A novel closed-loop testing framework for decoding consolidation deformation mechanisms in manufacturing

The introduction of new materials in industrial practice goes through cumbersome processes with very long lead times and huge cost of manufacturing trials. Modern materials are complicated and require tailored characterisation testing programmes. The benchmarking
exercises for materials in manufacturing, the first steps towards standardisation of testing practices, often show remarkable discrepancy when identical materials are tested on similar rigs at different labs. The proposed approach reinvents the entire process of composites testing. Autonomous Testing Framework intelligent system designs test programmes independently of human intervention and enables fast screening of material properties on the go. It decides on the loading programme reacting on feedback data received from the material in real-time. The developed testing tool was previously tested for two prepreg systems. This research focuses on the characterisation testing of dry materials.