John Burn
Title: High flyers reach their goal faster with Sika Biresin composites systems.

An exciting overview from Sika Tooling & Composites manufacturer of the latest composite epoxy systems for RTM, infusion, filament winding and wet lay up processes. In the last 18 months Sika and John Burn have been working closely with many of the industry leaders to create tailor made solutions for the production of wind turbine blades, yachts, sculpture and automotive production parts. The key to the success of these products has been the ability of the two companies to understand the very essence of the customers technical requirements and only by working in partnership with these comapanies accross all levels has it been possible to formulate the products that are able to not only deliver the right solution, but exceed and enhance the process used by their customer. This presentation contains both technical content and actual customer case studies and highlights the importance and need for a modern materials manufacturer the size of Sika to able to listen and respond to their customers quickly and be flexible as well as proactive in the pursuit of the best product solution for the rapidly changing manufacturing environments.

NET COMPOSITES MICRO SESSION

Bio-derived Composites

CGTech Ltd
Title: Programming and Simulation of Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) Machines

CGTech is already firmly established as the leading developer of CNC simulation for the metalcutting industry and has now diversified into the exciting new Composites industry sector.

The presentation will focus on examples of CNC AFP machines ranging from small robots to large cells for major airframe structures. The VERICUT Composites Applications suite is rapidly gaining industry acceptance as an effective, Machine independent way to program and simulate CNC AFP machines.

JETCAM International s.a.r.l.
Title: How to save money and improve productivity when manufacturing with composites. - TBC

We will demonstrate proven methods using our award-winning software system that can deliver demonstrable return on investment.
This presentation will outline the traditional problems faced by manufacturers working with composite materials, from traceability, material life tracking through to manufacturing bottlenecks and material waste.

JETCAM has developed a suite of applications specifically designed to meet the needs of aerospace companies. Composite material is expensive, with a limited shelf-life. The industry also has exacting safety and quality standard, which must be complied with. Therefore, even if a small percentage saving can be made in machine runtime, material utilisation or programming time this can quickly equate to considerable savings.

Lucintel

Title: Role of carbon fiber in aerospace sector

Composites led by Carbon Fiber, continues to drive transformational performance and lifecycle savings throughout the aerospace industry.
 
As recently as 1995, many new commercial aircraft platforms still had less than 10% composites in total weight with more recent platforms reaching close to 50%. The carbon fiber market in particular continues to demonstrate significant growth and profit potential for participants.

We seek to explore during the presentation the full market potential and KSF (key success factors) for carbon fiber in aerospace by detailing:

1. Aerospace Market fundamentals and Supply Chain
2. Key Drivers of demand for Carbon Fiber
3. Next generation applications for Carbon Fiber
4. Trends and Forecast for Carbon Fiber (+/- 4 years) 

Sonatest
Title: Non destructive inspection of composite material 

Composite materials offer many advantages over traditional materials, but have their own types of manufacturing defects and in-service susceptibility. Ensuring quality, defect free structures is essential in many of the safety critical applications where composite materials are now used.

Sonatest has developed a range of Non-destructive testing tools based on its extensive knowledge of NDT in other sectors and over 5 years working with leading composite manufacturers.

The tools have been developed to give high quality results in a very productive and easy to use way, and have been qualified by leading Tier 1 aerospace manufacturers.

This session will give an overview of the types of defects that can occur in composite materials, and the inspection results that can be obtained using Sonatest's products.

Feature lunchtime presentation

OPEN FREE SESSION - (no pre-booking required)

PAVILION 2

Breaking into the Aerospace Engineering Supply Chain

Breaking into Aerospace: Defining where the bar is set for entry into the aero supply chain

Hosted by:
Andrew Mair Executive Director,
Midlands Aerospace Alliance

Martin Wright Executive Director,
North West Aerospace Alliance

Huntsman Advanced Materials
Title: Innovative Epoxy Material Technologies

Huntsman Advanced Materials is a leading Global producer of advanced epoxy resins, adhesives, coating systems, electrical insulation materials, printed circuit board technology, tooling & structural composites.

Topics of increased strength, flexibility and weight reduction are the key topics in todays composite market. Huntsman has introduced a number of award winning technologies to be able to offer a solution to these needs.

Topics covered:
Araldite epoxy resins overcome technological barrieres imposed by Flax yarn.

NanoTech RTM Composite systems to offer significant improvements if Fracture properties such as flexural modulas, temperature resistance and viscosity.

High Flexible Composite resin system with over 50% elongation.

JR Technology
Title: Developments of the woodpecker tap tester

The detection of defects in composite or metal bonded structures is commonly performed by skilled inspectors, who tap the testing surface with a hammer (eg.- coin) to detect structural changes by listening to the difference in tone.

The Woodpecker was developed around 20 years ago to display this process quantitatively & to eliminate human error. The tapping hammer was driven by a solenoid with the degree of the defect detected by a sensor fitted to the hammer & interpreted by a CPU built into the Handpiece. Quality difference from the standard set-point was displayed by a series of LED’s & an alarm.

The development of the WP-632M Monitor allowed the numerical reading of the contact time (in milli-seconds) of the structure under test to be displayed, saved, viewed & downloaded to a PC as required.

The Woodpecker WP-632AM has this display incorporated in the Handpiece. With the recent launch of the optional XY plotter the user is able to view this information against the position of the unit on a PC as a colour tile map or numerically; if used in real time. This record can be saved & printed creating traceability of a scan.

Unlike conventional manual tapping, it shows the degree & size of defect even in a noisy environment. The device is accurate, light & compact, requiring little operator training. Therefore the Woodpecker represents a revolutionary advance in NDT inspection.

NET COMPOSITES MICRO SESSION

Fire Retardant Composite Materials

Saint Gobain Abrasives
Title: Abrasive Solutions for Composites Engineering

Vistagy
Title: Implementing Processes to Reduce Risks of Working with Composite Materials While Meeting Customer Requirements

OPEN FREE - ‘SHARED’ SESSION

PAVILION 2

with Composites Engineering Show attendees
(places to be reserved as you pre-register)
Sponsored by
CompositesUK

Opening remarks

Andrew Walker, Chief Executive Officer
University of Manchester