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Welcome to the Superplasticity Committee

Welcome to the Superplasticity Community webpages. The Superplasticity Committee provides a forum in the UK and abroad to promote the benefits of the superplastic forming process and associated technologies in a range of industries including aerospace, automotive, transport, architectural and medical. An important feature of this activity is to bring together design engineers, materials technologists and researchers to optimise all aspects of the superplasticity process for the applications concerned. Furthermore, we promote new technologies that interact with or enhance the superplasticity process. (Image courtesy of Aeromet International) Read our mission statement

News

Call for papers for Materials Congress

Materials Congress 2010 – Materials for Extreme Environments and Times is inviting papers until 31 March. To be held from 20-23 September in Kuala Lumpur, the technical programme will explore materials and processes that can meet industry and society demand.
IOM3, 10 Feb 2010

Superplastic Forming at Ford

A paper presented at the International Symposium on Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming, sponsored by the Manufacturing Critical Sector at the ASM International AeroMat 2004 Conference and Exposition, June 8–9, 2004, in Seattle, WA.

Superplasticity, 21 Oct 2009

ESAFORM 2010 - High Temperature Sheet Forming Mini Symposium

Abstracts are invited for the ESAFORM 2010 conference on materials forming which will take place in Brescia, Italy from 7-9 April 2010. The deadline for abstracts is 18 October 2009. There are mini-symposia on numerous topics, including one on High Temperature Sheet forming.

Superplasticity, 16 Oct 2009
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Features

Cast away – Articulated materials

Articulated materials can be used to support injured body parts bringing splint and brace support, immobilising and protecting limb fractures.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2007

Sustainable scientists - Science, Engineering and Technology Student of the Year Awards

Recruitment, retention and development of high-calibre scientists is discussed with reference to the SET 2005 awards. Projects in the materials trophy judged by IOM3 were Self assembled peptide hydrogels for tissue engineering, Effect of grain refiner poisoning on intermetallic phase selection in 6XXX aluminium alloys and Superplasticity in magnesium alloys.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Jan 2006

Face on - biomedical applications of superplastic forming

In the second of two articles looking at superplastic forming in the UK, Richard Curtis reports on work being carried out at King’s College London and in Japan that has enabled the formation of complex medical and dental prostheses.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2005
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Events

ESAFORM 2010

07 Apr 2010 - 09 Apr 2010, Brescia, ITALY
Includes mini-symposium on High Temperature Sheet Forming

The Materials Entrepreneur: How to Take Your Innovations Forward

19 Apr 2010, London, UK
One day IOM3 conference aimed at materials start up companies and entrepreneurs.

IRC 2010

17 Nov 2010 - 19 Nov 2010, Mumbai, INDIA
IRCO is an association of rubber societies around the world which plan the main international rubber conferences.
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Committees within the Materials Science & Technology Division:

Defence, Safety & Security

Functional Materials

High Temperature Materials

Materials Chemistry

Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology

Particulate Engineering

Rolling

Smart Materials and Systems

Structure and Properties of Materials

Superplasticity

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Dental biomaterials: Imaging, testing and modelling

Materials World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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