Development of composite structural aerospace parts by out-of-autoclave process

该项目是麦哲伦航空航天公司与Cegep Edouard-Montpetit的航空航天技术中心（CTA）合作的结果。该项目涉及开发用于制造具有复杂几何形状的复合航空航天结构部件的高压釜外工艺。创新依赖于建立一个新的OOA过程的材料性能和参数，以帮助选择最接近的高压釜等效材料，直到开发出航空航天结构部件所需的完整数据库。研究结果表明，采用面向对象工艺可以制造出高性能的航空复合材料零件。其主要目标是与传统金属部件相比重量减轻。目标重量减少50%。该项目的成功将使麦哲伦巩固其在加拿大航空航天工业的领导地位，特别是在直升机结构部件的制造方面。它可以创造高质量的就业机会。轻型结构将有助于航空航天工业减少燃料消耗的努力。这一新的合作伙伴关系也是CTA与加拿大航空航天工业的主要参与者建立联系的绝佳机会，从而加强了其在复合材料制造应用研究和开发方面的地位。来自Cegep Édouard-Montpetit的一位教师将为该项目做出贡献，并将能够将他的新经验融入他在Cegep提供的培训中。同时，CTA将从CEGEP聘请一名实习生参与该项目。该实习生将为他的培训增加相关经验。

This project is the result of a partnership between Magellan Aerospace and Cegep Edouard-Montpetit's Centretechnologique en aerospatiale (CTA). The project is related to the development of an out-of-autoclave processfor the manufacturing of composite aerospace structural parts, with complex geometry. The innovation relieson the establishment of material properties and parameters for a novel OOA process to help down select theclosest autoclave equivalent material until the complete database, required for aerospace structural parts, isdeveloped. The results of the study will indicate that aerospace composite parts with high performance can bemanufactured using the developed OOA process. The main objective relies on the weight reduction whencompared to traditionnal metallic parts. The target weight reduction is 50%. The success of this project wouldallow Magellan to consolidate its position as a leader in the canadien aerospace industry and especially in themanufacturing of structural parts for helicopters. It could lead to the creation of high quality jobs. The lighterstructures would contribute to the fuel consumption reduction efforts in the aerospace industry. This newpartership is also a great opportunity for CTA to bond with a major actor in the Canadian aerospace industry,thus reinforcing its position in applied research and development in composite manufacturing. A teacher fromCegep Édouard-Montpetit will contribute to the project, and will be able to integrate his new experience in thetraining he provides in the Cegep. Also, CTA will hire an intern from the cegep to participate in the project.This intern will add relevant experience to his formation.