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Blue diamonds represent sessions that are part of the UAMMI Crosstalk event.
Blue diamonds represent sessions that are part of the UAMMI Crosstalk event.
*Please note that all sessions, speakers and times are subject to change. All times are listed in EST(U.S. & Canada)
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
11:00 am 🔶Opening Statement
Opening statement of the event. 11:15 am 🔶A View From Wall Street-The Outlook for Aerospace & Defense
An outlook for both commercial aerospace and defense markets during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Presidential election year. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 11:45 am 🔶Aerospace Composites Market Outlook
Before the COVID-induced downturn earlier in 2020, composites were gaining share over traditional lightweight materials such as aluminum. As production rates stabilize at lower levels than 2019’s, what is the outlook now? Will COVID’s disruption accelerate, slow, or even reverse the tide of adoption by the aerospace industry? Lastly, what are the prospects for still further disruption? This presentation will provide an outlook on air traffic (in this case highlighting the differences between CFRP intensive widebodies and narrowbodies), production rates (they’ve dropped, will they drop more?), and ultimately aerospace demand for composites, using Charles Edwards’ proprietary raw materials model, as well as commentary on trends that are driving the outlook. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 12:15 pm 🔶Trends in Composite Aerostructures
Advances in composite aero structures are driven by three primary trends:
Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 12:45 pm - Coffee Break Sponsored by Harper
1:00 pm 🔶Economic and Environmental Assessment of Recycled Carbon Fiber
Over the last few years, the use of recycled carbon fibers in applications in the wind energy, electronics, rail and automotive industries has markedly increased. The original driver was usually reduced material cost, but now the additional economic benefits that these bring as a result of their particular properties are being more widely recognized. This, coupled with an increasing awareness of the environmental benefits of using recycled materials, creates a strong foundation for the next phase of growth of the industry. These topics will be covered in the presentation/discussion. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 1:30 pm 🔶Sustainable Carbon Fiber
This presentation will address the needs of the industry for sustainable carbon fiber. l will address the key challenges facing the industry some new technologies on the horizon and the state of the industry in recycling. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 2:00 pm🔶 Large Scale Additive Manufacturing - Scaling for Production Tooling Applications 2020
One of the key technologies to manufacturing is quality tooling. In applications like composites or precast concrete, tooling often dictates the cost and schedule of a project. Additive manufacturing has the promise of reducing the cost and the lead time significantly over traditional tooling. The path has not been easy as there have been challenges along the way. There has been an evolution in machinery, materials and methods that have resulted in a robust process for quickly making low cost tools that can meet the demanding needs of production. Additively Manufactured tooling has been used in the boating industry for both plugs and production molds. Boat molds and plugs can be 3D printed. There are a few examples of 3D printed watercraft as well. A variety of projects highlight the different methods that have been tried. Printed tooling is making an impact on the architecture world with durable, low cost tools impacting the precast concrete industry. Aerospace has been working to qualify processes, materials and methods for both production and prototype tooling. Years of research between leading companies, research laboratories and OEMs have continuously yielded new results. See examples of work done by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tru-Design, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, IACMI, Techmer PM and Thermwood Inc. Large Scale Additive composite tooling can have vacuum integrity, low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and durability. Companies can routinely process a variety of materials from room temperature materials like ABS and Polycarbonate to high temperature materials such as PPS, PSU, PESU and Ultem. Each has its advantages and limitations. Materials with a lower glass transition temperature are easier to print, especially at large scale. Higher temperature materials cool quickly so you need to print fast to make large parts. The latest equipment can print quite large parts out of even high temperature materials like PESU. AM for composite tooling has forged past the challenges and can truly be implemented today for both prototype and production. Composite manufacturers really can implement 3D printed tooling to reduce the cost and lead time of their production. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 2:30 pm - Coffee Break Sponsored by Harper
2:45 pm 🔶Implementation, Use, and ROI of IIoT and AI Technologies in Composites Manufacturing for the New Now
Facing unprecedented times of global uncertainties, advanced manufacturers must examine methods to support complex programs at lower costs. Smart factory, where cyber-physical production processes and systems are automatically communicating with each other using the Internet of Things, opens a new horizon of possibilities for these advanced manufacturers. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 3:15 pm 🔶Optimization and Evaluation of Hybrid Composites Process Routes by Advanced Simulation Approaches
Carbon fiber reinforced composite materials reveal a particularly high lightweight potential, due to their excellent weight-specific material properties and their capability to be tailored to specific applications. Thereby, thermoforming of thermoplastic tapes and the combination with thermoplastic back-injection molding, reveal great potential for large volume production of structural components, due to low cycle times, recyclability, and material efficiency. The manufacturing of composite materials, however, involves different challenges. These challenges can be met within the developments of Industry 4.0 through a continuous and functional virtual process chain, which includes a digital twin of production processes employing process simulation. In this presentation, it is initially outlined how the manufacturability, as well as manufacturing effects of different thermoplastic process routes, can be predicted through process simulation. Subsequently, it is presented how manufacturing effects can be considered in downstream simulation steps, such as warpage or structural simulation, based on a functional virtual process chain (cf. Figure 1). This includes the presentation of novel simulation approaches for thermoforming of thermoplastic PA6-CF tape laminates in combination with back-injection molding. A focus is laid on the prediction of the interaction between the tape laminate and the LFT. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 3:45 pm🔶 Automation and Digitalization of Composites
Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 4:15 pm 🔶Closing Announcements
Closing announcements for the event, given by our hosts for the week. |
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
11:00 am 🔶Opening Statement
Opening statement of the event. 11:15 am 🔶Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Fan Blade Challenges
Urban Air Mobility has captured the interest of the public and the composites industry. Current forecasts for UAM passenger pricing assume low operating costs based on electric propulsion and powertrain simplicity (relative to helicopters), and low vehicle costs based on mass production build rates ranging from 1000 to 10,000 units per year. With most of the 300 startups worldwide embracing distributed propulsion systems employing anywhere from 10 to 30 propellers (or fan blades) per vehicle, the composites industry is faced with the challenge of figuring out how to build aerospace-quality eVTOL fan blades in very large quantities, perhaps up to hundreds of thousands of units per year. This presentation will provide a brief overview of some of the Engineering, Manufacturing and Certification considerations associated with UAM fan blade production, with a focus on the trade-offs of various manufacturing approaches. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 11:45 am 🔶Successful Adoption of Thermoplastic Composites
Session information coming soon 12:15 pm 🔶Carbon Fiber meets Polypropylene: New Opportunities with CF in the field of Thermoplastic Composites
Thermoplastic matrices for composite solutions are becoming increasingly popular in various markets like automotive, aerospace, oil & gas but also in consumer and sports. Thermoplastic composites materials with carbon fibres (CFRTP) based on polar matrices like PA6 have been well developed, whereas non-polar polyolefin based CFRTP (e.g. with PP matrix) still have issues on interfacial surface between carbon fibre and polyolefin matrices, resulting in low durability and low mechanical properties. However, CFRTP based on PP have a huge potential to contribute to manufacture an economical, high performance lightweight composite as CF-PP could offer lower densities and higher rigidity combined with a high weight reduction, higher workability for further processing steps as well as outstanding resistance to water absorption and hydrolysis. With regards to the mentioned challenge of this material combination, a recent composite development of Mitsui Chemicals is focusing on unidirectional tapes based on carbon fibre and polypropylene (TAFNEX & CF-PP UD). Therefore, the first part of the presentation will describe the process and material development in which a special PP-compatible bonding solution for carbon fibers has been new-developed for improved fiber matrix adhesion resulting in higher mechanical properties. In addition, an own modified PP compound as matrix is used, so that the bonding is further increased and higher application temperatures are possible for a short time. In the second part of the presentation developments will be presented where TAFNEX & CF-PP UD has been used in hybrid solutions (e.g. with injection moulding compounds or GF-based organosheets) to enable a cost-effective solution for semi-structural applications. A simulation approach has been developed together with our subsidiary ARRK Engineering using TAFNEX & CF-PP UD to predict the crash behaviour and improve the lay-up of the UD tapes in the part. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 12:45 pm - Coffee Break Sponsored by Harper
1:00 pm 🔹CrossTalk: Opening Remarks & Update on Utah's Advanced Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Industry
Future for Utah’s Advanced Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 1:30 pm 🔹Crosstalk: National Manufacturing Trends / Manufacturing USA Update
As the Director of the Office of Advanced Manufacturing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) within the U.S. Department of Commerce, Mr. Molnar will address national trends in manufacturing along with new developments with the Manufacturing USA program. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 2:00 pm 🔹Crosstalk: State of the Composites Industry
As the editor-in-chief for CompositesWorld Magazine, a B2B technical trade publication that serves the global composites manufacturing industry, Mr. Sloan will discuss the state of the composites industry along with the latest developments and trends. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 2:30 pm - Coffee Break Sponsored by Harper
2:45 pm 🔹Crosstalk: Graphene Enabling Advanced Material Applications
As the Executive Director of The Graphene Council, Mr. Barkan will provide an overview of the current range of graphene materials and examples of commercial applications such as: composites (thermosets and thermoplastics), coatings and related applications for increased strength, lightweighting, EMI shielding, heat spreading and more. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 3:15 pm 🔹Crosstalk: Vision for Growing the Composites Share of the Global Materials Market
Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are among of the worlds most advanced materials, offering lightweight, durable, and energy saving solutions across a wide variety of end-use markets. Despite these advantages, composite materials represent only about 2% of the total materials market. This presentation will provide call to action and a blueprint for industry growth, including:
Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 3:45 pm 🔹Crosstalk: Composite Adoption Trends in Transport and Energy
Low-cost wind power and electric vehicles are accelerating demand for composites. But carbon fiber production has been hit by Covid-19, with its most lucrative clients in the aerospace industry cancelling contracts. This talk will discuss which industries have been the most resilient, and where we expect volumes and prices to go from here. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 4:15 pm 🔹Crosstalk: The Role Of Engineered Compounds And 3d Printing In Support Of Industry 4.0 And Manufacturing Competitiveness
Tom Drye is Vice President of Emerging Markets, Innovation, and Application Development for Techmer PM, a materials design and solutions provider of custom engineered compounds. Mr. Drye will address the role that engineered compounds (in collaboration with large part additive printers) have played in US manufacturing. Aspects discussed will be: design freedom, speed, cost, tool management, size, customization, autoclavability, and end-of-life recycling. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 4:45 pm 🔹Crosstalk: Find and Be Found: How to Grow Your Business Through the New CONNEX Supply Chain Tool
Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 5:00 pm 🔹Crosstalk: Scaling Success: A Regional & National Collaboration in Advanced Composites Talent Readiness
There is currently a workforce gap in the U.S. when it comes to qualified workers in the composites manufacturing field due to a lack of comprehensive composites training and education programs. This gap is expected to worsen in the next 10 years when nearly 30 percent of the manufacturing workforce will retire. Joannie Harmon, IACMI Workforce Director, and Wes Hobbs, National Director for Composites Pathways at Davis Technical College, will discuss a program aimed at preparing U.S. workers for the composites manufacturing industry. Supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Naval Research, the Advanced Composites Career Pathways (ACCP) program is designed to build resilience in the industrial manufacturing supply chain. ACCP is built on a scalable framework to establish a best-in-class composites technician training program in geographic proximities to DOD manufacturing suppliers. ACCP models a successful composites training program at Davis Technical College in Utah to build out similar training programs at multiple community college and training locations across the U.S., strategically located to best serve the DOD domestic manufacturing supply chain. Register for this and all other CFNOW sessions HERE! 5:15 pm 🔶Closing Announcements
Closing announcements for the event, given by our hosts for the week. |
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**Sessions, speakers and times are subject to change.
