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Welcome to the British Composites Society

As one of the technical divisions of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining the BCS aims to provide a single authoritative voice for individuals who are practising science and engineering within the composites field. Our objectives include organising technical meetings and encouraging publications, promoting education and training and fostering the interests of younger members. Perhaps most importantly the society will strive to create a community of professionals who have a mutual interest in composite materials and who can work together and in doing so create a better world for all of us. Read our mission statement

News

A brake on carbon fibre composites in landfill

Racing car
A recycling method could see carbon fibre-reinforced composites upcycled into more demanding applications. Researchers at Loughborough University, UK, claim to have converted the composite’s thermoset polymer matrix into a ceramic, which could be used in ‘friction applications’ such as brake discs for high-end cars.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2010

Call for participation in 'Innovation in Aviation Security' project

The INSTINCT-Technology Demonstrator 2 (TD2) project is designed to discover, trial and showcase emergent security technologies, solutions and ideas for aviation security.
Defence, safety & security, 18 Aug 2010

Linking the supply chain

Software that may help manufacturers and product designers, reduce the costs and CO2 emissions associated with transporting and storing goods is said to have been used for the first time by a major UK retailer on beverage packaging.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2010
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Features

Nanocomposites for bone repair

Researchers at Cambridge have developed a new chemical method to simultaneously produce and disperse mineral nanoparticles in a polymeric matrix for bone repair.
Materials World Magazine, 01 May 2010

MASTering defence - UK work to improve defence

FV432 vehicles with identical visual colour and differing coatings
Team MAST has been delivering the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD’s) low to medium maturity materials and structures research since November 2007. This article presents case studies from that work - coatings to lower solar heat absorption, self healing of fibre-reinforced polymer composites and integrated damage resistance in composite structures.
Materials World Magazine, 02 Mar 2010

Comeback for cork

Prototype wing in the Aerocork project
Materials scientists are returning to one of the oldest composites, this article considers European projects involving cork.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Dec 2009
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Events

COMPOSITES EUROPE: an European Trade Fair & Forum for Composites

14 Sep 2010 - 16 Sep 2010, Essen, GERMANY

Applied Polymer Science Group meeting

16 Sep 2010, Durham, UK
Day meeting on applied polymer science at Durham University

ASC 25th Annual Technical Conference and the 14th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials

20 Sep 2010 - 22 Sep 2010, Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Jobs

Materials and Process Engineer - Blatchford

£ Dep on experience, Basingstoke

Senior post in dedicated New Product Development team

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ICCM-18

18th International Conference on Composite Materials

21-26 August 2011: ICC, Jeju, Korea

 

 

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Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering

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The IOM3 member magazine

Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.

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