We are delighted to have hosted this in-person event at the National Composites Centre, Bristol, UK on 6-7 April 2022 which included keynote presentations, papers, poster sessions and a site visit.
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Keynote Presentations
Every year the industry’s leading thinkers share their vision for the future of composites manufacturing in our keynote presentations. This year’s lineup was no exception and was a must-see for engineers, developers, investors and entrepreneurs looking for their edge in an increasingly competitive world.
Suong Van Hoa
Concordia University, Canada
Recent advances and challenges in automated composites manufacturingSuong Van Hoa has been working on polymer composites since 1979. He has worked on analysis, testing, design, material development, and manufacturing, and has been working on Automated Composites Manufacturing since 2012. He currently holds an industrial chair on Automated Composites Manufacturing supported by the NSE Research Council of Canada, and Bell Flight.
Malin Åkermo
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Composite manufacturing in future light weight designsMalin Åkermo is Professor in Lightweight structures at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, with special interests in composite materials and its processing. For more than 15 years she has led a group performing research on manufacturing of structural composites in collaboration with industry. She studies material systems and applications span from aerospace to automotive.
Ed FindonGlobal Lead for Manufacturing Engineering, LM Wind Power
Challenges in the Manufacture of Large Wind Turbine BladesEd is the LM Global Lead for Manufacturing Engineering on our biggest offshore blades, where the majority of our automation is used. Ed has 25+ years of composites manufacturing experience to draw from and is an extremely experienced public speaker, and is therefore perfectly positioned to bring his knowledge and experience to this keynote.
Nick Warrior, University of Nottingham, UK
Automation Projects within the EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research HubNick Warrior is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Composites Research Group at the University of Nottingham. He is the Director of the UKRI EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub. Nick received the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal Award (2009) for successful industrial exploitation of composite materials.
Philippa Glover,
CEO CNC Robotics
Applying Robotics Solutions to Meet the Challenges of Composites Manufacturing ACM5 was jointly hosted by the University of Bristol – one of the world’s top 100 universities and the National Composites Centre, home to the UK’s world-leading capabilities in automated composites R&D. Bristol is host to some of the most exciting composite R&D programmes in the world and the ACM5 was supported by a range of well-known industrial partners.
Objective and Topics
The objective of the ACM conference is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion on the latest development in automated composites manufacturing. The ACM5 2022 event included the following topics:
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Visit Bristol for ACM5 2022
The City of Bristol is a vibrant place to visit, the undisputed centre for composites research in the UK, with one of the strongest research clusters in the UK. Bristol is one of the most easily accessible cities in the UK, with excellent road, rail, bus and coach and air links.
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