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Advanced Manufacturing for Composite Technologies Conference

Thursday 11th December 2008

Future Commercial Aircraft

Professor Andrew Walker

The Northwest Composites Centre

Manufacturing Challenges for Wind Turbines

Professor Paul Hogg

Executive Director and Professor of Composite Materials

The Northwest Composites Centre

Waterjet - An Innovative Tool for Machining Composites

Dr Janet Folkes

Lecturer

University of Nottingham

Curing Complex Composites

Dale Brosius

Chief Operating Officer

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Fire Retardancy Workshop - Tuesday 16th September 2008

Reaction to testing of composites in building and transport applications

Chris Dean - Bodycote Warrington Fire

Fire resistance of composites: Challenges and Opportunities  "A Naval Perspective"

Dr Alan Groves - Group Capability Leader - Structures - Dstl Porton Down

Flammability of composites, a manufacturer's view

Chris Harrington and Dana Blair - Hexcel, Duxford, UK

Current challenges for advanced fire proof/fire resistant, compsites and related materials

General Issues

Professor Dick Horrocks - University of Bolton

Flammability issues with composites used in different sectors

Professor Baljinder Kandola - University of Bolton

Issues Related to Aerospace Composites under Fire Conditions

Gaetano La Delfa and Geoff Gibson - Newcastle University

 

 

 

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