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Marine-i Discovery Room: Composite Materials –Sector Challenges and Opportunities

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30th April 2018 @ 10:00-15:00

Part funded by European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i will host their latest Discovery Room event: Composite materials –Sector Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation on 3Oth April. This free event will follow three themes: sector opportunities, regional expertise and end of life/recyclability of composite materials.

Recent advances in manufacturing methods have seen the advent of a new generation of composite materials, such as new thermoplastics, carbon fibre-based composites and even ‘self-healing’ composites. Delegates attending this event will be briefed on the key leading-edge innovations and explore how these can lead to important commercial applications across the marine industry.

It will feature presentations from the National Composite Centre, Multimarine Manufacturing, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Composite Integration Ltd., as well as briefings from leading academics on the latest research on composites.

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Monday 30th April, St Austell Business Park Conference Centre                                                                                                   

09:30

Registration and coffee

10:00

Welcome/Marine-i overview

Session 1 Intro – Sector Direction and opportunities

10:20

Role of composites across sectors; Sector direction – UK composites strategy

Nigel Keen, National Composites Centre

10:50

Wind Blades Research Hub

Dr. Derek Craig, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult & Dr. Terence Macquart, University of Bristol

11:20

Coffee

11:40

Session 2 Intro

Regional expertise; capitalising on opportunity

11:45

Engineering projects showcase

Paul Dunstan, Frazer Nash Consultancy

12:05

Control and optimisation in processing

Stephen Leonard-Williams, Composite Integration Ltd

12:25

Composite propeller for small electric propulsion

Dr Rachel Nichols-Lee, Whiskerstay Ltd

12:45

Lunch

 

13:30

Session 3 Intro

End of life processing/alternative materials

13:35

End of life disposal of moulds and boats – the issues

Darren Newton, Multimarine Manufacturing Ltd  (TBC.)

13:55

Using temporary mould within a zero land fill policy

Casper Kruger, Pipex PX

14:15

3D printing Micro composites; using waste carbon fibres with nylon from recycled fishing nets

Ian Falconer, Fishy Filaments

14:35

Bio composite materials

Prof. John Summerscales, University of Plymouth

15:00

Plenary session

15:15

Coffee & networking

 

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