Haydale Composite Solutions Limited

The growing demand for composite materials in aerospace due to lightweight advantages over their metallic counterparts has given a new impetus to the development of eco-friendly, cost-effective composite manufacturing processes. A350 XWB and Boeing 777X use more than 50% composites by weight, with the latter having the world's largest aircraft wings forme...

The HiBarFilm2 consortium will build on the success seen in our feasibility study project (HiBarFilm) and continue the development of high barrier monolayer films for food packaging applications. Multilayer flexible films, used commonly at high volumes in food and medical packaging, are one of the most challenging plastic products to recycle, these materi...

The REACH-OUT project is focussed on the challenges of delivering inexpensive hydrogen storage, through utilising novel materials, for the automotive sector. The project will combine the expertise of the world-leading research organisation (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing), with a global industrial partner (Haydale Composite Solu...

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The Haydale group have a range of plasma functionalised nanomaterial (HDPlas) products which they disperse in a variety of polymers to enhance their customers products. Countless developments conducted within Haydale have demonstrated that the use of their patented HDPlas plasma technology is effective in imparting specific functional groups to the nanoma...

This project will develop an innovative composite damage detection system, which can be incorporated into composite laminates at the point of manufacture. This system will allow precise location of the damage event, in addition to an indication of the severity of the damage. The technology that will be developed in the project will be capable of being inc...

"Defects can inadvertently be produced in composite materials either during the manufacturing process or during the normal service life of the component. Some non-destructive testing methods such as ultrasonic testing and strain gauging exist for defect detection in composites. However, these have limitations (including cost) that have prevented them bein...

"Moulds for forming composite components can be made from ceramics, metals, composites or other materials such as fibreglass, high-density foams, machinable epoxy boards or even clay or wood/plaster. Tooling costs and complexity increase as the part performance requirements and the number of parts to be produced increase. Composite tools are more easily c...

The market opportunity and innovation in this project is for a novel means of routing and protecting cables in the ballast bed. Cables need to cross the rail lines as part of the signaling and power systems and the current cable crossing methods can be a weak link in the system causing signaling failures. Damaged cables cause network delays, do not enhanc...

This highly innovative project will investigate the use of a patented plasma functionalisation technique for the enhancement of recovered carbon materials that are produced from the recycling of waste tyres so that these materials have the desired properties to enable them to be reused in the tyre industry and other engineering applications of rubber. The...

Graphene is the world's first 2D material and since its isolation in 2004 it has captured the attention of scientists, researchers and industry worldwide. It is ultra-light yet immensely tough. It is 200 times stronger than steel, but it is incredibly flexible. It is the thinnest material possible as well as being transparent. Graphene and other nanofille...

This project will develop a zero emission drivetrain for a 3500kg van with range and payload suitable for normal urban operations. Leading UK fuel cell system integrator Arcola Energy will carry out a full drivertrain design and integration to convert a transit van to full electric mode, with a fuel cell and hydrogen system providing the range required wi...