| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L53298/01 |
| Title: |
IMI: COMPOSITE FORMING TOOLING BY THERMAL SPRAYING (SPRAY & MOULD) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Wimpenny, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Sch of Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Warwick |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
11 August 1997 |
Ends: |
10 August 2000 |
Value (£): |
345,395
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
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The project aims to develop a new technique for the rapid, automated manufacture of low-cost composite forming tools for the aerospace industry, using a thermal spraying process to produce a metal shell which is subsequently supported to produce a tool. The process has the potential to reduce the toolings cost and lead-times by at least 60%The tooling will be designed and evaluated for a range of composite forming processes including vacuum bagging, RTM and compression moulding.
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.warwick.ac.uk |