SBIR/STTR Research Award
Throughput Optimization for the Tailorable Universal Feedstock for Forming (TuFF) Process
Award amount
$1,099,992Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-03-05
- Contract end date
- 2023-03-04
- UEI
- PG9QN7GBQJ49
- Solicitation number
- 19.B
- Topic code
- A19B-T003
Research abstract
The Tailorable Universal Feedstock for Forming (TuFF) material and process overcomes previous short fiber alignment challenges with alignment quality sufficient to fully translate composite properties equivalent to continuous fiber composites with the in-plane stretchability like metal. This STTR project will focus on dispersion and spillway optimization to improve throughput allowing production rate gains without affecting microstructural properties and mechanical performance and evaluate forming challenges with the short fiber material.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Impact-resistant Composite Structures for Spacesuits
- Carbon/Glass UV Prepreg Emergency Structural Repair of Navy Ship Hull Penetrations
- Upcycling Of Polymer Composites For Vehicle Decarbonization
- Manufacturing Assessment of Tailorable and Ultra-Thin TuFF Composites
- Design Tools for Tailorable and Ultra-Thin TuFF Composites
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Freeform Optics for Small Arms Fire Control
- Novel High-Volume Fraction and Aligned Short Fiber Composite Fabrication Process
- Throughput Optimization for the Tailorable Universal Feedstock for Forming (TuFF) Process
Research funding history
20 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2015–2025). Reported award amounts total $7,371,574. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Energy