Fibre Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites for Automotive Applications

Lead Participant: TISICS LIMITED

Abstract

The automotive industry is being subjected to increasingly strict fuel economy restraints,
alongside a growing customer demand for improved interiors, advanced safety systems and
state-of-the-art entertainment facilities, all of which result in unnecessary additional weight.
Tisics Ltd have designed a novel process which will use silicon carbide monofilament
reinforcement to create light-weight automotive components.

Lead Participant

Project Cost

Grant Offer

TISICS LIMITED £40,836 £ 24,501

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