Discovering opportunities and innovations across the composites supply chain

19 - 22 October 2020 | 12:35pm BST |  Virtual Summit

AMI's composites conferences have gone virtual! 

Tooling for Composites, Composites in Rail, Composites in Marine and Composite Testing & Analysis have been combined to create the Composites Virtual Summit. Four days of online knowledge sharing and discussion that will bring together stakeholders from across the composites industry. This event will be free-to-attend and will take place from 19-22 October 2020. 

This virtual conference will allow you to learn about new developments in testing and tooling and applications for the rail and marine industry - all from the safety of your own home or office.

All you need to do is register for your free place, select the sessions you are interested and tune in during the event. Places are limited so register today to avoid disappointment.

Why register?

• Learn how composites can improve performance and effectively replace traditional materials
• Take away ideas for improving product quality and performance
• Hear from OEMs and Tier 1s on opportunities for composites
• Gain unique insight from industry leaders and influencers
• Take advantage of cross-industry knowledge and best practice

Schedule

Monday 19 October – Tooling for Composites

With increased adoption of composites in high-performance industries, there is a need to ensure tools have higher accuracy, reduced costs, faster processes and a longer lifespan. We will look at the latest advancements to improve tooling and end products.

Sessions include:

The future of tooling for composites in the UK
Shaw Beattie, Advanced Research Engineer, National Composites Centre

The chassis manufacturing process
Guillaume Grijsen, Deputy Chassis Lead, Oxford Brookes Racing

Improve tooling with additive manufacturing
Miguel Fernandez-Vicente, Design for AM Advanced Research Engineer, The National Centre for Additive Manufacturing

Exploring low temperature cure, high end use temperature tooling pre-preg solutions in the climate of post Covid re-emergance
Jed Illsley, Market Sector Manager - Tooling, Toray Advanced Composites

Tuesday 20 October – Composites in Rail

Representatives across the entire supply chain, including leading OEMs join the programme to discuss the future for rail, and how composites can provide an end to end solution for the industry.

Sessions include:

How to save millions in through-life cost by using composites in rolling stock
Mike Orange, Director & Head of Engineering & Sales, Cecence

The homologation process for new railway vehicle integrating composite materials
Karim Slimani, Composite Expert, SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français)

Mat4Rail: Designing the railway of the future
Rocio Ruiz Gallardo, Composite R&D Engineer, AIMPLAS

Composite materials for structural applications in railway vehicles - potentials and challenges
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Ulbricht, Managing Director, CG RAIL GmbH

Wednesday 21 October – Composites in Marine

Using case studies and cross-industry knowledge, speakers from across the supply chain will evaluate and discuss the challenges and opportunities for composite materials used in marine applications. 

Sessions include:

RAMSSES - Development of lightweight components and composite repair solutions
Sri Lestari Maharani, Research and development Engineer, Center Of Maritime Technologies gGmbH

Meeting the composite design challenges of the America’s cup
Martin Gambling, Managing Director, GRM Consulting Ltd

Lightweight, tough, high-performance fiber designed to improve performance
Jen Hanna, President, Innegra Technologies

Thursday 22 October – Composite Testing & Analysis

Experts across the industry will discuss the latest testing and analysis techniques for both thermoplastic and thermoset composites. The scope of the programme will cover materials, products, case studies, regulations and more.

Sessions include:

Development of a high-fidelity knowledge base for improvements in non-destructive testing of composite material products
Nikita Gandhi, Research Engineer, National Composites Centre

Ultrasonic 3D characterisation of meso-scale features in composites
Prof. Robert Smith, Professor of NDT and High Value Manufacturing, University of Bristol

Speaker Interviews

On the run-up we will be conducting a series interviews with speakers exploring industry trends and innovations. Please find the released interviews below:

Combined interview - Tooling for Composites

Alex Beim, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Gordon Murray Design

Beene M’membe, Advanced Technologist, Aerospace Technology Institute

Christopher Haighton, Procurement Manager, Williams Advanced Engineering

Read it here.

Combined interview - Composites in Rail

Frank Ten Napel, Segment Manager – High Performance Industrial, Toray Advanced Composites

Mike Orange, Director & Head of Engineering & Sales, Cecence

Marcus Walls-Bruck, Chief Engineer Automotive and Rail, The National Composite Centre

Rocío Ruiz Gallardo, Composite R&D Engineer, AIMPLAS

Read it here.

Single interviews

Karim Slimani, Composite Expert, SNCF

Jed Illsley, Market Sector Manager - Tooling, Toray Advanced Composites

Sri Lestari Maharani, Research and Development Engineer, Center Of Maritime Technologies gGmbH

Prof. Robert Smith, Professor of NDT and High Value Manufacturing, University of Bristol

Guillaume Grijsen, Deputy Chassis Lead, Oxford Brooks Racing

Eduardo De La Guerra, Project Manager, Talgo

Jen Hanna, President, Innegra Technologies

Nikita Gandhi, Research Engineer, The National Composites Centre

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