MAYA

ABSTRACT

MAYA project main objective is to develop innovative manufacturing routes integrating standard thermoplastic processes (injection moulding and thermoforming) and additive manufacturing to realize lining panels of fuselage to reduce weight, optimize costs and enhance the part performances.

Those panels are structural components of the fuselage and are usually produced using fiber-glass reinforced sheet with epoxy resin with low productivity due to the thermoset curing necessary for the epoxy resin. These panels present an unbalanced Life Cycle Analysis and substitution materials and processes are welcome.

Composite thermoplastic materials provide an interesting alternative to thermoset composite materials. They are thus adequate candidates against the current issues of relief and sustainable development especially in the field of transportation, energy, and construction. In this way they fit within the objectives of Eco-Design Integrated Technology Demonstrator of Clean Sky 2. The topic intends to contribute to the definition of a new lining panel generation manufactured in composite thermoplastic solution combined with composite additive manufacturing (AM) leading to an alternative lightweight solution instead of classical thermoset composite parts.