Enhanced Ultrasonic Welding of Thermoplastic Composites

航空航天工业正在经历一个阶段，在这个阶段，飞机正朝着使用轻质复合材料的方向发展。这对所有利益攸关方都有巨大的财务和环境影响。人们越来越需要开发能够处理这些材料(连接、焊接等)的技术。以与传统金属部件类似的速度。该项目将对超声波焊接的可行性、涉及的工艺变量及其商业化的适用性进行全面的研究。该项目还将比较超声波焊接加工的部件和现有的制造技术。该项目的关键成果和理解将被输入到一个更大的工业化项目中，该项目将评估使用超声波焊接技术加工的复合材料部件的适宜性、重复性和机械性能。英国航空航天行业和整个供应链都可以受益于对清洁、快速和可靠的连接技术的了解，这项可行性研究是实现这一目标的第一步。

Aerospace industry is going through a phase where there is an evolution towards lightweighting the aircrafts byusing light weight composite materials. This has huge financial and environmental implications for allstakeholders. There is an increasing need to develop techniques which can process these materials (joining,welding, etc.) at a similar rate to conventional metal components. A thorough feasibility study of ultrasonicwelding, the process variables involved and its suitability for commercialization will be done in this project. Theproject will also compare parts processed by ultrasonic welding to established manufacturing techniques.The key outcomes and understanding from this project will be fed into a larger industrialisation project whichwill assess the suitability, repeatability and mechanical properties of composite parts proceseed by usingultrasonic welding techniques.The UK aerospace industry and the entire supply chain can benefit fom the understanding of a clean, fast andreliable joining technique and this feasibility study is the first step towards achieving that goal.