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CLUSTER OF EXCELLENCE MERGEMerge Technologies for Multifunctional Lightweight StructuresEXC 1075
www.tu-chemnitz.de/MERGE
CLUSTER OF EXCELLENCE MERGEMerge Technologies for Multifunctional Lightweight StructuresEXC 1075
www.tu-chemnitz.de/MERGE
1. What/who is MERGE2. Main fields of activities of MERGE 3. Internationalisation of the cluster 4. Fields of interest for European co-operations
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MERGE works together with:
› 25 Principal Investigators and 13 Participating Researchers› Participating Institutes:
› 14 Institutes of TUC› 3 Institutes of DUT› 7 Faculties› 2 Affiliated Institutes of TUC › 2 Fraunhofer Institutes› 1 Leibniz Institute
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Partners in Science and Industry
Presently, further more than 300 companies ( 250 SMEs) in research and innovation projects involved
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General Problems› increasing prices of energy andraw materials
› climate change by greenhouse effect, global warming
Requirements› energy savings› mass reduction
Approach› Merge Technologies› Lightweight Structures
Strategy› Bivalent Resource Efficiency
Mission
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In-line and In-situ Process Chains
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Interacting Research Domains
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Main objectives of IRD ASupply of intelligent, high-functional, hybrid semi-finished products and their implementationin in-line processes
› Fusion of textile and foil technology› Roll-to-roll functionalisation› Multi-axial multiply prepregs (MMP)› Large-scale and continuous manufacture
IRD A: Semi-finished Products and Preform Technologies
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Main objectives of IRD BFunctional enhancement of metal-intensive technologies for manufacturing of hybrid metal/plastics composites
› Graded metal structures› High pressure forming with polymer melts› Shape memory alloys in textiles
IRD B: Metal-intensive Technologies
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Basic components for multi-functional lightweight strucutres
IRD C: Textile-/Plastic-based Technologies
Main objectives of IRD CIn-situ plastics-based integration of adaptedtextiles, metals and micro-/nanosystemsintegration offers crucial advantages regarding:
› Material and energy efficiency› Freedom of design› Mass production
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IRD D: Micro- and Nanosystems Integration
Main objectives of IRD DMicro- and nanosystems in hybrid structures by integration of:
› Sensors, actuators› Electronics› Power supply› Communication interfaces
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IRD E: Interface optimization and design
Main objectives of IRD EInterface design according to requirements
› Investigation of surface properties› Development and application of adhesion promoters› Composite behaviour under fracture conditions› Fatigue properties and improvement
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IRD F: Modelling, Integrative Simulation and Optimisation
Main objectives of IRD FModelling, simulation and optimisation of hybrid structures and their production processes
› Advanced constitutive laws and experimentalcharacterisations
› Coupled simulations, bivalent optimisation› Adaptive high-precision FEM› Efficient data management and computing
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Infrastructure of MERGE
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New MERGE Technology Centre (MTC)
Research Hall (1st Construction phase)
› Costs: 12,6 Mio. EUR› Area: 3.565 m²› Construction: 05/2014 – 09/2015
MERGE Machine
› Integrative Lightweight ManufacturingComplex (ILCx)
› Dimensions: 25 metres in length, 10 metres in width and 8 metres in height
› Weight: about 200 tonnes
© Ludes Generalplaner GmbH
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• Corrosion athybridsolutions
• Mechanicalprocessingoffibre-reinforcedcompositesandhybrid solutions
• Productionprocessofthermoplastic composites
• Lightweightsolutionswithwires
• Hydrauliccylinderaslightweightsolution
• ImprovementofCFL-filamentwounding
• Fire-/heatresistantlargescalecomposites
• Textile reinforcedcellularplasticsandcomposites
• Manufacturingandprocessingofhybridtextile reinforced composites
• Ceramic-matrixcomposites
• In-lineproductionofhigh-strengthandhigh-stiffnesshybridlaminatesbasedonthermoplastics
Possible co-operation topics composites and hybrid solutions
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Possible co-operation topics Additive Manufacturing
Post Treatment Processes
Heat Treatment
Additive Manufacturing
Sensorintegrationin complexAM-parts
DevelopmentofHybridcomponents
Newmaterial processing
Development ofhybridprocessparameters(latticestructures)PerformanceParameterfor SLM-Processing(Increasingproductionrate)OptimizationofAdditiveManufacturingDesign RulesCFD-Simulations fordefinedPostTreatmentProcesses
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MERGEuropeLightweight innovation network
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Composites Centre SwedenEUROPEAN LIGHTWEIGHTING CLUSTERS ALLIANCE – ELCA
SUBMITTED HORIZON 2020-INNOSUP 2016-2017)
National Composites Centre
Lulea, Sweden
LIGHTerSweden
Open Hybrid Lab FactoryWolfsburg, Germany
MERGEChemnitz, Germany
AZLAachen, Germany
ARENA 2036Stuttgart, Germany
MAI CarbonAugsburg, Germany
Bristol, UK
IRT Jules VerneNantes, France
AESICOMValencia, Spain
IMASTNaples, Italy
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Thank you for your attention ! We are looking forward to co-operating with you.
Speaker Jonas Stiller [email protected]
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daisy [email protected]
MERGE COO Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Trö[email protected]
MERGE EU-project coordination Dr. Katharina Schöps