MARFAC - Managing Resin Flows for High-Volume Automotive Composites

当前一代的高性能(热固性)纤维增强复合材料价格昂贵、制造复杂且不可回收。“下一代”(热塑性“APA6”)纤维增强复合材料具有结合高性能、可持续性和显著降低成本的潜力。然而，制造挑战阻碍了他们的发展。该项目有可能克服关键问题，提高英国的制造产量、生产率和价值获取。在该项目下，精明卓越中心将部署其团队在树脂注射的高级计算流动建模方面的团队专业知识，并识别出现的产品缺陷。然后利用计算模型来确定各种情况下的最佳工艺条件。

Current-generation, high-performance (thermoset) fibre-reinforced composites are costly, complex to manufacture, and non-recyclable."Next generation" (thermoplastic "APA6") fibre-reinforced composites have the potential to combine high performance, sustainability, and significantly lower cost. However, manufacturing challenges have stalled their growth.This project has the potential to overcome critical issues, increasing manufacturing output, productivity, and value capture in the UK.Under this project, ASTUTE Centre of Excellence will deploy its team expertise in advanced computational flow modelling of resin injection and identify product defects arising. The computational model is then exploited to identify best process conditions for various cases.