Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

This project is the result of a partnership between Magellan Aerospace and Cegep Edouard-Montpetit's Centretechnologique en aerospatiale (CTA). The project is related to the development of an out-of-autoclave processfor the manufacturing of composite aerospace structural parts, with complex geometry. The innovation relieson the establishment of material properties and parameters for a novel OOA process to help down select theclosest autoclave equivalent material until the complete database, required for aerospace structural parts, isdeveloped. The results of the study will indicate that aerospace composite parts with high performance can bemanufactured using the developed OOA process. The main objective relies on the weight reduction whencompared to traditionnal metallic parts. The target weight reduction is 50%. The success of this project wouldallow Magellan to consolidate its position as a leader in the canadien aerospace industry and especially in themanufacturing of structural parts for helicopters. It could lead to the creation of high quality jobs. The lighterstructures would contribute to the fuel consumption reduction efforts in the aerospace industry. This newpartership is also a great opportunity for CTA to bond with a major actor in the Canadian aerospace industry,thus reinforcing its position in applied research and development in composite manufacturing. A teacher fromCegep Édouard-Montpetit will contribute to the project, and will be able to integrate his new experience in thetraining he provides in the Cegep. Also, CTA will hire an intern from the cegep to participate in the project.This intern will add relevant experience to his formation.