University of Bradford - Equipment Account

我们提出设备来增强我们的专业先进材料加工设施和一套针对医疗保健应用的先进材料的过程监控和离线表征设备，包括广泛的纳米级表征，以及加工和材料性能的建模设施。这些将补充我们目前先进的材料制造工艺技术和表征设施的聚合物IRC实验室在布拉德福德。专业高级研究：我们进行基础加工相关研究（针对新型聚合物纳米复合材料、共混物、生物材料/生物复合材料和药物配方，以及反应加工），从而产生工艺可行性项目（例如新配方的加工性，以及基础材料特性）或新产品开发。产品可能是原型（通常是小规模的有限可用性或昂贵的材料），或完整的生产项目。工艺可行性研究或微尺度加工的设施建议用于小尺度产品，微/纳米表面特征和宏观尺度processing. Experimentation和监测设施：表征在nano-and其他长度尺度需要hierarchichal结构材料和功能梯度。这对于预处理材料和后处理产品来说是“离线”的;而过程表征旨在评估真实的材料过程历史，这对于时间和温度依赖性材料很重要。过程监控是有效的，先进的制造计量。

We propose equipment to enhance our specialist advanced materials processing facilities and suite of at-process monitoring and off-line characterisation equipment aimed at advanced materials with healthcare applications, including extensive nanoscale characterisation, plus modelling facilities for processing and materials performance. These will complement our current advanced materials manufacturing process technology and characterisation facilities in the Polymer IRC laboratory at Bradford. SPECIALIST ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES: We undertake fundamental processing-related studies (for novel polymer nanocomposites, blends, and biomaterials/ biocomposite and pharmaceutical formulations, and reactive processing) which lead to process feasibility projects (e.g. processability of new formulations, with underpinning material characterisation) or novel product development. Products may be prototypes (typically at the small scale for limited availability or expensive materials), or full production items. Facilties for process feasibility research or micro-scale processing are proposed for small scale products, micro/nano surface features, and macro scale processing.CHARACTERISATION AND MONITORING FACILITIES: Characterisation at nano- and other length scales is required for hierarchichal structure materials and functional gradients. This will be 'off line' for pre-process materials and post-process products; while at-process characterisation aims to evaluate real material process histories, which is important for time and temperature dependent materials. At-process monitoring is in effect, advanced manufacturing metrology.