Composites UK has written and published various guides on good practice for the composites industry.

LATEST GUIDE

Mould Tooling for Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites (Click to download)

Released July 2023

Chapters include:

  • Tooling types and specification
  • Tooling as the key to process selection
  • Tooling design
  • Automation and production/process line integration
  • Sustainability considerations
  • Tooling materials
  • Process control, safety and operation
  • Tooling durability and service life
  • No tool and specialist tooling
  • Next steps and future developments

PREVIOUS GUIDE

The Sustainability of Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites
The guide is free-of-charge, subject to the completion of a short questionnaire, which asks about your company’s sustainability emphasis and concerns. Click the link to be taken to Survey Monkey.

Chapters include:

  • Introduction to sustainability
  • Design for circularity
  • Life Cycle Assessment – Understanding impact
  • Using recycled materials
  • Using bio-based materials
  • Resource efficiency and processing
  • Targets, offsets, reporting and ESG
  • End-of-life and recycling
  • Policy and legislation
  • Next steps and future developments

PREVIOUS GUIDES

Click the links below to download your copies.