Design and Manufacture of a Tape Winding Capability

Concepts

• bristol
• miscellaneous machinery
• national composites centre
• manufacture of a tape
• unidirectional thermoplastic tapes
• acquired capability
• key manufacturing research
• design
• tape
• manufacture of composites

Location

United Kingdom: National Composites Centre, Feynman Way Central, Bristol & Bath Science Park, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 7FS

Description

The National Composites Centre (NCC) intends to procure automated tape winding capability for fully bonded pipes manufacturing. Such equipment must be able to process unidirectional thermoplastic tapes via in-situ consolidation process to manufacture pipe prototypes with inner diameters in the order of 5cm to 20cm and lengths up to 2 meters.

Total Quantity or Scope

The National Composites Centre (NCC) is an independent, open-access national centre that delivers world-class innovation in the design and manufacture of composites and facilitates their widespread industrial exploitation. As part of a wider Industrial Roadmap the NCC have identified a need to procure tape winding capability to directly support key manufacturing research and development programs. The acquired capability will extend the current state of the art, which is of value and relevance to both industrial stakeholders and overall, UK industrial output. The capability shall be specified, procured and commissioned to ensure suitability for industrial research and development programs as well as supporting maturation of emerging manufacturing technologies from academia toward industrial application. This project is funded by Innovate UK. The target commissioning date for the equipment is beginning Q3 2023, at NCC site. The operation and specified functionality of the equipment will be demonstrated based on the target application component(s) during FAT and SAT.

CPV Codes

• 42900000 - Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

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