The future’s looking green for Scotland’s manufacturers as the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre commissions new equipment

Posted on 17 Feb 2023 by The Manufacturer

Scotland’s innovation centre for lighter weight and more sustainable materials and products has commissioned three new major pieces of equipment that will help manufacturers explore greener ways to make and recycle their products.

The team at the University of Strathclyde operated Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (LMC), part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, has bolstered its technical capability with an Accudyne Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) cell, a DREF 3000 spinning system and Xplore FL fibre line, which will all be used across net-zero focused R&D projects. The…

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