WARNING: SharePoint links below may only be accessible to staff.

The facilities

• Composites Engineering Laboratory (University of Plymouth webpage)
• Composites Engineering documentation (University of Plymouth Babbage 111)
  • code of practice, COSHH assessments, equipment manuals, risk assessments, etc)
• Resources and facilities available to the MAterials and STructures (MAST) Research Group

Laboratories and technicians

• BGB001  Iain Griffin ~ DigiFab additive manufacture laboratory.
• BGB0xx  Magalí Rodriguez ~ drop-weight and pendulum impact machines
• BGB024  Owen Groombridge ~ Precision Manufacturing laboratory.
• BGB107-110 Jeremy Clark ~ Microscopy, (thermal analysis in due course) and materials testing laboratories.
• BGB111  Luke Branca ~ Composites engineering laboratory.
• DYBxxx  SoGEES technicians ~ Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) spectrometer (currently only available to trained users)

Materials

• Materials available in Babbage 111 composites engineering laboratory
• Product Data Sheets and Material Safety Data Sheets
• Materials Product, and Safety, Data Sheets (PDS and MSDS) (MooDLE)

Health and Safety

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) (HSE)
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) code of practice (University of Plymouth)
• COSHH Essentials - direct advice and general guidance sheets (HSE)
• COSHH Assessment Form (University of Plymouth)
• First Aid (University of Plymouth)
• First Aiders (University of Plymouth/Babbage Building)
• Health and safety (MATS347 extranet page)
• Health, Safety and Wellbeing A-Z topics (Universoity of Plymouth)
• HSE publications index
• Risk Assessments appropriate to the Composites Engineering Laboratory (Babbage 111) (MATS347 extranet page)
• NB: this webpage uses a three-point scale ~ individual risk assessments should use a five-point scale.
• Risk management (University of Plymouth)
• Risk management form (University of Plymouth)
• Using nanomaterials at work (HSE G272/2013)
• including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and other biopersistent high aspect ratio nanomaterials (HARNs)
• Workplace exposure limits (HSE EH40/2005)