Composites Fabrication

PSI has significant experience with fabrication of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) products and components using both vapor phase (CVI) and pre-ceramic polymer impregnation and pyrolysis processing (PIP) routes. Using our PIP technologies we have demonstrated cost effective manufacturing of complex shape CMC components with thermo-mechanical and thermo-chemical stability to over 4900oF for many minutes of life and long lifetimes at lower temperatures.

The PSI laser machine center is demonstrating machining of ceramic components at rates 25 times faster and 1/10 the cost of the currently available machining techniques, including water jet. These improvements are cost and time enabling for production of ceramic products, including aircraft components and armor.