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EPSRC Reference: GR/K65577/01
Title: RAPID COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES
Principal Investigator: Smith, Professor G
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Department: Sch of Engineering
Organisation: University of Warwick
Scheme: ROPA
Starts: 03 January 1996 Ends: 02 January 1998 Value (£): 105,133
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Materials Processing
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Aerospace, Defence and Marine Manufacturing
Transport Systems and Vehicles
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A novel method for using a CAD representation of a structural assembly in the manufacture. The system works by linking the computer to a robot arm which directs resin coated fibres along the assembly profile and cures them to a hard stiff beam which is self supporting to form the 3D structure.
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