Compositic

For the past 10 years, the ComposiTIC technical platform, supported by the university UBS, the State, the Region of Brittany and the Lorient Conurbation, has hinged on three missions: R&D, the transfer of know-how and training.

Our missions

Research and Development

Acquisition of skills

Transfer of know-how

Organisation and advice on innovation

Types of collaboration

Provision of services and R&D

Collaboration contracts

Supply of equipment

Assistance in compiling dossiers for innovative projects

While Lorient Composites Valley today reflects the ambitions of the Lorient region in terms of economic development, ComposiTIC was a forerunner in the pooling of advanced technological resources between companies and the University of Bretagne Sud.

Therefore, for the past 10 years, the ComposiTIC technical platform, supported by the university UBS, the State, the Region of Brittany and the Lorient Conurbation, has hinged on three missions: R&D, the transfer of know-how and training. The aim is to help local SMEs that have mastered traditional composite and polymer processing technologies to move towards automated or robotised technologies. This results in services provided for SMEs and R&D projects aimed at controlling the impact of the development of composite structures, not only economically and environmentally, but also in terms of health and social issues, particularly for workers.

ComposiTIC’s projects for the future focus on hydrogen, with the design and manufacture of new storage systems, the increased recyclability of composites as a result of automated manufacturing processes, and support for the low-carbon ship propulsion sector driven by the Brittany Region and the Lorient Conurbation.

Yves Grohens
Manager of ComposiTIC

ID

Status:
Attached to the Dupuy de Lôme Research Institute (UMR CNRS 6027)

Date of creation:
2014

Composition:
Design engineers, research engineers, university professors and lecturers, PHD students, post-doctoral researchers and administrative staff.

Scientific manager:
Yves GROHENS, University Professor

Digital
design

Product and process simulation
Design and sizing
Digital twin

Additive
processes

3D printing
Automated fibre placement (AFP)
Post-consolidation
Filament winding

Material
design

Thermoplastic and composite formulation
Synthesis of natural polymers
Processing of semi-finished products

Material
Characterisation

Mechanical
Morphological
Thermal
Physico-chemical

Environmental
impact

Natural and accelerated ageing
Toxicological evaluation
Biodegradation
Integration of recycled materials

Achievements

From the idea to the marketplace

Academic research

Applied research

Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3

Experimental proof of concept

Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4

Validation of the technology in the laboratory

Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5

Validation of the technology in a real environment

Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6

Demonstration of the technology in a real environment
Industrial scale-up
Functional prototype and limited production

Prototype fonctionnel et production petite série

Lorient
Composite Valley

ComposiTIC is located in the centre of the Lorient Composite Valley, a hub of specialist activities supported by the Lorient Conurbation to create synergies between specialist companies in the composites sector and all the economic players that can contribute to its expansion.

The development of the sector should make it possible to implement new training courses and skilled jobs.

The growth of the composite sector is also helping to speed up the region’s energy transition with the development of the blue economy (low-carbon propulsion) and the green economy (new kinds of energy, recycling of materials and waste).

Label PFT

Objectif

The national Technological Platform (PFT – Plateforme technologique) certification objective to encourage collaboration between research & development, training and business, in order to innovate more rapidly and effectively in the field of high-performance composite materials in Brittany.

PFT partners

Lycée Colbert – Lorient
Lycée Jean Macé – Lanester
Lycée Saint-Joseph La Salle – Lorient
Lycée Kerneuzec – Quimperlé
Institut Régional des Matériaux Avancés (IRMA) – Ploemeur
SCAP Industrie du futur, Lab-STICC – Lorient
Innozh Composites – Saint-Brieuc