Thermoplastic Composites 2016

6th October 2016 | BPF House, London, EC2A 3JE  

This combined BPF and Composites UK seminar for 2016 will focus on the use of Thermoplastic Composites in the transport industry. The growing use of these materials in this arena provides an important opportunity for manufacturers of Thermoplastics. This one day event will argue the case for using Thermoplastics in different modes of transport – from cars to underground trains - as well as providing industry case studies on topics including the use of a honeycomb sandwich preform and the development of a closed-loop recycling method for highly aligned short carbon fibre Thermoplastic composites.

Who should attend?

Thermoplastic Composites 2016 is aimed at senior and middle management professionals from plastics companies who produce and use Thermoplastic Composites in the transport industry or who wish to explore entering this important area.. The seminar aims to provide a forum for discussing the latest in Thermoplastic technology and to give attendees an opportunity to network and make contacts within the industry.

Seminar Programme:
 

10.00    Registration & Refreshments

10.30    Chairman's Introduction - Henry Sarel-Cooke, GKN Aerospace


10.40    Composite Industrialisation - The Case for Thermoplastics - Roger Ford, Integrated Materials Technology

• Examination of the reasons for the slow evolution of composite technology in a climate of high demand from the automotive sector
• Proposals for improving the effectiveness of the innovation process
• Examination of the essential criteria, both technical and logistical, that need to be met if the Automotive Sector should adopt composite material for high volume manufacturing
• The case for thermoplastics

11.05    Affordable Composites for Automotive – Opportunities and Challenges - Henry Sarel-Cooke, GKN Aerospace

11.30    Tea and Coffee Break

11.45    A Continuous production of thermoplastic honeycomb sandwich preforms for cost-efficient interior and exterior parts - Jochen Pflug, Econcore

• Cost saving potential of sandwich constructions
• Continuous production of themoplastic honeycomb core materials
• Thermoplastic honeycomb sandwich preforms and their processing to sandwich parts

12.10    Mind the Gap: The Potential of thermoplastic composites for the London Underground and global metro rail applications
             John Darlington, TenCate Advanced Composites

• Maximising existing infrastructure
• Lightweighting of rail cars through durable composties
• Designing with the correct composites material in mind

12.35  Networking Lunch

13.30   ThermoCARB: Proving UK capability in the production of overmoulding thermoplastic composite components for the automotive sector, Matt Sellens, Formaplex

13.55   Characteristics of PP and PA laminates reinforced with recycled carbon fibres, Anthony Stevenson, ELG Carbon Fibre

• The work done on non-woven mats produced using recycled carbon fibres and polypropylene fibres and recycled carbon fibre with polyamide fibres
• Exploration of the process to recycle carbon fibres from in-process waste and end of life parts
• Route for the production of non woven mats from pyrolysed carbon fibre

14.20    Development of a closed-loop recycling method for highly aligned short carbon fibre thermoplastic composites, Rhys Tapper, Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science

• How CFRP can provide significant vehicle weight savings
• The current barriers to success
• Creating a highly aligned discontinuous carbon fibre composite that can retain its properties over repeated recycling process loops

14:45   Tea/Coffee and Close

Prices:

• BPF and Composites UK Members £150 + VAT
• Affiliate Members £175 + VAT
• Non BPF Members £250 + VAT