2020 CAMX Award Winners Announced

Winners Announced for the 2020 CAMX Award

The 2020 CAMX Award recognizes Combined Strength and Unsurpassed Innovation
September 22, 2020 (Arlington, VA.)

CAMX – The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo announced the winners of the seventh annual CAMX Award, sponsored by Composite One, during the virtual opening general session. The CAMX Award recognizes two innovations that will significantly impact composites and advanced materials. The award is divided into two categories that embody the spirit of CAMX – Combined Strength and Unsurpassed Innovation.

The Combined Strength Award acknowledges a product that incorporates composites materials that solves a problem through teamwork and collaboration, and the Unsurpassed Innovation Award celebrates a product with a design that incorporates low-cost materials for high-volume applications that can change the outlook of a particular market.

The winner of this year’s Combined Strength Award is 3M Company for their entry on lightweight, lower-cost composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), providing extended vehicle range through the use of 3M Matrix Resins. The carbon fiber vessel uses 3M Matrix Resin 8833, a nanocalcite-modified epoxy with high tensile modulus, that imparts an increase in Fiber Delivered Strength (FDS) to the composites. This increase in FDS enables the redesign of these thick-walled structures, reducing weight, eliminating expensive fibers and lowering manufacturing costs. In FCEV applications where the outer dimensions of the tank are fixed, a redesign can use an expanded liner volume thus increasing vehicle range.

The winner of this year’s Unsurpassed Innovation Award is Mighty Buildings, Incorporated for their entry on Manufactured Polymeric-based UV Cured Structures for Residential Construction. Mighty Buildings produces building components for residential construction manufactured with a 3D printing process using polymeric UV-cured materials. The manufactured structures are intended to be used as building elements defined as a portion or entirety of a wall, floor, and roof of the building. Mighty Buildings invented Light Stone Material (LSM) – a photopolymer thermoset composite that is instantly cured with light during the layer-to-layer extrusion process. The manufacturing method uses large-scale additive manufacturing that allows production of building components of different shapes and sizes with complex geometries. Both the LSM material and 3D printing process are UL certified.

For more information on the 2020 CAMX Awards, please visit http://go.pardot.com/e/545842/awards-/3lpshl/491351091?h=8FAWyRTmAZtomeivDd8ohUbg2snCJuapmkeZGVsJOJE

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About CAMX
CAMX brings together all aspects of the world’s composites and advanced materials communities to discover the latest products, solutions and advanced industry knowledge. View CAMX 2019 highlights here, and visit CAMX to learn more. CAMX 2020 will be held September 21-24 virtually.

About ACMA
The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is the world’s largest composites industry trade group. We are manufacturers, material and equipment suppliers, distributors, academia and end users, dedicated to growing the composites market. We serve our members and the industry by promoting the competitive advantage and versatility of composite materials. ACMA offers composites industry educational resources through our Education Hub, CAMX, conferences, webinars, and Certified Composites Technician (CCT®) program. We develop standards and specifications that drive preference for the use of composites in place of traditional materials. We lead advocacy efforts via legislative and regulatory channels to achieve a more viable composites industry. Together, we are shaping the future of composites.

About SAMPE
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE®), a global professional member society, providing enhanced educational opportunities by delivering information on new and advanced materials and processing technology. SAMPE provides growth and educational opportunities via conferences, exhibitions, technical forums, and publications. As the only technical society encompassing all fields of endeavor in materials and processes, SAMPE provides a unique and valuable forum for scientists, engineers, and academicians. SAMPE North America is a regional subsidiary of SAMPE serving Canada, Mexico, and the United States.