Cleanrooms under the microscope Joe Govier, founder and managing director of industry leading cleanroom manufacturer, Connect 2 Cleanrooms examines the art of creating a repeatable composite production environment. Today’s composite parts need to be…
Ever onwards, ever upwards Mike Richardson met with Pentaxia’s production director, Adam Norris during the recent Farnborough Airshow to hear about the company’s move to a new facility and its use of CMS Industries’…
Composites by comparison Can composites replace steel as the back-bone of the oil and gas industry? Thibault Villette, material modelling team leader at Saudi Aramco, offers his thoughts. The oil & gas industry…
Keeping the upper hand ACE Technology reveals how Measurement Solutions’ latest portable handheld 3D scanning solutions are keeping it on a path of growth and expansion. Employing fifty skilled personnel across two factories in…
The safety is in your hands Composites in Manufacturing hears about the good work Mirka is doing to combat Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), a medical term for symptoms caused by vibration damages that may occur in…
The marine meeting place This year’s newly-expanded Construction Material Pavilion will showcase state-of-the-art applications during METSTRADE 2018. This year’s METSTRADE Show, said to be the world’s largest B2B trade exhibition for leisure marine equipment,…
Electric vehicle on fast track to the next generation Mike Richardson hears more from Williams Advanced Engineering’s chief technology specialist - lightweight structures, Iain Bomphray, about the company’s next generation FW-EVX electric vehicle (EV) platform concept. Williams Advanced Engineering…
Innovations offer style with functionality The latest developments by TRB Lightweight Structures (TRB) are said to offer innovative new material solutions that not only make passenger trains lighter, faster and more efficient, but also offer…
Growing up together In this issue of Composites in Manufacturing, we bring you our largest ever Composites UK’s Members’ Directory – a clear indication that the industry’s membership to the Association is growing.…
ACE Technology invests to keep the upper hand In 2004, three individuals with an extensive range of skills formed ACE Technology. Originally established to predominantly serve the motorsport industry, their goal was to offer best in class composite…
Honeycomb materials lighten the load in transportation EconCore reveals how innovative honeycomb materials are lightening the load in transportation. EconCore has established a reputation as a leader in thermoplastic honeycomb core materials and technology. Connecting the steps…
Step up to the plate and automate! ABB robots are helping Solvay’s research centre in Heanor, Derbyshire to open up new possibilities for high volume composites production and find ways of reducing the cost and time of…
Everything we do, we do for you MSA Manufacturing performs industry-leading subcontract kitting and cutting services to a multitude of industry sectors. In a Q&A session, Composites in Manufacturing discovers that although other companies have similarly technical…
The construction of light Composites in Manufacturing hears how FARO’s laser templating technology supports the composites industry to streamline assembly and increase production throughput. One of the primary goals for manufacturers that use composites…
Promoting the UK composites industry With the still unknown effects of Brexit on the UK as a whole, now more than ever seems the optimum time to be putting a plan in place to show…
On the silent wings of freedom In a ground-breaking feat of complex engineering, Norco Composites demonstrates its expertise in out-of-autoclave composite manufacturing for the wing frames of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) project. Dorset-based Norco…
Converting the clave In this Q&A session, Scott Dyson, group sales manager for Premier Autoclaves, speaks to Ed Hill about its upgrading services for autoclaves used widely in the composite industry. Q) Can…
Taking care of business Mike Richardson meets with VELOX’s composites business manager, Serge Gradys, to learn more about the role of an industrial raw materials distributor in an ever-changing European marketplace. VELOX is…
Automate to innovate Automation can revolutionise the way today’s manufacturers operate by enabling them to reallocate labour and increase production. According to Cygnet Texkimp’s director of technology, Lee Simcock it’s precisely why automation…
Adept at adaptation Mike Richardson met with FANUC UK’s managing director, Tom Bouchier during the recent MACH 2018 exhibition to hear more about the company’s role in what is fast becoming a burgeoning…
Turn up the heat on repair Tom Lane, managing director of Heatcon Composite Systems (Europe), asks whether your repair and rework capability is being restricted by the lack of an autoclave? A large number of composite…
High-flying epoxies According to the Epoxy Resin Committee, a product panel of the PlasticsEurope association of plastics manufacturers, there’s a bright future ahead for epoxies used in aerospace applications. Composites in Manufacturing…
Faster, lighter, stronger Advanced composites technology provider, Hexcel has unveiled an ever-increasing array of additive manufacturing product innovations for a host of aerospace component-related applications. Mike Richardson reports. Among the aerospace promotions on…
This age of information Companies looking to grow their awareness of the digital world are faced with multiple obstacles before they can create a solution that even begins to contend with the great and…
