COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: A19B-T003

COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$166,474
Agency
Department of Defense · Army
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
A19B-T003
Solicitation
19.B
NAICS
Place of performance
DE
Period
2019-12-30 → 2020-07-01

Description

The Tailorable Universal Feedstock for Forming (TuFF) material and process overcomes previous short fiber alignment challenges with alignment quality sufficient to fully translate composite properties equivalent to continuous fiber composites with the in-plane stretchability like metal This STTR project will focus on fiber surface treatments and the effect of fiber length to improve throughput allowing production rate gains without affecting microstructural properties and mechanical performance with the existing equipment implementation and evaluate forming challenges with the short fiber material.