Making Aviation Sustainable
Jigsaw Structures Ltd & City, University of London are pleased to announce a successful funding bid for the Innovate UK – NATEP: helping SMEs innovate in aerospace Autumn 2022 Competition. The BETA Sealing System 18-month project started in April 2023 … Continued
The final ALFA Seal Project Review (QRM6) was held at The Bristol & Bath Science Park, Bristol on the 17th November 2022. In attendance were representatives from Airbus, Meggitt Seals, NATEP and of course the project consortium partners Jigsaw Structures … Continued
The ALFA Seal Project Consortium was pleased to announce at the August Quarterly Review Meeting (QRM5) that wind tunnel testing of the snap-fit sealing system to date had successfully demonstrated both Laminar Flow Characterisation profiles & Sealing Performance metrics in … Continued
The ALFA Seal Project exhibited at the NATEP booth (FAC stand) at the Farnborough International Airshow in July – the first physical event of its kind since its cancellation due to the pandemic in 2020. Project Consortium members were pleased … Continued
On behalf of the Consortium & NATEP, Tim Evans from Jigsaw Structures, delivered an ALFA Seal keynote presentation at the Design Engineering Expo – part of the Manufacturing & Engineering Week at the NEC, Birmingham on the 8th June. Tim … Continued
Wind Tunnel testing of the seal at City, conducted over the entire Mach Number range (M0.4 – M0.9), has continued through Q4 employing Laser Doppler Anemometry and Schlieren-based Optical methodologies. Design and analysis activities have been undertaken with materials suppliers … Continued
Focusing on ‘Sustainable Aviation and Future Technologies’, the conference received keynote speeches from Sir Stephen Hillier, Chair, CAA, and Katherine Bennett CBE, Chief Executive at the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. The conference addressed the impact on the industry and environment … Continued
Representatives from the ALFA Seal Consortium, comprising Jigsaw Structures and City, University of London as the industrial and academic partners respectively, together with the Innovate UK Monitoring Officer, the NATEP Technology Manager and other NATEP colleagues attended project Quarterly Review … Continued
Representatives from the ALFA Seal project were invited to attend the two-day event co-hosted by Glasgow Airport and Boeing bringing together partners in Scotland and the broader UK aviation sector to demonstrate the role today’s sustainable technologies can play in … Continued
Representatives from the ALFA Seal Consortium, comprising Jigsaw Structures and City, University of London as the industrial and academic partners respectively, together with the Innovate UK Monitoring Officer, the NATEP Technology Manager and other NATEP colleagues attended the virtual project … Continued