Hypetex and Philip Morris International (PMI), owners of the heated tobacco devices brand IQOS, have recently collaborated on a development program to create coloured carbon composite covers for IQOS tobacco heating devices. Tobacco heating devices offer a smoke-free alternative that provide a better choice for those that would otherwise continue to smoke. PMI approached Hypetex […]
Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), the producer of specialty graphene nanoplatelet dispersions, is proud to announce its membership of Composites UK, a leading trade association bringing companies together and creating a unified voice to drive the UK composites industry forward. Composites UK represents the industry and feeds directly into the UK Composites Strategy, influencing Government to […]
The CHEMUK 2022 EXPO returns on the 11th & 12th May 2022 at the NEC in Birmingham. The event, now established as the UK’s only major expo for the UK chemical industries, will showcase 350+ specialist exhibitors and 150+ expert speakers across two co-locating shows; ‘The Chemical, Process & Plant Engineering Show’, and ‘The Chemical […]
Fluency’s Managing Director, Gemma Smith, is the latest member to be welcomed onto the committee at the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering. Gemma has long supported the institute alongside 125 of her fellow members across the UK and Ireland, joining over 1,000 members across Europe committed to the recognition of advanced […]
ITMA 2023, the 19th showcase of the world’s largest textile and garment technology exhibition is on track to occupy 12 halls of the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition complex. The exhibition has drawn enthusiastic response from leading textile and garment technology manufacturers, according to CEMATEX (European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers), the show owner of ITMA. […]
Frewer Engineering says it has specialist expertise in complex composites design and structural assessments. In the above image we see a case study of a high-pressure type IV carbon-wrapped hydrogen fuel tank, to be used in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Its team use combined composite design and analysis capabilities to produce synthesised layup models, […]
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches its Orkot® C620 composite material, specifically developed to meet the needs of the aerospace industry, in particular the requirement for a strong and light material to withstand the high loads and stresses landing gear are subject to. As part of its commitment to innovation for sustainability and recognizing a demand for […]
The raw materials market continues to be under considerable strain. Market demand remains high and coupled with reduced supply, this continues to keep material prices at rates never previously seen across Europe and Globally. The conflict in Ukraine has added to an already difficult picture. Key factors in keeping material price high: High demand for […]
Far-UK Ltd is pleased to have participated in the Innovate UK research programme RoboMade, Digitally Enabled Ultrasonic Assisted Robotic Machining, which has now reached its conclusion after running for thirty months. The company has gained valuable learning from the research surrounding the use of robotics for the highly accurate machining of composites, and plans to […]
With Tebis 4.1 Version, there are a number of ways for optimising and automating your CAM pro-gramming. One of the ways is the process template for CAD/CAM automation. Tebis software can export any kind of CNC program process and is able to reimport this process, change some basic pa-rameters to replicate the original process but […]