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Clean and sustainable future flight, made possible by advanced materials

Composites enabling radical architectural change

TISICS’ lightweight materials technology delivers 40% weight savings on aircraft landing-gear and structures and upto 70% on aero-engine components. Weight reduction, propulsion technology and aerodynamics are the three primary routes to aircraft CO2 emissions reduction. TISICS materials benefit all, capable of delivering 3-5% lower fuel burn in each system.

TISICS titanium composites are stronger and stiffer than high-strength-steel. TISICS aluminium composites exceed the strength and stiffness of titanium, at 40% lower density. Innovative component solutions and manufacturing offers economically-viable delivery for aircraft.

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  Metal Composites for Aerospace Applications

Reduced
system mass

Specific strength and stiffness 2x that of high-strength steel

Reduced
buy-to-fly ratio

Upto 85% reduced waste from net-shape manufacture

Extended
service life

Excellent fatigue life with very high compressive failure strength

Simplified
system integration

Robust metallic interfaces, compatible with standard joining methods

Corrosion
resistant

Eliminates need for REACH-restricted coatings

High thermal
stability

Reduced creep and low coefficient of thermal expansion

Landing Gear and Actuation Systems

Ideally suited to high-compressive strength applications, TISICS metal composites have comparable tensile performance to 300M landing steel but with 50% greater compressive performance, at half the mass.

A selection of public domain development programmes are detailed below, working in close partnership with aerospace primes.

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COMPOSITE SIDE STAY

Net-shape manufacture reduces buy-to-fly ratio, achieving >35% lighter component than aluminium forging.
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COMPOSITE ACTUATORS

Selectively reinforced regions enable upto 50% mass savings over traditional solutions.
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COMPOSITE BRAKE BARS

Metal composites increase strength at temperature, extending elevated temperature performance.

Airframe Structures and Integrations

TISICS aluminium composites are ideally suited to integrate with base aluminium systems, whilst maximising tensile and compressive load bearing capacity through selective reinforcement along highest load paths.

High integrity metal-to-metal joints between the composite component and overall structure maximise reduction in overall system mass.

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COMPOSITE WING RIBS

Aluminium composite ribs increase load bearing capacity whilst retaining Al material compatibility.
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TRUSS STRUCTURES

Highly durable airframe structures enabled by metal composite truss struts.
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MIXED MATERIAL SURFACES

Bonded full-surface joints for extended material compatibility and mechanical performance.

Partners and Collaborators

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