High Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites (1992) / Chapter Skim
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5 Important Policy Issues
5 Important Policy Issues
Pages 109-118
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To make sure that the United States stays competitive against foreign competition in this field, continuity of funding of research, development, and engineering is necessary, as is improved cooperation between university, industry, and government. As the background for this cooperation, certain policy issues require review and clarification.
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In the future a similar approach should be applied to federally funded proposals involving highperformance fiber research. Since most universities do not charge overhead on capital equipment, investing 25 percent of a research proposal in new equipment often can provide more effective funding for the actual academic investigator.
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DOMESTIC SOURCING CONSIDERATIONS Currently, most of the generally accepted advanced structural reinforcing fibers are manufactured in the United States using domestic raw materials. These include S-2 glass, boron, aramid, pitch-based carbon fibers, and ultrahigh-strength polyethylene fibers.
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carbon fiber producers to install capacity that cannot be economically justified and that will in purely financial terms -place these U.S. carbon fiber producers at a competitive disadvantage to foreign manufacturers and domestic fiber suppliers that choose not to install domestic precursor.
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TECHNOLOGY EXPORTJEXPORT CONTROL Growth of the advanced composites industry is fueled by technology. Without sustained fundamental research and development, necessary improvements in the current high-performance fibers will not take place and the next generation of fibers required to support critical future applications will not be developed.
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Since completion of that study the international political, economic, and military pictures have changed dramatically, further complicating policy considerations. Although the committee believes that broad national policy recommendations on these issues are beyond its charge and competence, it wishes to emphasize that technology export and export control policies have a strong impact on the advanced fibers/composites industries an impact that can greatly affect our national scientific, technical, and economic progress.
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Under the Defense Production Act Title III program, DOD is providing for a domestic manufacturing source of 100 Msi and 120 Msi modulus pitch-based carbon fibers. Title III provides the domestic industry with incentives in the form of guaranteed purchase commitments for fiber produced under the program.
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This is happening to a limited extent in the United States with carbon fiber composites~, but in noncarbon fiber areas it could potentially give the Japanese a significant advantage over competitors who are restricted to production alone. CONTINUITY OF SUPPORT Given the magnitude of the technical challenge normally associated with the development of a new high-performance fiber, it is highly desirable that such a development effort be carried out as a continuous, uninterrupted project.
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117 program and maintenance of the integrity of contractor-owned laboratory apparatus. Both issues arise in connection with the demands of other projects and in the necessity of identifying other time-chargeable work for the technical personnel involved in the suspended program.
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