DIGITISATION AND OPTIMISATION OF UK METAL COMPOSITE FIBRE FOR IMPROVED ECONOMICS

纤维增强金属基复合材料在航天和航空等高增长工业领域有着广泛的应用，这是英国经济增长和出口工业战略的关键。这些轻质材料在直接更换部件时可减轻30%的重量，在优化系统设计时可减轻高达70%的重量。TISICS是全球唯一的集成纤维和金属复合材料制造商，在开发组件和工艺技术方面拥有丰富的经验，适用于广泛的应用领域，包括：* 航空发动机：更轻，更高的工作温度组件减少燃料消耗。*飞机起落架：更轻、更高刚度的齿轮可减少燃油消耗，钛复合材料可替代Chrome或镀镉钢。*卫星压力容器：更轻、接近净形的推进剂和加压剂贮箱减少了系统质量和一半的研制周期，这对星座卫星是有利的。空间机器人和结构：更轻、更紧凑的系统是空间探索和空间服务的关键。能源：更轻、更坚固的汽轮机将提高发电效率，减少排放。*汽车：长期的高产量经济性将使金属基复合材料提供更轻的系统，能够减少内燃机的排放或电动汽车的续航里程。该项目建立在以前的工作基础上，旨在为金属基复合材料开发世界领先的碳化硅纤维生产设施。为了使该技术工业化，需要进一步开发以带来制造成熟度和生产经济性，其中增强碳化硅纤维是一个重要因素，为了解决TISICS的光纤发展战略，（自2014年完成开发以来）涉及一些初始过程自动化和数字化以及改进反应堆组件设计。在这个项目中要解决的下一个步骤是：* 进一步的过程数字化的真实的时间过程监测和诊断。通过扩大使用数字传感器进行过程控制和过程中监测，实现更经济的工艺和更大设施的蓝图，从而提高启动时的可靠性，并扩大批量生产产量 * 通过建模和重新设计原料供应、捕获和回收系统，改善原料供应控制和转化率 * 建模和设计废物管理解决方案。该项目将解决主要的成本影响。

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.