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| SCI was awarded a Phase I and Phase II Small Business Innovation Resaerch Grant to develop an FAA Certifiable Fabrication system for General Aviation Aircraft. For this program, Seemann Composites demonstrated the feasibility to adapt the SCRIMP Process and low cost quality control measures suitable for fabrication of General Aviation Aircraft which could meet FAA certification. SCI demonstrated the use of low cost computer controllers with data acquisitioned to monitor and record critical information during processing of parts. Oven cycles were computer controlled and time/temperature data was taken during the process. SCI installed data acquisitioning equipment on its computer controlled resin mixing and dispensing equipment. This enhancement allowed for actual flow monitoring of resin components as they are being mixed and a hard and soft copy of critical resin mixing.
SCI also refined mold-heating technology during this program. The majority of epoxy resin systems used today require elevated temperature curing. Most commonly, a large oven is used to accomplish this. SCI demonstrated a process to embed electric heat elements in the skin of a production mold to accomplish the required heat cycle outside of the oven at ambient air temperture. SCI successfully demonstrated cure cycles to 250 degrees F. |
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