Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Andrew Johnston
Zipper (1913)
Wonderbra (1935)
Abdominizer (1984)
Poutine (?)
Canadian Inventions.
Some very Canadian ones
Snowblower (1925)
1981: Canadarm1 -
Graphite fibre composite
aerospace sales and employment. New large aircraft landing gear 60%
50 Civilian Military
% Structural Weight Composites
B787
RAH-66
40
B2
V-22
30
A380
F-18 E/F
A-6 Rewing
F-22
20
Avcorp
Industries
Magellan-Bristol Boeing Canada EADS Composites
Convergent Aerospace Ltd. Technology Winnipeg Atlantic
Manufacturing Division
Technologies Inversa
Systems
Pratt & Whitney
Canada
Integran
Profile
Technologies
Composites
Bell Helicopter
Comtek Advanced
Textron Canada
Structures
Seawind
Diamond
Aircraft Bombardier
Aerospace
Seawind Corporation
Montreal, Quebec
Avcorp
Industries
Magellan-
Magellan-Bristol Boeing Canada EADS Composites
Convergent Aerospace Ltd. Technology Winnipeg Atlantic
Manufacturing Division
Technologies Inversa
Systems
Pratt & Whitney
Canada
Integran
Profile
Technologies
Composites
Bell Helicopter
Comtek Advanced
Textron Canada
Structures
Seawind
Diamond
Aircraft Bombardier
Aerospace
Lunenburg,
Nova Scotia and
Montreal
17
SAMPEBooth
1503
18 www.compositesatlan18
tic.com
Burlington, Ontario
Subsidiary of Avcorp Industries (Vancouver, BC)
Specializes in design, manufacture and maintenance of advanced
composite structures for regional and business aircraft
Extensive experience in design-build programs
Maintains an active and innovative technology development program
Notable capabilities in certification, manufacturing & process
development, reverse engineering, materials engineering, material &
component testing
Carbon/Magnesium
Hybrid Door
w/ Battelle PNNL
Carbon/Ti Wheelchair
RTM Carbon/Ep Propeller for US VA
Current development
activities
Avcorp
Industries
Magellan-
Magellan-Bristol Boeing Canada EADS Composites
Convergent Aerospace Ltd. Technology Winnipeg Atlantic
Manufacturing Division
Technologies Inversa
Systems
Pratt & Whitney
Canada
Integran
Profile
Technologies
Composites
Bell Helicopter
Comtek Advanced
Textron Canada
Structures
Seawind
Diamond
Aircraft Bombardier
Aerospace
Virtek
Waterloo, Ontario
SAMPEBooth512
Founded in 1986 in Waterloo
Owned by Gerber Technology, a Gerber Scientific company
Core competency is driving a laser beam quickly and accurately
Have developed a broad portfolio of patents and wide range of products
for several sectors including aerospace
World leaders in laser projection for composite ply alignment and
assembly processes
SYSTEMS
Specialtyinspectionservices
Developed Backscatter Computed Tomography technology
Portable device
Single-side access
Industrial composite application: Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP)
structures in chemical plants
Wall thickness
degradation
StoneChipsrupturedrawCFRPtube
NochippingorcrackingonNanovate coating 32
CFRP Cylinder
Nanovate Coating
on wear surfaces
CFRP Rod
(as substrate)
IntegranTechnologiesInc
SAMPEBooth1606
33
Vancouver,BC
SOFTWARE
Easy to use: RAVEN3
FEM: COMPRO/CCA
Customer specific modules
SERVICES
Full program support RAVEN3 software
Training and technical consulting
Materials, process, and facilities
characterization
Proprietary R&D
Temperature profile Process-induced
during cure deformations
Some Canadian Universities
with Composites Programs
University of
University of
British
Alberta
Columbia
University of
Manitoba University of
McGill Moncton
University Laval
University Carleton Dalhousie
University of of Ottawa University
Victoria
ETS
University of
Toronto Ecole
Polytechnique de
University of Montreal
Waterloo
Queens Concordia
University
Ryerson
University
Canadian Universities and
Composites
University
Project Project
Road Maps:
COMMERCIALIZATION
Project Strategic
Development
INCREASINGINDUSTRYINVOLVEMENT/FUNDING
FUNDING
NSERC (Natural Sciences and NRC (National Research Council NRC-IRAP (Industrial Research BDC (Business
Engineering Research Council of Canada) Assistance Program) Development Bank of
Canada) NRC Aerospace Regional Funds Canada)
CFI (Canada Foundation f or SDTC (Sustainable Development IC-SADI (IC - Strategic Aerospace EDC (Export Development
Innovation) Technology Canada) and Def ence Initiative) Canada)
CRIAQ (Consortium f or Research GARDN (Green Aviation Research IRB (Industrial and Regional DFAIT ( Department of
and Innovation in Aerospace in and Development Network) Benef its) Foreign Af f airs and
Quebec) International Trade
BL-NCE (Business-Led Networks of SR&ED (Scientif ic Research and Canada)
IRC (Industrial Research Chairs) Centres of Excellence) Experimental Development Tax
Universities Incentive) IC (Industry Canada)
Innovation at Lower
TRLs
University
Project Project
Road Maps:
COMMERCIALIZATION
Project Strategic
Development
INCREASINGINDUSTRYINVOLVEMENT/FUNDING
FUNDING
NSERC (Natural Sciences and NRC (National Research Council NRC-IRAP (Industrial Research BDC (Business
Engineering Research Council of Canada) Assistance Program) Development Bank of
Canada) NRC Aerospace Regional Funds Canada)
CFI (Canada Foundation f or SDTC (Sustainable Development IC-SADI (IC - Strategic Aerospace EDC (Export Development
Innovation) Technology Canada) and Def ence Initiative) Canada)
CRIAQ (Consortium f or Research GARDN (Green Aviation Research IRB (Industrial and Regional DFAIT ( Department of
and Innovation in Aerospace in and Development Network) Benef its) Foreign Af f airs and
Quebec) International Trade
BL-NCE (Business-Led Networks of SR&ED (Scientif ic Research and Canada)
IRC (Industrial Research Chairs) Centres of Excellence) Experimental Development Tax
Universities Incentive) IC (Industry Canada)
Government Support for
Industry R&D (high TRL)
University
Project Project
Road Maps:
COMMERCIALIZATION
Project Strategic
Development
INCREASINGINDUSTRYINVOLVEMENT/FUNDING
FUNDING
NSERC (Natural Sciences and NRC (National Research Council NRC-IRAP (Industrial Research BDC (Business
Engineering Research Council of Canada) Assistance Program) Development Bank of
Canada) NRC Aerospace Regional Funds Canada)
CFI (Canada Foundation f or SDTC (Sustainable Development IC-SADI (IC - Strategic Aerospace EDC (Export Development
Innovation) Technology Canada) and Def ence Initiative) Canada)
CRIAQ (Consortium f or Research GARDN (Green Aviation Research IRB (Industrial and Regional DFAIT ( Department of
and Innovation in Aerospace in and Development Network) Benef its) Foreign Af f airs and
Quebec) International Trade
BL-NCE (Business-Led Networks of SR&ED (Scientif ic Research and Canada)
IRC (Industrial Research Chairs) Centres of Excellence) Experimental Development Tax
Universities Incentive) IC (Industry Canada)
Mid TRL Support
Okanagan Composite
Research Centre
Manufacturing Group
of China Hemp
Programs /
Materials
Collaborations
Discussions
University of British
Columbia - Research MOU University
Collaboration of Hong Kong
Science and
Technology
MOU National
Composite Center
Ohio, USA Queensland
Universities
Biocomposites International MOU CRC-ACS Composite SCION Research Professor
Research Network Member Centre - Melbourne Collaboration sabbaticals
National Research Council
Canada: A National Institution
Federal government agency
Provides essential elements
of national S&T
infrastructure
Labs and facilities across
the country
20 research institutes
Industrial Research
Assistance Program
Industrial Partnership
Facilities
CISTI (National Technical
Library)
Breakthrough Research
Technology Validation
Demonstrators Prototypes
-10 -5 0 years +5
Packaging
Biomedical
Transportation
Energy
Industrial Ground transportation Sport
Sectors Construction Aerospace
NRC Automated Fibre
Placement Capabilities
ADC Machine
Equipped with thermoset (1 band width) and
thermoplastic (0.25 and 0.5 band width) heads
Thermoset placement head for 8 tows of 0.125
Thermoplastic placement head for 1 tow of 0.25
or 0.5
Fiber placement programming system
Sandwich fuselage shell with AFP slit tape Out-of-autoclave radial adhesive joining
material from Cytec of barrel sections using NRC heating
technology
Wrap-up and Conclusion