COMPSTLAR

Boosting the digital transformation of aviation supply chains for advanced composite aerostructures

ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE (AIMEN) – España | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS (ENSAM) – Francia | FUNDACION IMDEA MATERIALES (IMDEA) – España | IDEKO S COOP (IDEKO) – España | AIMPLAS – España | FRAUNHOFER – Alemania | MSQUARE GMBH – Alemania | NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET (NTNU) – Noruega | ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA (ENG) – Italia | COLLINS AEROSPACE IRELAND, LIMITED (CAI) – Irlanda | ZIEGLER AEROSPACE LIMITED (Ziegler) - Reino Unido | UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA (UCB) – Portugal | FONDAZIONE ICONS (ICONS) – Italia | MANDAT INTERNATIONAL ALIAS FONDATION POUR LA COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE (MAN) - República Checa | IOT LAB ASSOCIATION (ITL) - República Checa

Objectives

Create an integrated and interoperable physical-digital research ecosystem for advanced design, competitive manufacturing, intelligent maintenance, and sustainable recycling of multifunctional and multimaterial (M&M) thermoplastic composite aerostructures functionalized with graphene.

Description

CompSTLar proposes a novel, holistic, integrated, and interoperable research ecosystem for the advanced design and cost-competitive manufacturing, intelligent maintenance and repair, and sustainable recycling of new multifunctional and multi-material (M&M) thermoplastic composite (TPC) aerostructures functionalized with graphene. The key developments of CompSTLar are:

- An innovative, tailor-made laser-assisted ATL process, with in situ ultrasonic quality inspection, reinforced by characterization, to drive high-volume, defect-free ISC-ATL manufacturing.

- Advanced machine learning (ML) models, coupled with real-time sensor data, for real-time structural health assessment and monitoring.

- A modern induction-assisted conduction welding process for intelligent repair of next-generation thermoplastic aerostructures.

- A pioneering recycling process to enable the complete and damage-free recovery of TPC tapes, suitable for reuse with ATL, confirming sustainable circular manufacturing.

The methods, processes, and digitalized tools will be tested and integrated into an interoperable, collaborative, modular, and decentralized digital IIoT research infrastructure, that is, the end-to-end digital pipeline of CompSTLar.

The digital ecosystem of CompSTLar will support optimized design, sustainable manufacturing, efficient maintenance, repair, and circularity of M&M composite aerostructures, enabling faster, more accurate, and better-informed decision-making across the aerospace supply chain.