Inauguration Tapeline - TU Delft NXTGEN Innovation Days

Abstract

Climate neutral aviation will be enabled by sustainable lightweight materials with unprecedented performance. In this scope, unidirectional composite materials represent a crucial keystone in architecting the most performing structures in tomorrow’s aircraft. How do we control all aspect of the microstructure of such materials? What is the effect of novel fibres and polymers? Will circular fibre sources replace those made of fossil sources? Can we control the properties through unconventional fibre architectures? How do I tailor unidirectional tapes to specific processes? These and many more question led to the creation of the Delft TapeLab, a one-of-its kind open research infrastructure for the manufacturing of unidirectional thermoplastic tapes.

A long-term investment of TU Delft, enabling research and technology development with societal impact, for the scientific community in the Netherlands and abroad.