Objective Some industrial aeronautical parts have been successfully injection moulded using the knowledge and data provided by this programme. Mass and cost reduction are likely and this prices will be used increasingly in future aeronautical industries. Three industrial and complex parts were studied and manufactured by project partners.One of the most cost-saving techniques for manufacturing certain aerospace structural parts will probably be in the near future the injection moulding technology. The use of such a process in the aerospace industry requires: - increased mechanical properties of injection moulded parts; - design data and tools to predict the properties which could be obtained with such a process. The first point will be reached either by using aerospace high performance fibre reinforced thermoplastics, by increasing the fibre length in the mould or by using the Multi Live System which permits better control of the fibre orientation. Thus different processes will be developed and investigated in order to decrease the fibre degradation during the injection moulding phase. The second requirement will be met by developing simulation software for filling and fibre orientation. Emphasis will especially be placed on weld line modelling and characterisation. The models and software will first be developed for short fibre high performance thermoplastics and then tested with the other processes. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineeringnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Programme(s) FP2-BRITE/EURAM 1 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the fields of industrial manufacturing technologies and advanced materials applications (BRITE/EURAM), 1989-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Aérospatiale Société Nationale Industrielle SA EU contribution No data Address 4 rue du Val D'Or 92150 Suresnes France See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Association pour la Recherche et le Développement de Méthodes et Processus Industriels (ARMINES) France EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data British Aerospace plc United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data IKT STUTTGART Germany EU contribution No data Address STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB) Germany EU contribution No data Address 81611 München See on map Total cost No data
