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MorphComp4D – manufacturing process for self-forming composite parts

  • Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL) UMR CNRS 6027
  • Fundings ESA
  • Partners: Concordia University – Canada, Coriolis Composites – France
  • Contributors : Dr. Melvin Josselin (IRDL), DR. Ugo Lafont (ESA), Pr. Suong Van Hoa (Concordia), Dr. Samuel Réquilé (Coriolis Composites)
  • Academic guidance : Antoine le Duigou (IRDL), Mickael Castro (IRDL)

The MorphoComp4D project, funded by the ESA (European Space Agency), is a collaboration between the Université Bretagne Sud (FR), Concordia University (CA) and Coriolis Composites (FR).

The aim of the project is to contribute to the development of a manufacturing process for high-performance, self-forming composite parts. These parts are usually manufactured using a mould that gives them their final shape. The use of intelligent materials, combined with the integration of 4D printing principles, would make it possible to design structures capable of being self-forming, thereby eliminating the need for a mould.

As the manufacture of high-performance moulds is both costly and environmentally damaging, the spin-offs from this project will have a significant economic and environmental impact.

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