IACMI - The Composites Institute

Raymond. G. Boeman, Ph.D.Associate Director Vehicle Technology Areamanaged & operated by Michigan State University

Manufacturing USA - Institutes

Membership

149

Members 9 Charter

Representing

34 States

Industry, Academia & Government

Stakeholders

13 Premium123 Consortium4 Resource

Academia: 11

Association: 6

Government: 8

Large Enterprises: 45

Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises: 79

Technical Focus on Advanced Composites &Structures

Indiana: Innovative Design,

Predictive Modeling, and

Simulation Michigan:

Vehicles

Ohio:

Compressed

Gas Storage

Tennessee:

Composite

Materials

and Process

Technology

Colorado:

Wind Turbines

MARYLAND

DELAWARE

JERSEY

CONNRI

MASS

MAINEMONTANA

WYOMING

IDAHO

WASHINGTON

OREGON

NEVADA

UTAH

CALIFORNIA

ARIZONA

NORTH DAKOTA

SOUTH DAKOTA

NEBRASKA

COLORADO

NEW MEXICO

TEXAS

OKLAHOMA

KANSAS

ARKANSAS

LOUISIANA

MISSOURI

IOWA

MINNESOTA

WISCONSIN

ILLINOISINDIANA

KENTUCKY

TENNESSEE

MISSALABAMA

GEORGIA

FLORIDA

SOUTHCAROLINA

NORTH CAROLINA

VIRGINIA

WV

OHIO

MICHIGAN NEW YORK

PENN NEW

VT

NH

ALASKA

HAWAII

Operating Model – Industrial Collaboration Spaces

Tennessee

Ohio

Colorado

Michigan

Indiana

Shared spaces catalyzing ideas, expediting R&D

Design, Modeling and Simulation

Validation & Verification Capability Installed

Materials and Processing Technology Area

Carbon Fiber Technology Center and The Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at ORNL

Seamless interaction of students and staff between UT and ORNL/IACMI

Workforce development: Training and internships

Unique technical capabilities including Intermediate to large scale composite fabrication and discontinuous fiber processing

University of Tennessee, Knoxville Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility and Engineering and Annex

Plus…Materials

and Processing

Capabilities at

Vanderbilt and

University of

Kentucky Carbon Fiber Technology

Facility

Compressed Gas Storage Technology Area

Performs basic and applied research, engineering services, and testing

Third in the U.S. in funded materials research

More than 460 professional research staff

Wind Technology Area

Composites Manufacturing and Education Technology Facility (CoMet)

• Manufacturing space focused on composite manufacturing innovation

• 55’ x 200’ – 10,000 sq. ft.

• Adjacent to blade test facility

• Full-scale blade subcomponent manufacturing

Vehicle Technology Area FacilitiesIACMI Vehicles

Scale-up Facility, DetroitComposites Vehicle Research

Center, Lansing

7,500 ft2

Characterization and Processing Laboratory

Over $5M in Equipment Full-time staff -3 professionals and 2 technicians

Supported by TARDEC• Composite Joining• Design & Manufacture• Impact Resistance• Multi-Functional Composites• Self-Diagnostic Composites• Structural Integrity

Full-scale RD&D facility• Injection Molding• Compression Molding• Prepreg • Tape layup• HP-RTM

Composites Materials & Structure Center, Lansing

National Capabilities-MichiganVehicle Scale Up Facility in Corktown, Detroit

• Co-located with LIFT, 100K sqft total• Capitalization underway >$15M• Construction complete Q3/Q4 2017• Equipment coming online

Laboratories (construction underway)

Analytical-wet lab Material preparation (e.g., mixing)

Materials CharacterizationFTIR, DSC/DMA, Microscopy, etc

Trimming, cutting, grinding, etc.

Intermediates & Preforming Lab (450 m2)Temperature & humidity controlled

Negative pressure & filtered return (carbon containment)

Pre-preg, tape lay-up, compounding

Major equipment coming online

Compression PressSchuler Press: 4000T, 3.7m x 2.4m platen

Thermosets & Thermoplastic

Infusion, compression

In commissioning

Injection Molding CellMilacron Press: 3000T, 3m x 2.4m platen

1-10kg shot size, 3 – 275kg dryers

Robotic handling

Operational

Additional equipment to be installed within 6 mons

12” Prepreg machine(August Delivery)

High-pressure RTM(Ordered soon)

Representative photo,vendor TBA

Consigned Equipment

Plasma cleaning & coating(2 systems via LIFT)

Systems for rapid (induction) heat-cool for injection & compression

molding

Tools currently available for project use

Tonneau cover (inner & outer)Ford Sport Trac

Saturn Fender Chevy Volt Battery Box

Thank you!