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IACMI Celebrates Manufacturing Day 2018 with 150+ students across two states
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To celebrate Manufacturing Day 2018, IACMI showcased manufacturing advancements in the IACMI community by hosting students at both Local Motors in Knoxville, Tenn. and at the IACMI Scale-Up Research Facility (SURF) in a joint event with LIFT in Detroit, Mich, which hosted Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and SPE's PlastiVan.
Read the MFGDay2018 recap here.
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Students from the Henry Ford Academy with Congresswoman Lawrence to celebrate Manufacturing Day at IACMI SURF.
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Students learn about polymers by building slime with SPE's PlastiVan.
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Apply to host or co-sponsor an IACMI intern in 2019
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Applications are now available to host or co-sponsor an IACMI intern in 2019. Complete the survey here to apply to host an intern in 2019. Learn more at iacmi.org/host.
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Last month, several members of the IACMI team traveled to Dallas alongside hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of industry professionals for the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX). Bigger than ever before, CAMX provided the opportunity for IACMI to present latest developments in composite manufacturing innovation from its team of technical experts, partners, and industry leaders. Read the full CAMX 2018 recap here.
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Researchers and IACMI interns at the Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF) at the University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering drive industry-leading research to learn more about the decomposition of composites created through various manufacturing methods. This FCMF research group was awarded CAMX 2018 Best in Track: Green & Sustainability” Outstanding Technical Paper Award for a related project.
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Vartega, Michelman, and team kick off IACMI project to close the loop on automotive carbon fiber prepreg manufacturing scrap
IACMI announced a project to close the loop on automotive carbon fiber prepreg manufacturing scrap for use in new automotive applications. The project is led by Vartega, a start-up company focused on carbon fiber recycling, with project partners including Michelman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, Michigan State University, the University of Dayton Research Institute, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Additional project support is provided by Ford, BASF, and Plasan Carbon Composites. Learn more about the project here.
Read about the project coverage from Manufacturing.net.
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IACMI and team integrate composites in to the Friendship Bell Peace Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
IACMI CTO, Dr. Uday Vaidya, with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Highland Composites created 17 thirty-three foot composite carbon fiber overapped beams in the Friendship Bell Peace Pavilion, offering students at the University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering the opportunity for hands-on learning through the beam creation. Learn more about the composite beams here.
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Join us for Composites Innovation at UDRI Nov. 13 - 14
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Composites One and the Closed Mold Alliance, in partnership with IACMI – the Composites Institute invite you to attend Composites Innovations. Network with peers in the composites industry and attend new sessions focused on composite structure cost reduction innovations.
Workshop topics include:
- Novel dry fiber preforming technology
- Injection overmolding
- Carbon/epoxy tooling prepreg
- Reverse engineering and polymeric additive tooling
- Vacuum infusion
- Commercial nano-enhanced composites
- Light RTM
- Smart conformal tooling
- High-temperature epoxy tooling
- An Air Force perspective on needs for low-cost composite manufacturing
- Composite structures
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Join us at the Defense Manufacturing Conference
Nashville, TN | December 3 - 6, 2018
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IACMI – The Composites Institute, a Manufacturing USA institute focused on composites integration in advanced manufacturing, and Abaris Training, the world leader in advanced composite training, announce an agreement to host collaborative training workshops that leverage the expertise of the researchers and professionals in both organizations with the resources available at the IACMI facilities across the United States. The first training session, “Advanced Composite Structures: Fabrication and Damage Repair Phase I,” is to be held April 1 – 5, 2019 at the National Wind Technology Center. Read more
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