CMC for Other Applications

Highly rigid ceramic structures are relevant for many aerospace applications, e.g. as carriers and housings for satellite components and mini-satellites. Fibre-reinforced ceramics (CMC) also have excellent reliability. Additionally relevant for aerospace is the small coefficient of expansion, which can be set close to zero for CMC. 3D-printing offers the possibility of precisely producing very lightweight ceramic support structures. Fraunhofer-Center HTL is also developing foldable textile structures for space mirrors.

Here you will find a selection of our research projects:

• CaGeFa Highly drapable carbon fabric-fibre preforms for efficient fibre-reinforced ceramics to meet requirements
  
• RuRoRa Round-needled C/SiC tubular structures for space travel
  
• 3D-FRG Development of a coating for short fibres via the vortex coating process
  

These publications might interest you:

• Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites – Manufacturing, Machining, Properties and Industrial Applications
• Ceramic Matrix Composites – an Alternative for Challenging Construction Tasks
  
• Joining of Ceramic an Metal Parts
• Anforderungsgerechte textile Halbzeuge und Z-verstärkte Preformen für Hochleistungsfaserverbundkeramiken