Alvant Limited

Ford Motor Company (Ford), Composite Metal Technology (CMT) and M Wright &Sons (MWS) are collaborating on an Innovate UK funded project to develop a new manufacturing process for the production of aluminium castings reinforced with inserts manufactured from long-fibre aluminium matrix composite (AMC) materials, providing localised reinforcement and facili...

Composite Metal Technology (CMT) and M.Wright &Sons (MWS) are collaborating on an Innovate UK funded project to accelerate the take-up of continuous fibre reinforced aluminium matrix composite materials (AMCs). The project is targetting a significant reduction in the piece cost of AMC inserts, and a shorter product development time for new component appli...

The Large Landing Gear of the Future project will develop, mature and demonstrate key technologies that will improve the efficiency of aircraft landing gears in their design, manufacture, operation and cost of ownership. It will take a holistic view of the landing gear system construction and life cycle seeking to benefit from closer integration of key co...

Composite Metal Technology, together with the National Composites Centre and two industrial partners, YASA Motors and GE Aviation, are collaborating on a TSB-funded project to accelerate the take-up of advanced materials. Aluminium matrix composites (AMCs), when used as inserts within aluminium castings, can produce components of low weight and inertia, r...

Two SME’s, Composite Metal Technology Ltd and C&J Antich & Sons Ltd, will bring their knowledge and skills in composite castings and technical weaving to a project with Jaguar Land Rover, to develop ground-breaking woven 3D reinforcement systems for automotive components. CO2 emissions can be directly addressed by using lightweight, low inertia materials,...

This project will develop the economic case for the adoption of lightweight materials by the wind turbine industry. It will establish the financial benefits and thereby facilitate investment in the development of lightweight turbine systems and structures. The catalyst for the introduction of light weight components is aluminium matrix composite (AMC) mat...

As lighter vehicles require less energy (and emit less CO2) aluminium matrix composite materials (AMCs) are increasingly attracting the attention of vehicle manufacturers. AMCs combine the strength & stiffness of steel with the lightness of aluminium, enabling components to be redesigned in lightweight material, with no increase in size or loss of perform...