Test Facility for Composite Blades
October 21, 2020 | Advanced materials
Composite test centre in Scotland to provide full scale fatigue testing of turbine blades for tidal power The first major engineering works on FAST... read moreFreight lightens up with carbon fibre rail bogie
August 17, 2020 | Railways
The Institution of Railway Research has broken new ground with the development of lightweight freight bogies using new materials. The world’s fir... read morePlans approved for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
June 23, 2020 | Research, technology and innovation
Planning permission has been granted for the development of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) facility. The new facility is to b... read moreVehicle to Grid demonstration takes place at Aston
April 30, 2020 | Renewable Energy Generation
Birmingham's Aston University was host to a recent demonstration of the capabilities of using EVs to feed the electricity grid. The VIGIL (VehIcle ... read moreNew material sets future trends
April 23, 2020 | Railways
Research work on carbon composites could provide answers to sticking points in the rail and solar energy sectors, according to Morgan Advanced Materia... read more