FACMO2: Additive manufacturing for high-performance and high-productivity of multifunctional composite structures and their sustainability for aerospace applications
FACMO 2 is a 5-year (2023-2028) collaborative project between six professors (led by Professor Daniel Therriault) of Polytechnique Montreal and two industrial partners, Safran Group and Dyze Design, financially supported by the industrial partners, NSERC (Alliance Program) and Prima-Québec (R25). The project consists of 4 main objectives which are related to the advanced additive manufacturing of carbon fiber-reinforced high-temperature resistant thermoplastics or epoxy-based abradable materials and the development of simulation tools for predicting fracture behavior of composites manufactured by additive manufacturing.
The project focuses on addressing the critical challenges in additive manufacturing by providing a better understanding of the interactions between the manufacturing parameters, the transformed material and the cohesion between the layers, to identify ways of improving the productivity, sustainability and quality of the manufactured parts through experimental and theoretical investigations.