HybridRTM - Quality Controlled Manufacturing of Hybrid Material Composites through Resin Transfer Moulding

Abstract:

HybridRTM terms a publicly funded project, which aims at the development of a processing technique for manufacturing of light weight structural components from hybrid materials. In particular, components involving metal as well as fibre-reinforced polymer composite materials are manufactured in a single processing step by means of the resin transfer moulding (RTM) technique. Project activities include material development and characterization, modelling of thermally induced residual stresses, process simulation, mould development as well as model-based process control in order to ensure consistently high component quality. This paper outlines the fundamental idea of the project and summarizes the most important results gained during the first two years of project activities.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 742)
• Pages: 527-534
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.742.527
• Online since: July 2017
• Authors: Ewald Fauster*, Patrick Hergan, Steffen Stelzer, Stefan Scheiblhofer, Gilbert Cespedes-Gonzales, Susanne Pfeifer, Bernhard Rittenschober, Manfred Sieberer, Michael Lauermann, Ralf Schledjewski
• Keywords: Metal-FRPC-Hybrid Structures, Model-Based Process Control, Process Simulation, Residual Stress, RTM Processing

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