U.K. group to fund six composites feasibility studies
The Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites at the University of Nottingham is providing £50,000 to each of six studies, covering automation, preforms, weave geometries, recycled carbon fiber and more.
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Composites (CIMComp, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.) has announced the funding of six new composites feasibility studies.
Studies proposals were invited from U.K. academic researchers for projects that addressed identified key composites manufacturing challenges. The intention is that CIMComp involvement will help to bring these studies forward to a point where new funding opportunities are created. In this way, these studies should grow the capabilities of the U.K., CIMComp and its network of users. Each award was funded up to £50,000 and represents a maximum of six months of research. The feasibility call received 45 proposals from 25 academic institutions across the UK.
The feasibility studies chosen for funding are:
- String Manufacturing: Monitoring of Automated Composites Manufacturing In-Situ – Prof. Keith Worden, Sheffield University
- Dimensionally Stable Textile Preforms for Use in Liquid Resin Infusion Manufacture – Dr. Dmitry Ivanov, Bristol University
- Step Change in Performance of Complex Carbon Fibre Weave Geometries using Cellulose Fibre Precursors – Prof. Stephen Eichhorn, Exeter University
- Intelligent Composite Lay-up by the Application of Discrete Technologies – Prof. Ash Tiwari, Cranfield University
- Low-Cost Manufacture of High-Quality Steered-Fibre Laminates – Dr. Philip Harrison, Glasgow University
- Feasibility Study to Investigate the use of Recycled Carbon Fibre Co-Mingled with Polymer Fibres in Non-Woven Mats – Dr. Thomas Turner, University of Nottingham
