Southern Maine Community College – Composites Technology Program Composites Engineering and Research Laboratory (CERL) Joint Partnership between SMCC and the Maine Composites Alliance (MCA) Laboratory Director: Andrew Schoenberg Equipment, Capability and Facility Presentation Revision 09/16/13

CERL Directive The directive of the laboratory is to partner with Regional Composite Companies to address their engineering and applied research needs to allow them to be more productive and competitive in the global composites marketplace. The relationship with SMCC is to provide the associative analytical tools to add the composites science to the educational program of Composites Technology, and to train the students in the use and application of these tools for solving industrial Composites problems.

Shimadzu AGX – 300kN Frame / 100kN Load Cell, Accessories include– Tensile, Compression, Flexural Configurations Tensile Testing Configuration3-Point Bending Configuration

TA Instruments Q800 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) with Liquid Nitrogen Cooling Accessory Fixtures includes: 3 point bend, “rock and roll clamps”, tensile test clamps

TA Instruments Q400 Thermo-Mechanical Analyzer (TMA) with Mechanical Cooling Accessory Probe set includes: Expansion, Penetration, and Knife Edge Flexural Testing Capabilities

TA Instruments AR2000 Parallel Plate Rheometer with Temperature Controlled Oven Fixtures include both liquid and solid state sample configuration testing

Two Parallel Plate Rheometers from TA Instruments for Characterizing Flow Behavior of Polymeric Systems AR2000EX Rheometer with Temperature Controlled Plates and AR2000 Rheometer with ETC Chamber and Hood

Q2000 Differential Scanning Calorimetry & Q500 Thermogravimetric Analysis Q2000 T Zero DSC subambient to -90CTGA in Air or Nitrogen to 1200C

Thermal Analysis Bench with Instrument Duplication for Added Capacity and Customer Service

Instron Mini44 Univeral Testing Machine Configured with 500N loadcell, Tensile, and 3 Point Bending Grips and BlueHill 2 Software

Nicolet iS10 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) Configured with ZnSe Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) chamber shown with Bausch and Lomb Stereomicroscope with Digital Imaging capability

Reme-Hart Goniometer for Surface Tension / Contact Angle Measurements, and LECO M-400-H2 Micro-Hardness Tester Micro-hardness tester used by the Semiconductor and Composites Industries Goniometer set up to syringe dispense Sample onto various substrates

Support Equipment – Blue M Clean Room Oven, and Associated Environmental Conditioning Chamber Blue M model DCC-256E controlled gas Clean room oven capable to 250°C Temperature and Humidity control to 85C and 85%RH

MANUFACTURING, QUALITY CONTROL TESTING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE Composites Technology Facilities

WE TARGET THE LEARNING TO THE FIVE SECTORS OF POLYMER MATRIX BASED COMPOSITES…… The Vision – THIS IS NOT A BOAT SCHOOL !!!!

Composites Technology Course Outline Semester 1Semester 2Semester 3Semester 4 COMP100 – Introduction to Composites COMP150 – Composites Materials COMP105 – Closed Mold Manufacturing COMP110 – Composite Repair COMP115 – Composite Layup and Design COMP160 – Fundamentals of Quality & Testing MTSC100/AEDD2 55 – Introduction to Materials Science COMP200 – Advanced Composite Processes COMP205 – Polymer Technology COMP210 – Lean Manufacturing COMP250 – Composite Internship Top Down 10,000 foot view with each subsequent course building from the previous course. Drilling down in perspective and detail to the final industry partnered internship.

Targeted Sectors MarineConstructionAlternative Energy Avionics / Aerospace Consumer Engineering FRP Hand layup Vacuum Infusion Unsat. polyesters Gel Coats Filament Winding Pultrusion Chemical Resistant Products Infrastructure Unsat. Vinyl esters Windblade manufacture and repair Hydro- kinetics Advanced FRP Carbon fiber TS Epoxies Carbon fiber TP PEEK, PS Elevated Temperature Molding Sheet and bulk molding compounds Electronics composites TP thermo- forming TP composites Decorative Laminates Solid Surfacing

Manufacturing Laboratory – Six Complete Stations for Processing and Development Mobile and flexible space for VIP, RTM, Elevated Temperature Molding, and Vacuum thermoforming. Ventilation and chemical handling controlled throughout

Manufacturing Facility – RTM lite, VIP, Carbon Fiber-OOA, Thermal Forming

Grinding and Finishing Rooms Dust Mask PPE Only Required for Use – Full scale spray booth

Quality Control Testing Facility Isolation Hood for conventional and Non-conventional testing of materials Digital imaging for sample analysis and tracability

Quality Control Testing & NDT Viscometry, accelerated aging, gel timers, hardness testing, pyrometry, and other standard industry testing protocols. State of the art non-destructive testing capabilities to include; FLIR T440 thermal imaging, and Olympus Omni- Scan MX2 phased grid array UT.

Advanced Manufacturing Quintax 5 axis CNC Router Vacuum Thermal Forming Machine

CERL Directive and Scope The directive of the laboratory is to partner with Regional Composite Companies to address their engineering and applied research needs to allow them to be more productive and competitive in the global composites marketplace The scope of the laboratory can be sub-divided into 3 levels of support:  Level 1 – Quality Control Testing: Once test methods are developed, this testing would be for routine or repetitive data collection.  Level 2 – Methods Development and Unknown Sample Testing: This testing would require methods development and engineering interpretation of results. The fee structure would relate to the two components of this testing  Level 3 – Product Development / Process Optimization: This support would incorporate both significant engineering support as well as, as needed analytical testing support. The fee structure can be hourly / instrument time, or per project