Images of Research: Forging sustainable futures
Isogrid: forming new impressions
Category: Prosperous world
These rollers imprint sheet metal to create Isogrid - a high performance material developed for NASA. It has incredible lightweight properties but hasn’t been widely adopted outside of the aerospace industry as current production methods are slow and wasteful. Our new Isogrid forming method aims to reduce the cost of production, bringing a space-age material to the masses, and encouraging industry to adopt its usage and reduce environmental impact.
Entrant: Andrew Garrick , Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: Andrew Garrick
Collaborators: James Kelly, co-photographer
Links
Entrant profile: https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-garrick