Delcam to host free seminar on composites in aerospace

Companies wishing to benefit from the current boom in the use of composites in the aerospace industry will be able to learn more about the opportunities at a free seminar being hosted by Delcam at its Birmingham headquarters on Wednesday 26th November. The seminar, which is being organised by the National Composites Network and Aerospace Manufacturing magazine, will allow those new to the materials, and those hoping to win more business in the industry, to meet, and learn from, a range of experts from both the commercial and technical sides of composites manufacture.

Presentations at the event will include an overview of the opportunities from Manchester University, an update on the Next-Generation Wing Project from GKN and advice for SMEs entering the industry from Airbus. Other topics will include the latest developments in machine tools, cutting tools and manufacturing software for the composites industry.

The changing patterns in materials use in the aerospace industry offer both threats and opportunities to component manufacturers and the toolmakers that support them. In particular, companies that have been hit by the decline in UK toolmaking could find new opportunities in the composites area. Their skills in producing complex injection moulds could be transferred relatively easily to the manufacture of tooling for compression moulding and reaction injection moulding of composites. Similarly, firms that have traditionally made models and patterns for the metals industry could turn to producing similar items for composites manufacture.

Further details and a registration form can be found on the NCN web site at

http://www.ncn-uk.co.uk/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=847