IACMI-The Composites Institute Launches First Compressed Gas Storage Collaboration Project with Team Lead by DuPont Performance Materials
Knoxville, TN, February 14, 2017 - The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, a 100+ member, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Department of Energy driven consortium committed to increasing domestic production capacity and manufacturing jobs across the U.S. composites industry, announces the first technical collaboration project launched in the compressed gas storage focus area. The project will combine partnership efforts from DuPont Performance Materials (DuPont), the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), Composite Prototyping Center (CPC) and Steelhead Composites. The target objective of the project is to provide unique advantages to the storage of compressed natural gas with the use of thermoplastic composite technologies to achieve better durability, weight reduction and recyclability.
“Our project team members include the complete supply chain, from material suppliers to tank manufacturers. By leveraging the strength of all partners, we have the opportunity to develop a disruptive manufacturing route resulting in higher performing, lower cost methods of compressed gas storage,” said Jan Sawgle, DuPont Performance Materials, Project Manager.
“Collaborating with DuPont fosters the use of novel materials and processes that will allow technologies to significantly improve customizable fiber orientations—ultimately improving cycle time, lowering production costs by up to 20 percent and reducing waste,” said Bryan Dods, IACMI-The Composites Institute CEO. Read more.
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LIFT and IACMI Launch National Online Manufacturing Learning Hub for Educators and Students
Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow (LIFT) and IACMI - The Composites Institute, today announced the launch of the LIFT-IACMI Online Learning Hub. The Hub is the first open source online library developed and designed by Manufacturing USA institutes to provide educators and students from across the country access to in-demand manufacturing tools and materials.
The Hub, accessible at www.lift.technology/learninghub or www.iacmi.org/learninghub, allows teachers and students to search for educational materials related to lightweight metals and composite materials, and the processes and technologies related to them which are impacting manufacturing across a wide array of sectors including transportation, energy and defense.
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Transatlantic Cluster Conference Roadshow on Lightweighting Technology and Materials
The conference roadshow took place last week in Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan led by the Transatlantic Cluster Initiative. The goal of this program is bringing together leading German and US industry clusters to promote knowledge exchange through content-driven encounters.
The conference was kicked on in Knoxville, Tennessee with a lineup of speakers from the German American Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), IACMI-The Composites Institute and other industry experts from the area, and was followed by facility tours of Local Motors and ORNL's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. From here, the roadshow moved on to Columbus, Ohio where attendees had the opportunity to hear from IACMI partners JobsOhio and the University of Dayton Research Institute. The roadshow wrapped up in Troy, Michigan with remarks from Lightweighting Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Learn more about the conference on Twitter. In addition to IACMi-The Composites Institute, thanks goes to US partners:
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