Composites UK is proud to announce that Professor Mike Hinton will be honoured with the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to the Composites Industry Award, sponsored by Zünd, at the upcoming Composites UK Awards Dinner, taking place on the 30th of October at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham. This accolade recognises Professor Hinton’s significant and enduring impact […]
National Composites Centre (NCC), Bristol Composites Institute (BCI) and Vestas have established a strategic technology research partnership to anchor the UK’s future wind industry. This enhanced, sustained collaboration will accelerate wind blade technology development necessary to propel the UK’s clean energy superpower ambitions and enable supply chain resilience. The UK Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan […]
A solution to a recognised new product development (NPD) cost barrier related to specialist carbon and aramid fibre technical fabrics is now accessible through the automated fibre laying (AFL) placement and winding machine technology developed by CompoTech PLUS, spol. s r.o, based in the Czech Republic. This technology provides the composites market with a reliable, […]
Join Tebis UK at the Composites Forum at 11:10 a.m. on 31st of October 2024 at Advanced Engineering 2024, the NEC in Birmingham. Morgan Hall, Junior Application Engineer from Tebis UK will be presenting Tebis trimming solution for thermoplastics and composites machining. Tebis is a market-leader for CAD/CAM/MES technology with vast experience serving customers in […]
Collaboration focused on increasing rate, accuracy and repeatability of high-tension winding solution for electric motors destined for transit applications Cygnet Texkimp (Cheshire, UK) and Bowman Power (Southampton, UK) are collaborating to advance capability in high-tension carbon overwrapping of rotors used in electric powertrains for land transport applications. The collaboration combines Cygnet Texkimp’s filament winding expertise […]
Electric rotors have become a crucial component in the move to electrification within the transport sector, intensified by fast-approaching Net Zero deadlines. The challenges faced in the application of the rotors include the amount of centrifugal force generated at such high speeds, which makes it difficult to keep the magnets in place, and the subsequent […]
Over the last few years Carbon Fibre Tubes (CFT) are proud to have built a strong customer relationship with Forth Engineering. Forth specialise in helping industry partners deliver innovative and ground-breaking solutions to complex problems; in this case we supported them to deliver a range of complex assemblies supporting a highly-technical project called RADBLAD. This […]
GKN Aerospace collected the industry award on behalf of the ASCEND consortium at the ATI Conference on October 8. The award reflected the programme’s excellence in teamwork and partnership across multiple sectors. ASCEND is led by GKN Aerospace and includes 15 project partners: Airborne, Assyst Bulmer, Cygnet Texkimp, Cytec Syensqo, DES Composites, FAR-UK, Hexcel, Hive […]
Our nine industry associations1 have commissioned SGS INTRON to prepare a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report exploring the environmental impacts of treating End-of-Life (EoL) composites by co-processing in a cement facility. The independent and peer-reviewed LCA report confirms the positive environmental impact of this end-of-life solution for glass fibre reinforced thermoset composites which are used […]
Cristex will be highlighting their new range of Tooling & visual prepregs with Microtex Composites as well as their Kit Cutting, Slitting and Rewinding services. At Cristex they supply a comprehensive range of products into the UK composite and reinforced plastic market. Products ranging from Woven fabrics, Multiaxials, Structural Foams, Epoxy Resins, Prep Preg, Nomex […]