FACT Composite Manufacturing Process Research

FAC Technology是一家专注于先进复合材料制造工艺的初创企业。FAC Technology开发了一种名为FACT1的专利工艺，该工艺在某些情况下可降低复合材料产品制造的制造成本。FACT1工艺已被证明在实验室条件下以单一单元规模工作。该项目的商业机会是证明使用FACT1工艺进行大规模生产的技术可行性。这项工作是该技术商业化的关键下一步。该项目将促进几种通用复合材料产品的严格工艺研究和开发。FAC技术公司还将建立一个特定应用的试点生产线，以证明FACT1工艺的商业可行性。该试点生产线将通过识别和评估可以提高制造过程的速度、可靠性、成本效益和质量的潜在技术、材料和设备来开发。通过证明FACT1工艺的技术和商业价值，该项目将降低技术风险，并大大提高采用的可能性。这将带来三个主要好处：1。增加英国在复合材料制造方面的研发2。由于制造成本较低，将复合材料引入到更广泛的先前不可用的应用中。此外，这些“轻量化”机会的必然结果是减少二氧化碳排放并提高燃油效率3。英国长期高价值制造业增加

FAC Technology is a start-up focussed on manufacturing processes for advanced composite materials. FAC Technology has developed a patented process called FACT1, which in certain instances reduces fabrication costs in the manufacture of composite products.The FACT1 process has already been proven to work at a single-unit scale in laboratoryconditions. The business opportunity to be addressed by this project is to prove the technical feasibility of large-scale production using the FACT1 process.This work is the critical next step to commercialising the technology.This project will facilitate rigorous process research and development for several general composite products. FAC Technology will also create an application-specific pilot production line in order to demonstrate the commercial viability of the FACT1 process. This pilot production line will be developed by identifying and appraising the potential technologies, materials and equipment that can improve the speed, reliability, cost effectiveness and quality of the manufacturing process. By proving the technical and commercial merits of the FACT1 process, this project will derisk the technology and greatly improve the likelihood of adoption. This will hopefully lead to 3 key benefits:1. Increased UK R&D in composites manufacturing2. Introduction of composite materials to a wider range of previously unavailableapplications due to lower fabrication costs. Moreover, a corollary of these ‘light-weighting’ opportunities would be to reduce CO2 emissions and increase fuel efficiency3. Increased long-term high-value manufacturing in the UK