PRONET: Production Resource Optimisation of SiC fibre for Net Zero Efficiency Targets

TISICS拥有独特的高性能金属基复合材料技术，将联合收割机内部的英国碳化硅纤维增强材料与轻质钛和铝复合材料相结合。这些技术可为航天、航空、运输和能源领域的金属系统减轻30%至70%的重量。TISICS最近展示了一种重量轻50%的起落架部件，该部件比钢更坚固，可以直接取代钢部件，无需重新设计系统，仅通过节省燃油就可以在不到2年的飞行时间内收回更换成本。未来的CO2排放成本将为航空公司带来进一步的成本效益。PRONET将使TISICS能够与包括工艺创新中心和英国一家主要化学品生产商在内的行业专家合作，为高价值原料建立比TISICS目前更高的资源效率。提高资源效率有两个好处。首先，它降低了碳化硅纤维成本中的原材料成本，因为进料和废料都会对成本产生影响。其次，它减少了从原材料供应到产品制造到工厂废物处理的能源消耗。这支持了TISICS在整个业务活动中实现净零排放的使命。随着各行业减少碳排放的举措，MMC的市场潜力正在迅速增长。航空业很难减弱，但减轻重量是现有飞机在未来可持续燃料、氢和先进飞机设计之前的近期机会。减重解决方案必须既经济又可满足航空业的高容量需求。PRONET将为目前的生产开发资源高效的工艺方案，以及设计未来在英国的大批量纤维工厂所需的强大方法，以满足英国和国际产品销售。这种可扩展性的展示是英国技术工业化的关键因素，并确保在轻量化航空领域的世界领导地位，从而实现英国的NetZero承诺。这对于准备近期和长期资源效率效益的雄心勃勃的范围非常重要，这些效益需要满足将MMC引入最初用于航空的产品的经济和技术挑战，但扩展到太空，能源和未来的超轻型汽车，以最大限度地提高电力经济性。

TISICS has unique high performance metal matrix composite technology to combine its in-house UK silicon carbide fibre reinforcement in light weight titanium and aluminium composites. These technologies deliver 30% to 70% weight reductions in metallic systems for space, aerospace, transport and energy sectors. Weight reduction in these sectors leads to direct reductions in CO2 emissions delivering into global Net Zero targets.TISICS has recently demonstrated a 50% lighter landing gear component which is stronger than steel, can directly replace the steel part without system redesign and would repay its replacement cost in under 2 years of flight through fuel savings alone. CO2 emission costs in the future would create further cost benefits for airlines.PRONET will enable TISICS to work with industry experts including the Centre for Process Innovation and a major UK chemical producer to establish significantly higher resource efficiency for high value feedstocks than is currently possible at TISICS. Improving resource efficiency has two benefits. Firstly it reduces raw material costs as a proportion for silicon carbide fibre costs as both the feed and waste have a cost impact. Secondly it reduces energy consumption from raw material supply through product manufacture to plant waste disposal. This supports TISICS mission towards Net Zero throughout its business activity.The market potential for MMCs is growing rapidly with the initiatives to reduce carbon emissions across all sectors. Aviation is hard to abate but weight reduction is a near term opportunity for existing aircraft ahead of future sustainable fuels, hydrogen and advanced aircraft designs. Weight reduction solutions must be both economic and available at high volumes required across the aviation sector. PRONET will develop resource efficient process options for current production as well as robust methodologies needed to design a future very high volume fibre plant based in the UK to feed UK and international product sales.This demonstration of scalability is a key element in industrialising UK technology and securing world leadership in light weighting Aviation and hence delivering Into The UK's NetZero promises.Customer support for this programme has been very significant in preparing the ambitious scope for both near term and longer term resource efficiency benefits needed to meet the economic and technical challenges of introducing MMCs into products initially in aviation but expanding to space, energy and future ultra lightweight cars to maximise electric power economics.