Thursday 10th October 2024, MTC, Coventry

With a need to increase production rates, meet tougher sustainability standards, achieve higher productivity per employee and show full provenance, the composites industry is facing increasing demands. This conference will highlight to attendees how digitalisation and AI can be combined with our skilled and experienced workers to encourage sustainable growth, manage supply chain issues, boost productivity and allow production process monitoring.

Programme

09:30    Registration & networking

10:00    Welcome and introduction
Tom Hitchings, Composites UK

10:10    Harnessing Digital for Sustainable Growth in the Composites Industry
Tom Driscoll, MTC

Influencing Design, Production and Quality Assurance in Composites Manufacturing

10:40    Part Design, Production and Assurance with Digital Tools
Jonathan Butt, National Composites Centre

11:05    BREAK

Data Driven Optimisation

11:35    Methods for Managing Material Usage Through Efficient, Optimised Composite Structures
Martin Gambling, TRIMECH Simulation Solutions

12:00    Virtual Data-Driven Optimisation for Zero-Defect Composite Manufacture
Jonathan Belnoue, Bristol Composites Institute

Improving Production Efficiency

12:25    Developing a Cost-Effective Digital Twin for Composite Manufacturing
Lucy Sun, Airborne

12:50    LUNCH

13:50    How AI-Powered Planning Software Boosts Efficiency and Production Throughput?
Nigel Clifford Lloyd-Jones, iSpecc

14:15    Transforming Composite Manufacturing with AI-Driven Automated Mould Design
Luke Hunter, Plyable

Knowledge Transfer

14:40    How AI Advancements in Sheet Metal Components can be Applied to Composites Part Tooling
Philip Carr, CTC Group

Demonstrating Advanced Technologies

15:05    Using Metrology to Guide Robot Processes and Unlock Flexible, Intelligent Automation in the Composites Industry
Craig Davey, Insphere

15:30    Closing Remarks

15:40    Tours of MTC (Optional)

Registration

Registration for this event is now open through our Eventbrite page, here.

  • Full rate: £350 + VAT
  • Composites UK member rate: £175 + VAT
  • Student rate: £95 + VAT
  • Speaker rate: £55 + VAT

You can check to see if your company is a current member of Composites UK before booking the discounted rate, here. Registrations booked at the discounted rate by representatives from companies not currently part of the Composites UK community will be automatically refunded minus the Eventbrite admin fee.

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