Online self-paced study
- Immediate access
- Interactive content
- Check and test your knowledge as you progress through the lessons
- Full course access for six months from date of purchase
- Downloadable, personalised course completion certificate
Cost: £75
Learning time: 2 hours
Virtual Classroom Course
- Live classes delivered by our expert tutors
- Broadcast from our on site studio
- Maximum 20 students per class
- Fully interactive, ask questions and participate in group discussions
- Personalised course completion certificate
Cost: £125 per person
Duration: 3 hours, 9:30 - 12:30
Course availability:
- We are continuously updating our course calendar. Please contact us for future dates for this course. Email [email protected]
In person course
- Delivered by our expert tutors on site
- Maximum 10 students per course
- Refreshments and lunch included
- Hands on workshop session
- Course materials
- Personalised course completion certificate
Cost: £325 per person
Duration: 1 day, 9:00 – 16:30
NCC Bristol - Course availability:
- 8th July
- 12th August
- 25th September
- 11th November
- 9th December
Course overview
If you have an engineering background, but are new to composites, a basic knowledge of their composition and manufacture is essential to begin your journey. Or, maybe you don't work with composites on a day-to-day basis, but you are working with suppliers, colleagues or customers who do, and being able to knowledgably engage with them is important.
What we'll cover
What is a composite?
- The component elements that form a composite and the products commonly made from composites
The properties of fibres and resins:
- The part played by each element of a composite in the final material
Types of resin systems and reinforcements:
- Understanding Thermoset & Thermoplastic resins, along with their advantages & disadvantages
- How to identify the most suitable resin and reinforcement for commonly produced products
- Health and safety considerations
Room and elevated temperature resin systems:
- Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of the two systems and when they would be used
- The importance of product data sheets
Identifying and comparing weave styles:
- The formation of a weave, three weave styles and their uses
Building in strength and stiffness characteristics:
- Load paths, ply orientation, stacking sequences and sandwich construction
The four most common methods of composite manufacture:
- Wet layup, resin infusion, resin transfer moulding and prepreg
Automation:
- Making composite manufacture more efficient
Putting theory into practice
Our in-person course includes a practical session in our state of the art workshop facility.
You'll get hands on experience of the prepreg manufacturing process as you produce a composite coaster.
We're here to help
If you have any questions about this course or whether it's right for you please contact our training team.
Email: [email protected]
Call: +44 (0)117 370 7600, 9:00 - 16:00 GMT Monday - Friday