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The National Composites Centre (NCC), in collaboration with Arcola Energy and advanced composites manufacturer, Permali, have developed a low-cost composite storage structure for hydrogen fuel cylinders that can be retrofitted to existing commercial buses, enabling the switch to a clean energy source and reducing the emissions of large vehicles in the UK.

The National Composites Centre has designed and manufactured a full-scale prototype of a propeller blade and its manufacturing system for turboprop aircraft using a novel process that’s never before been attempted in this application. It has shown real potential to have a high-volume cost saving.

The NCC worked with Motivation to design and manufacture the prototype composite wheelchair seat pan that can be moulded to the user needs to ensure a surface that provides long-term postural control and pressure management.