Netcomposites Limited

Thermoplastic composites are gaining popularity in aerospace and other sectors. In this project, an environmentally safe process will be demonstrated which allows a wide variety of polymers and reinforcements to be combined, along with additives, in a very economical way. This will allow the latest lightweight, damage-resistant materials to be used for hi...

The DESOLVE project will develop a highly innovative soluble thermoplastic composite product which has two key advantages: * It aids recycling of products by being soluble and can assist in disassembly and reclamation of valuable components or materials at the end of life. * It can be designed to fail under certain conditions and use this failure as a ben...

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THE CHALLENGE: To meet society's future requirements for mass transport and personal mobility, there is a need to develop technologies for producing structural components that are affordable, resource efficient and predictable. This will require a continued shift towards the use of lightweight materials and flexible, rapid manufacturing. High-performance ...

Our vision is to upcycle waste carbon fibre into high-performance injection moulding pellets. Currently, waste carbon fibre from weaving and processing has little value as there are few viable methods to re-use the materials and to utilise the still significant properties that remain in the fibres. At the same time a potentially huge benefactor of carbon ...

As "smart" devices, be they phones, televisions, fridges or cars, become ever more prevalent in everyday life, so the requirement for electronic circuit boards increases. Currently, a common material for manufacturing circuit boards is a laminate consisting of a woven fibreglass cloth impregnated with an epoxy resin. This material provides the right balan...

The Ultra Low Cost Electric Vehicle Platform project is aiming to understand the technical and commercial viability of a multi-configuration vehicle that is cheap to buy, cheap to run and cheap to maintain - therefore being suitable for sale throughout the world, especially in emerging markets where the road network and support infrastructure is far less ...

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The injection moulding of long-fibre-reinforced thermoplastics (LFTs) is one of the few polymer composite material technologies that is genuinely capable of realising the high production volumes required by the mainstream automotive and consumer goods sectors. However, the glass fibre reinforcements that are currently used in LFTs are heavy, brittle and e...

Offshore wind is considered a key sector for meeting national and international targets with respect to sustainability, energy security, and low electricity prices. As offshore wind costs are decreasing and existing technical difficulties are overcome, the majority of new installations in the UK and abroad are expected to be located in Northern areas wher...

This study is to understand the real business opportunity in 3 new automotive material technologies, and to establish the relationships and steps needed to commercialise them. Each technology has been developed to address the broad requirements of the automotive sector, but we now need to identify specific business opportunities and customer needs, so tha...