The National Composites Centre is delighted to see the publication of the Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan (IGP) that we have been collaborating on with the Wind community. It’s fantastic to see a clear plan that captures the opportunity of boosting energy security, growing the economy by £25bn, and anchoring 10k UK jobs by industrialising key areas of #offshorewind. As the UK’s Centre of Excellence for Composites R&D, we firmly believe the UK has the potential to become a global powerhouse for the design and manufacture of composite blades and innovative composite turbine towers. Together with our partners at RenewableUK and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult we’ll be convening government, industry and academia to help ensure the UK has world leading innovation ecosystems to accelerate industrialisation in #composite turbine blade manufacturing. It’s exciting to see the call to commercialise composite turbine towers born out of NCC Energy, demonstrated in the Joule Challenge. This world leading innovation offers savings in the cost of energy, embodied carbon, and significant weight savings for future offshore turbines. Our composite innovations are being designed to reduce embodied carbon and be fully recyclable through our industry leading insights generated from the SusWind programme. Delivering the IGP will position the UK as a world class leader in offshore wind and aligns with NCC’s vision to industrialise critical technologies to deliver the energy transition for the UK. If you’re interested in being part of the Wind ecosystem and accelerating the energy transition, contact energy@nccuk.com https://lnkd.in/dqzFCUVQ
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As part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult The NCC is the UK's world-class composite innovation centre that specialises in the design and digitally optimised manufacture of sustainable composites and facilitates their widespread industrial exploitation. The state-of-the-art building at the Bristol and Bath Science Park provides manufacturing facilities at an industrial scale and rapid manufacturing processes capable of building prototypes to validate design concepts. We are the hub of the UK’s effort to develop and implement rapid composite manufacturing technologies and systems. We lead the co-ordination of a strengthened network of regional centres of composites excellence, providing direction and focus for fundamental research and collaborative links with UK universities, and helping to develop and co-ordinate training to support the skills base necessary for applying advanced and specialist composite technologies.
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Great to be collaborating with Lucideon to address ceramic matrix composites adoption challenges from fundamental materials development through to full system design and validation. The #partnership is set to deliver a greater #impact in developing #CMC capability and adoption in the UK. ⤵
Earlier this week, Lucideon hosted a meeting of the National Composites Centre’s Ceramic-Matrix Composites (CMC) Working Group at our facility in Stone, Staffordshire. Co-ordinated by Enya Collier and Dr David King, the hybrid event was a huge success, with the session followed by lunch and a tour of The AMRICC Centre, the co-located Centre of Excellence for Advanced Ceramics. The event follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations last year, leading to opportunities for collaborations that offer end-to-end capability for developing and exploiting supply chain organisations’ technologies and addressing CMC adoption challenges from fundamental materials development through to full system design and validation. Many thanks to all involved at both Lucideon and the NCC for bringing this event to life. Learn more about Lucideon’s CMC capabilities at our website: https://lnkd.in/eTyUY9_P #CeramicMatrixComposites #AdvancedCeramics #WeAreLucideon
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🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 Rebecca Huffee, Space West Cluster Manager will be attending the Farnborough International Airshow as part of the South West Space Partnership! 🚀 You can find Rebecca Huffee in Hall 1 at the Invest Bristol & Bath Stand 1120FA on Monday 22 July and Tuesday 23 July. 📍 Don't miss this opportunity to connect with Rebecca Huffee and play your part in accelerating growth and innovation in the space sector. 🛰 #FIA2024 #Aerospace #Innovation #SpaceWest #SouthWestSpacePartnership #Space | UK Space Agency | The Space West programme hosted by the National Composites Centre, in partnership with West of England Combined Authority, CFMS, the University of Bath, the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
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Fantastic to see the level of engagement, and delighted to host your workshop National Cyber-Physical Infrastructure ecosystem here at National Composites Centre in Bristol! 🙌
Today the National Cyber-Physical Infrastructure ecosystem is hosting its final workshop in the current series at the National Composites Centre in Bristol. We’re looking at #Standards, #Frameworks and #Guidance and are delighted to welcome Dan Rossiter FCIAT from British Standards Institute BSI-KSA / NIMA and Brian Bishop from Open Connectivity Foundation – OCF as our guest speakers. The event will deliver key recommendations and contribute to a national roadmap for cyber-physical infrastructure. www.ncpi.org.uk Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Connected Places Catapult High Value Manufacturing Catapult Digital Catapult
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🔜 Have you scheduled your meeting with the National Composites Centre at the Farnborough International Airshow yet? ✈ Schedule a meeting with us by DM or email: aerospace@nccuk.com As pioneers of industrial transformation, delivering innovations for a sustainable, productive, and resilient future, here’s what you can expect from NCC: 💡 Innovations: Discover how we’re accelerating zero-emission aircraft innovation with pioneering technologies. 🎙 Expertise: Engage with our specialists in composites for liquid hydrogen storage on future zero-carbon emission aircraft. 🤝 Collaborations: Connect with our team to explore how you be involved in transforming industry through collaborative innovation and accelerating its adoption. We’ll be at the Aerospace Technology Institute stand with our High Value Manufacturing Catapult sisters, AMRC, MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland and WMG, University of Warwick. Find out more: bit.ly/FIA24 #FIA2024 #AirShow #Farnborough #NetZero #Hydrogen #Aerospace #EngineeringServices
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The Catapult Network welcomes the new Government and looks forward to working closely with the new Secretary of State for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle, and Minister for Science Sir Patrick Vallance to continue to drive growth through #innovation and #technology. The nine Catapults form a network of world-leading technology and innovation centres established and part-funded by Innovate UK. Catapults support businesses in transforming great ideas into valuable products and services 🧬🌍 Keir Starmer | Angela Rayner MP for Ashton | Rt Hon Rachel Reeves | Jonathan Reynolds MP Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult | Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult | Connected Places Catapult | Digital Catapult | Energy Systems Catapult | High Value Manufacturing Catapult | Medicines Discovery Catapult | Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult | Satellite Applications Catapult | UK Research and Innovation
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Delighted to share that Senior Chief Engineer of Defence, Sean Cooper, will be presenting at the Magic of Materials Summer School this week. Aimed at students aged 14-15, Sean be hosting practical classes and an hour lecture on materials science focused on #composites #technology. The Magic of Materials is a three-day taster course for pupils aged 14-15 on all aspects of materials science and engineering organised by IOM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining). This event is a fantastic opportunity to promote #STEM education and inspire the next generation of #engineers and #scientists! 👩🔬 👨💻 👩🚀 👨🎓
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We're excited to see the strides being made in quality assurance for recycled continuous carbon fibre tows, through the collaboration between #CEAMS and Cygnet Texkimp. At National Composites Centre, we're proud to be working alongside Centre of Expertise in Advanced Materials and Sustainability (CEAMS) on this innovative project. Together, we're advancing #sustainable #materials and driving new opportunities in high-value applications. Last week, Marcus Walls-Bruck, Head of Hydrogen at the National Composites Centre, spoke at the Hydrogen Innovation Showcase in Manchester. His presentation, entitled ‘Maximising composite pressure vessel end-of-life value‘ highlighted our research and developments in hydrogen storage, including our ongoing support of #CEAMS. #Sustainability #Innovation #QualityAssurance #Collaboration
Another ground breaking project through CEAMS, this time with Cygnet Texkimp who collaborated with CEAMS to develop comprehensive quality assurance methods for recycled continuous carbon fibre tows from hydrogen vessels, opening doors in high value applications and promoting market update. https://lnkd.in/eTR4Jr79 Michelle McHugh Michelle Ledward Neil Eccles Alison Salas MCIM Becky Fields Robert Gage Adrian Cutcliffe Georgina Vardigans Diana Deans Megan Craig Darren Ragheb Laura Thurgood Jack Alcock Justin Kelly National Composites Centre National Physical Laboratory (NPL) High Value Manufacturing Catapult Henry Royce Institute The University of Manchester MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre AMRC Innovate UK Greater Manchester Combined Authority Department for Science, Innovation and Technology MIDAS Manchester's Inward Investment Agency Marketing Manchester
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🚀 Exciting news! The #SpaceClusters in the South West, #SpaceWest, Space Wales and Cornwall Space Cluster are collaborating with UK Space Agency to bring you European Space Agency - ESA 101 Workshops in #Cardiff and #Exeter this August! Join our networking session afterwards with experts and like-minded individuals. Register now! 📅 Cardiff: Thursday 1 August 💡 ESA 101 Workshop: https://lnkd.in/e4bgkjJv 🔗 Networking Event: https://lnkd.in/eWEFUvJ8 📅 Exeter: Friday 2 August 💡 ESA 101 Workshop: https://lnkd.in/eGWQh3JT 🔗Networking Event: https://lnkd.in/eQqtXvjt 🚨 Don't miss these opportunities to learn and connect with the space community! #ESA101 #SpaceWest #SpaceWales #SpaceCornwall #UKSA #SpaceWorkshops #Cardiff #Exeter #NetworkingEvents | UK Space Agency | Space Wales | Cornwall Space Cluster | High Value Manufacturing Catapult | The Space West programme hosted by the National Composites Centre, in partnership with West of England Combined Authority, CFMS, the University of Bath, the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
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👏 We are proud to see this work on 3D woven #composites being showcased at #EECM21! Congratulations on your presentation Monali!
Thrilled to have presented the work on “Influence of textile architecture on drape, impact and damage tolerance performance of 3D woven composites” at the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM21) in Nantes! This work was a part of 3D woven composites for defence applications project and funded by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). I would like to thank my colleagues at the National Composites Centre and DSTL for their support. It was great to reconnect with familiar faces and make new connections during the conference. #ECCM21 #3Dwovencomposites #innovation #collaboration #NCCHighValueManufacturingCatapult
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