SBIR PHASE I: Revolutionary Manufacturing Process for UV Cured Composite Structures

Information

  • NSF Award
  • 0128034
Owner
  • Award Id
    0128034
  • Award Effective Date
    1/1/2002 - 22 years ago
  • Award Expiration Date
    11/30/2002 - 21 years ago
  • Award Amount
    $ 99,935.00
  • Award Instrument
    Standard Grant

SBIR PHASE I: Revolutionary Manufacturing Process for UV Cured Composite Structures

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a novel method of UV curing composite structures that will extend UV curing techniques to any size, thickness, or shape composite and with any type of reinforcing fiber by uniformly distributing UV light throughout a composite structure. The anticipated result is a new UV curing process that can be used in many diverse applications, including aircraft, automotive, spacecraft, and marine. The process will significantly reduce the cost of manufacturing composite parts, improve the performance of these parts (by reducing residual stresses), and open new applications for composite materials using this fabrication technique. This novel UV curing technique is most attractive for large or complex composite parts.<br/><br/>The proposed UV curing process has the potential to replace thermal curing for nearly all composite parts because it will achieve large cost and time savings while improving, or at least equaling, the thermally cured composite part performance. Additionally, the size limitations imposed by the use of an autoclave are removed because this UV curing process does not require an autoclave or any specialized tooling. Applications for this UV curing process exist in all fields, including next generation vehicle applications

  • Program Officer
    Rosemarie D. Wesson
  • Min Amd Letter Date
    11/5/2001 - 22 years ago
  • Max Amd Letter Date
    11/5/2001 - 22 years ago
  • ARRA Amount

Institutions

  • Name
    Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
  • City
    Ewing
  • State
    NJ
  • Country
    United States
  • Address
    34 LEXINGTON AVE
  • Postal Code
    086182302
  • Phone Number
    6095380444

Investigators

  • First Name
    Alan
  • Last Name
    Bilanin
  • Email Address
    alan@continuum-dynamics.com
  • Start Date
    11/5/2001 12:00:00 AM

FOA Information

  • Name
    Industrial Technology
  • Code
    308000