NSERC/Bell Helicopter Textron Industrial Research Chair in Automated Composites Manufacturing

为了保持竞争力，加拿大航空航天工业需要降低其制造成本，同时增加其产品的耐用性和能源效率。在这方面，工业界近年来特别重视碳纤维复合材料。这些材料虽然满足了所有的结构**考虑因素，从而提高了耐用性并减轻了重量，但在制造成本方面传统上并不具有**竞争力。最近，自动化纤维贴装(AFP)等新的自动化制造工艺在降低复合材料制造成本方面显示出巨大的前景，并开展了大量**研究，使其广泛应用于波音**787梦幻客机等最近的主要平台。尽管热固性基质材料的AFP加工显著降低了制造成本，但如果将该工艺扩展到热塑性基质材料，仍有更多的收益需要实现。在这里，可以将材料直接固化到工具表面上，而不需要**高压灭菌器后处理，这与其他专业热塑性加工，如**热冲压和热成形相结合，有望显著降低成本。因此，这个**工业研究教席(IRC)的总体目标是开发与主要航空航天结构的**ACM相关的新的科学和技术诀窍，特别关注热塑性基质材料。自动化**基于机器人系统，有利于飞机**行业和“未来工厂”复合材料初级结构制造中新兴的网络物理系统的发展。受雇于**该项目的研究生将在康科迪亚和**贝尔直升机德事隆加拿大有限公司的设施中获得非凡的经验，以便他们能够以所需的技能进入劳动力市场，**利用**开发的技术和衍生工具，以加强加拿大航空航天工业在**全球市场的地位。

In order to remain competitive, there is a need for the Canadian aerospace industry to reduce its manufacturing**costs, whilst adding durability and energy efficiency to its products. In this regard the industry has in recent**years placed particular emphasis on carbon fiber composites. These materials whilst satisfying all structural**considerations resulting in enhanced durability and reduced weight have traditionally however not competed**well in terms of manufacturing costs. Recently new automated manufacturing processes such as Automated**Fiber Placement (AFP) have shown significant promise in composite manufacturing cost reduction and much**research has been carried out resulting in extensive application to recent major platforms such as the Boeing**787 Dreamliner. Though AFP processing of thermoset matrix materials has provided significant manufacturing**cost reduction, there remain further gains to be achieved should the processing be extended to thermoplastic**matrix materials. Here it is possible to consolidate material directly on to the tool face with no requirement for**autoclave post processing and this combined with other specialist thermoplastic processing such as**thermo-stamping and thermo-forming promises significant further cost reductions.The overall objective of this**Industrial Research Chair (IRC) is therefore to develop novel scientific and technical know-how relating to the**ACM of primary aerospace structures with a special focus on thermoplastic matrix materials. The automation**is based on robotic systems conducive with the emerging cyber physical system developments in the aircraft**industry and "Factory of the Future" composite primary structure manufacture. Graduate students employed in**this program will be provided with an exceptional level of experience at the facilities of both Concordia and**Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd., so that they may enter the workforce with the skills required to exploit**the developed technologies and derived tools to strengthen the position of the Canadian aerospace industry in**the global market place.