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14/04/2015
Adam Walton visits a research laboratory in North Wales where new materials are being developed for the aircraft of the future.
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Sun 19 Apr 2015
06:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales
Composite materials
Adam Walton visits a research laboratory which is developing new composite materials and techniques for use in aircraft manufacturing.Β
The programme visits the Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre at Hawarden in north Wales, which works in partnership between Glyndwr University and Airbus, together with Coleg Cambria and the Welsh Government.
Professor Richard Day shows Adam around the lab, where pioneering techniques are being developed to use microwaves to "cure" composite materials that can potentially be used in the aerospace industry, for aircraft structures and such things as wind turbine blades.
We hear from postgraduate student Nataliia Luhyna who is researching the use of carbon nanotubes and their role in composite materials.
John Roberts, A380 chief engineer for Airbus in the UK, looks back at how the materials used to manufacture aircraft have changed in the century since the Wright brothers.
The programme visits the Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre at Hawarden in north Wales, which works in partnership between Glyndwr University and Airbus, together with Coleg Cambria and the Welsh Government.
Professor Richard Day shows Adam around the lab, where pioneering techniques are being developed to use microwaves to "cure" composite materials that can potentially be used in the aerospace industry, for aircraft structures and such things as wind turbine blades.
We hear from postgraduate student Nataliia Luhyna who is researching the use of carbon nanotubes and their role in composite materials.
John Roberts, A380 chief engineer for Airbus in the UK, looks back at how the materials used to manufacture aircraft have changed in the century since the Wright brothers.
Broadcasts
- Tue 14 Apr 2015 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales
- Sun 19 Apr 2015 06:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales
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