Autoclave Facility Upgrade for Advanced Applications

高级应用的高压釜设施升级

• 批准号: RTI-2020-00309
• 负责人: Poursartip, Anoush
• 金额: $ 10.3万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693553
• 关键词: Autoclave; Facility; Upgrade; Advanced; Applications

The Composites Research Network (CRN) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is in urgent need of an upgrade to our autoclave facility.******Autoclaves are pressure vessels used in industry (eg., aerospace) to "cook" composites structures and create parts. The autoclave is a mission critical piece of equipment in the CRN and is being used to (i) collect data to demonstrate digital twinning and its applications; (ii) study the effect of tooling and airflow on the thermal response of composite parts during autoclave processing; (iii) develop a simulation based thermal profiling workflow to support industry decision makers to better design autoclave manufacturing plans; (iv) study the cure path dependence of aerospace autoclave manufactured carbon fibre composite material; and (v) study the effects of autoclave convective behaviour on curing of advanced composites. Our programs focus on knowledge based solutions for real industrial problems, enabling companies to decrease both their production and scale up costs in the process.******The existing autoclave is in desperate need of upgrading the controller as well as outdated hardware and software. Currently, these problems result in significant downtime of this equipment, resulting in delays in productivity, which also negatively impact HQP training and career progression. UBC does not have a comparable industrial autoclave on either the Point Grey or Kelowna campuses. The current projects at CRN are industrially relevant and critical to the advanced manufacturing industry.******CRN has trained a large number of HQPs and continues to have undergraduate and graduate trainees, as well as postdoctoral fellows in the group. The invaluable experience these trainees get in using tools and operating equipment (eg., autoclave) that are essential in advanced manufacturing industries, makes them an asset to any SME or OEM working with composites.

不列颠哥伦比亚省大学（UBC）的复合材料研究网络（CRN）迫切需要对高压釜设施进行升级。********高压灭菌是行业中使用的压力容器（例如航空航天）来“烹饪”复合材料结构并创建零件。高压釜是CRN中的一项关键设备，并用于（i）收集数据以证明数字孪生及其应用； （ii）研究工具和气流对高压干处理过程中复合零件的热响应的影响； （iii）开发基于模拟的热谱工作流程，以支持行业决策者，以更好地设计高压釜制造计划； （iv）研究航空高压灭菌器生产的碳纤维复合材料的治疗路径依赖性； （v）研究高压对流行为对晚期复合材料固化的影响。我们的计划着重于针对实际工业问题的基于知识的解决方案，使公司能够在此过程中降低其生产和扩大成本。当前，这些问题导致了这种设备的大量停机时间，从而导致生产力延迟，这也会对HQP培训和职业发展产生负面影响。 UBC在Point Gray或Kelowna校园上都没有可比的工业高压釜。 CRN的当前项目在工业上与高级制造行业有关。这些受训者在高级制造行业必不可少的工具和操作设备（例如，高压釜）中获得了宝贵的经验，使其成为与复合材料一起工作的任何中小企业或OEM的资产。