The National Composite Center and the HVM Catapult team visited the ski resort in Chamonix.
This seated ski is made of SHD Composites MTC9800 graphene-enhanced product. It uses the latest British R&D technology to make skiing faster, lighter, and more critical to maximize performance. MTC9800 is a graphene enhanced honeycomb bonded type Epoxy resin system, designed to produce durable, cost-effective components with excellent surface finish and enhanced resin toughness. It can be supplied in a variety of fabrics and UD formats to meet your cost and manufacturing requirements.
The skateboarding project was run as a technology demonstrator for High Value Manufacturing Catapult, where components were manufactured by AMRC, MTC and NCC. The project uses the latest research and development technology in the UK to make skiing faster, lighter, and more critical to maximize performance. .
'This new type of graphene prepreg is a high-value manufacturing catapult, and high-tech sports projects provide the best performance characteristics' Garry Scott - NCC
SHD Composites has been working with Applied Graphene Materials to develop a material that will benefit both designers and end users. The graphene enhancement product MTC 9800 produces improvements in the weight reduction program. Under cyclic loading, the results show performance. Significantly increased. It is envisaged that this material will prove to be beneficial for the automotive, aerospace, leisure products and renewable energy markets.
The main advantages include enhanced fracture toughness, interlaminar strength and fatigue properties.
Technology experts from seven high value manufacturing (HVM) Catapult Centers use their technical capabilities to demonstrate how to apply current and emerging manufacturing technologies in sensors, composites, 3D printing and virtual reality design technologies to succeed in a new era - may be unexpected - application.
Collaborating with Anna Terni - Dual Paralympic ski athlete Sean Rose - Double Paralympic Games and Double X Games athletes as well as the team from HVM Catapult showed that collective ability can improve the performance of niches, which come for HVM catapults It is new. This video shows the highlights of the new skateboarding application and shows how to test new prototypes on slopes.