About your company
We’ve been at the forefront of innovation for more than a hundred years, helping to power, protect and connect the modern world.
We will continue to design, build and maintain systems that provide mission-critical power to customers.
We have a differentiated position with a strong portfolio of products and technologies in attractive markets. Our core operating businesses cover: Civil Aerospace, Defence and Power Systems.
Your work with MICG
Rolls-Royce is an end-user (consumer) of advanced ceramics. Advanced ceramics are enabling materials technology for numerous aerospace components and as such Rolls-Royce directs and collabrorates on research which shows potential for differentiating performance in power generation.
The focus of R-R work in partnership with MICG members has been related to Ceramic Matrix Composites. The capabilities of the consortium have allowed us to develop or mature technology to address gaps in our CMC manufacturing capabilities – for example developing a sintering and distortion digital twin, slurry processing yield improvements, large electric CMC sintering furnace development and ceramic joining.
Aims for the future under the MICG programme
Complete the experimental validation of the sintering and distortion modelling, in order for this to become part of the design workflow for the definition of an oxide/oxide CMC green body geometry.
Trial improved CMC slurry processing via commercial pre-preg suppliers and validate improved robustness.
Contact details
Dr. Ian Edmonds, Senior Specialist – High Temperature Materials; ian.edmonds@rolls-royce.com
