1. Institute for Maintenance Science and Technology Composites sustainment Dr. Stephen Hudak, Joseph Heil, Jim Fuss, Dr. Jerry Cuomo Materials Science and Engineering www.imst.us NCSU Composites Symposium July 23, 2009
3. IMST Mission Promote economic development in the State of North Carolina by leveraging the resources of NC State University to enable partnerships among industry, the military, and the University and Community College Systems. 3
4. IMST CAMP-M; IMST Founded in 2005 by: Dr. Jerry Cuomo, Dr. Roger Sanwald & Dr. John Strenkowski 19 research engineers, scientists, & associates 10 graduate students 13 undergraduate students 4
5. Composites Sustainment Activities Reverse Engineering Repair Technologies Economic Development Training Activity NDI Atmospheric Plasma Technical Support Carbon Fiber Recycling Composites Manufacturing 5
6. Partners Navair – Paxutent River Cherry Point, North Island, Jacksonville Coast Guard – Elizabeth City DRS Technical Services Boeing - St. Louis, Seattle, Philadelphia, Mesa, Tacoma AFRL - Dayton ALC - Hill, Ogden, Warner Robbins Navsea – Caderock ARL – RDECOM Community Colleges - Lenoir, Craven 6
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8. Mechanical Property Testing
9. Digital Scanning/Data Collection
10. Rapid Prototyping
11. Tooling Development
12. First Article Testing
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14. Composites Repair Field Deployable Repair Improvements Fastener Hole Repair Rapid Manufacturing of Secondary Structures Adhesive Shelf Life Extension Adhesive Field Tests Heat Damage Detection & Quantification Quick Curing Adhesives 8
15. NDI Flash Thermography Vibration MEMS IR Thermography (Veracity) Ultrasonic's Acousto-Ultrasonic Impedance Spectroscopy Embedded Sensors Fiber-optics Magnetic coated wires 9
16. Flash Thermography 10 Steven M. Shepard Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc. 845 Livernois, Ferndale, MI 48220 sshepard@thermalwave.com
17. Flash Thermography 11 Steven M. Shepard Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc. 845 Livernois, Ferndale, MI 48220 sshepard@thermalwave.com
25. Plasma Paint Removal MIL85285 Paint stack on Aluminum Before After Plasma MIL 83282 Hydraulic Fluid Mineral Oil/Dye Water/Dye 13
26. Surface Changes After Plasma Treatment Before After Hydraulic Fluid – Methanol - Water Hydraulic Fluid – Methanol - Water Fluorescent Dye in Hydraulic Fluid 14
32. Removal of Various Coatings from Different Substrates Removal to Primer Untreated Area Untreated Sealant Removed to Substrate Radome Al Honeycomb RAM on CFE 18
41. Recycled Carbon Fiber Composites Test panels made using the bulk molding process. 21 Wet lay process for making randomly oriented mats.
42. Composites Testing 22 Glass Transition by DMA ASTM D 7028 Standard Method for Tg of Polymer Matrix Composites
43. Summary IMST is actively engaged with composite sustainment for Aerospace applications Education is a core component of activity Started SAMPE chapter IMST is customer focused NCSU partnerships and projects continue to grow North Carolina is becoming an aerospace technology corridor 23
