Services

The FIP-Composites at Western offers clients access to this expertise on an hourly rate or project basis. Clients undertaking their own in-house development activities may choose to engage the resources on an hourly basis to assist with particular challenges within the context of their projects, or may choose to engage the FIP-Composites at Western to execute a project completely from concept, through process design, material evaluation, and parts testing.

In each case, the project will be custom quoted on a time and materials basis, including hourly rates for resources used, materials, time on equipment expenses, and overhead.

Clients can lease time on the FIP-Composites@Western technologies with their newly developed materials, processes, tools, and moulds, with the option for facility lock-down during their purchase time period. Clients provide their own engineering and scientific resources for project completion, however, will be required to use a trained FIP-Composites@Western staff for equipment operation.

FIP-Composites@Western has material characterization equipment used to evaluate new composite parts for key characteristics such as tensile and flexural strength, impact resistance, fiber content, etc. Specialized analytical equipment is also available in academic labs located within facilities directly affiliated with the FIP-Composites@Western, for example, at Western University, academic partners in southwest Ontario or Fraunhofer ICT, Germany.

In addition to helping clients design and implement new materials and processes, the FIP-Composites at Western offers services to help clients integrate these new processes into their organization.

Through the FIP-Composites at Western, clients are able to obtain training and educational services for their in-house employees in a variety of areas including technical training for operations, maintenance, and engineering staff.

In each case, the project will be custom quoted on a time and materials basis, including hourly rates for resources used, materials, time on equipment, expenses, and overhead.