Isothermic High-rate Sustainable Structures (IHSS)
Lead Participant:
BOEING UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Abstract
IHSS will replace traditional composite aerospace manufacturing methods with an automotive-derived, fully automated dry fibre/resin infusion process to provide a manufacturing method that can achieve high rate while improving the sustainability of composite manufacturing. It features high-rate pick and place, automated preforming and two-sided self-heated tooling to eliminate autoclaves and consumables. This will reduce the total takt time from approximately forty hours to less than four hours for large component fabrication and a reduction in non-recurring costs, recurring costs, factory footprint and greenhouse gas emission via reduced power consumption.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
---|---|---|
BOEING UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | £13,031,222 | £ 4,904,952 |
  | ||
Participant |
||
LOOP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | £3,680,186 | £ 2,475,661 |
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS (EUROPE) LIMITED | £5,753,272 | £ 2,876,636 |
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | £8,055,724 | £ 8,055,724 |
People |
ORCID iD |
Fatma Omrani (Project Manager) |