Design and production of specialty aircraft parts using advanced manufacturing

航空航天工业要求其运载工具由能够承受高振动、应力和大载荷的轻质结构制成。零部件的效率，特别是零部件重量的减轻，减少了燃油消耗，污染物排放，提高了车辆的承载能力。与地平线飞机（一家创新的加拿大高科技航空航天公司）合作，弗莱明学院将研究使用先进制造方法的可行性，如3D打印和拓扑优化，以生产某些飞机零件和机制。这些工艺将使Horizon Aircraft的航空航天工程师能够设计和制造具有更复杂几何形状、更高强度和可靠性的独特零件，从而解决设计和生产挑战。弗莱明学院的研究人员将协助该公司对某些飞机部件进行拓扑优化和有限元分析，并完成使用先进制造技术制造这些部件的可行性研究。通过这个项目，Horizon Aircraft将确定最适合他们需求的候选设计和建模技术，从而提高他们的创新能力，并使他们走上实现雄心勃勃目标的轨道。

The aerospace industry requires that its vehicles are made of lightweight structures that can withstand high vibrations, stresses, and large loads. The efficiency of parts, especially the reduction of the weight of the parts, reduces fuel consumption, pollutant emissions and increases the vehicle's carrying capacity. Working with Horizon Aircraft (an innovative Canadian high-tech aerospace company), Fleming College will investigate the feasibility of using advanced manufacturing methods, such as 3D printing and topology optimization, to produce certain aircraft parts and mechanisms. These processes would enable Horizon Aircraft's aerospace engineers to design and manufacture unique parts with more complex geometries and better strength and reliability, thereby solving design and production challenges. Fleming College researchers will assist the company with topology optimization and finite element analysis of certain aircraft parts and complete a feasibility study on using advanced manufacturing technologies to fabricate those parts. As a result of this project, Horizon Aircraft will have determined the candidate design and modelling technologies that will best suit their needs, thereby increasing their innovation capacity and putting them on-track to complete their ambitious goals.