WHAT WE DO

The Centers are focal points for the development of manufacturing processes and equipment in a cooperative environment with industry, academia, and the Navy industrial facilities and laboratories.

CMTC develops improved manufacturing processes for composites and advanced materials and facilitates technology transfer for the resolution of manufacturing and repair issues identified and prioritized by the Navy’s Program Executive Offices, other Department of Defense (DoD) services and industry. The developed technologies have application to modern DoD aircraft, surface ships, submarines, land vehicles, and associated weapons and missiles.

  1. Fiber-reinforced polymeric (organic) resin composites ​
  2. Ceramic-matrix, metal-matrix, and carbon-carbon composites ​
  3. Graphite, glass, and polymeric fibers as well as alternate reinforcements ​
  4. Coating materials and treatments​
  5. Engineering plastics and similar materials

  1. Composite “internal” stiffening core materials such as foam, ceramic, balsa wood, polymeric or metallic honeycomb
  2. Composite “external” stiffening concepts such as hat and blade stiffeners and methodologies to manufacture them
  3. Materials for radomes and other electrical applications
  4. Pourable filling, shaping, and fairing materials
  5. Adhesives, adhesive bonding, and related technologies

  1. Mechanical, physical, chemical, thermal, and/or electrical testing
  2. Quality assurance/advanced non-destructive evaluation
  3. Modeling and simulation, (i.e., cure modeling, finite element analysis, etc.)

  1. Process analytics
  2. Robotic or automated processing of the above materials (i.e., drilling, machining, etc.)
  3. Polymeric additive manufacturing technologies
  4. Repair technologies
  5. Sealant, coating, and filling materials technologies, including mixing, application, and removal
  6. Engineering plastics and similar materials related processes (thermoforming, sanding/polishing, etc.)
  7. Chemical technology and environmentally-safe practices for composite materials and manufacturing processes

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