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NCC enables innovations in wing aerodynamics

The National Composites Centre (NCC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, has released a case study detailing their successful delivery of the design and manufacture of vital one-off flying parts to facilitate UK capability towards accelerating new technologies to decarbonise the aviation industry.
23 hours ago

European first for CMC automated fibre placement

Engineers at the National Composites Centre (NCC) have completed a European first by manufacturing Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) using Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) technology, paving the way for the high-temperature capabilities of these materials to be unlocked within engines – making them more efficient and reducing CO₂ emissions.
1 year ago

New design techniques target net-zero

National Composites Centre (NCC) advanced research engineer, Camilla Osmiani takes a look at the future of digital engineering design and its application to a composite hydrogen pressure vessel.
1 year ago

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