsors和改进的Reedsors Designs。该项目中要解决的下一步是：*用于实时过程监视和诊断的进一步流程数字化。通过扩展数字传感器来控制过程控制和进程监控，从而实现更大的工厂的经济过程和蓝图，从而导致启动的可靠性增长并扩展批处理产量*改进的原料供应供应控制率和转换速率通过建模和重新设计了预料供应量，捕获和回收系统*建模和设计模型和设计型号和设计。该项目将解决主要成本的影响。