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The function of the Superplasticity Committee is to provide a forum in the UK and abroad to promote the benefits of the superplastic forming process 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 process for the applications concerned. An additional aim is to promote new technologies that interact with or enhance the process.

The Superplasticity Committee also aims to promote awareness of developments and needs for change in standards, specifications and codes directed towards achieving improved materials properties and service reliability.

Co-operation is encouraged between industrial and academic researchers through the organisation of technical meetings, conferences, symposia, workshops etc. and, through this, also supports the continuing professional development policy of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

The Superplasticity Committee aims to establish and encourage technical exchanges with and between other professional organisations in Europe (e.g. the French Superplastic Forming Group with whom it has cosponsored a series of meetings on Superplastic Forming (Euro SPF) and the triennial International Conference on the Superplasticity of Advanced Materials (ICSAM), and through the IoM3 through the organisation of conferences.

Membership is primarily from Institute members experienced in the manufacturing and user industries, as well as experts from research organisations and universities. It has a strong industrial and user bias.
We welcome enquiries from members of the Institute and also from others who may be interested in the work of the Committee.