1625/325/ML/COM/17 In-Line Heating Equipment for High Speed, High Temperature Filament Winding & Advanced Fibre Placement

Tender description

1625/325/ML/COM/17 In-Line Heating Equipment for High Speed, High Temperature Filament Winding & Advanced Fibre Placement <br /> <br />The University of Sheffield wished to invite tenders for an In- Line Heating System for High speed, High Temperature Filament Winding and Advanced Fibre placement, for supply to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre's, new Composites Facility. <br /> <br />Scope of Requirement: <br /> <br />The AMRC with Boeing have both Filament Winding (FW) and Advanced Fibre Placement (AFP) capability for the manufacture of advanced composite components with both thermoset and thermoplastic matrix materials. <br /> <br />The AMRC require a heating system which can be mounted onto the existing filament winding machine head to allow the in-process melting & consolidation of thermoplastic composite materials at high temperature. <br /> <br />The system should allow the melting of thermoplastic materials in either prepreg or commingled formats, with a melting point up to 350oC and should be capable of running with material feed rates of up to 1m/s for lower temperature melt materials. <br /> <br /> <br />Tender Process and Documentation: <br /> <br />This is an open tender exercise. The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield <br /> <br />If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender they must be submitted via the In-tend System, this can be accessed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield <br /> <br />Completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system. <br /> <br />Closing date for receipt of tenders: 19th of April 2017 at 12 noon (UK time). <br /> <br />