In a joint project with the German automotive industry, the Fraunhofer Institute, material suppliers, component-and mold manufacturers, a thermoplastic sandwich material has been developed. The goal is to offer a cost-effective material with increased mechanical properties to combine the advantages of In-Line-Compounded long fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT-ILC) or well-established thermoplastic semi-finished products like GMT and advanced thermoplastic TWINTEX woven fabrics. These requirements are fulfilled by a sandwich which consists of outer layers of woven fabrics and a core layer of recycled material mainly of shredded TWINTEX, GMT or LFT components or production waste. The foot support for the smart vehicle has been selected to evaluate the sandwich system.
Load oriented one-step TWINTEX-sandwich-structure for large scale production of automotive semi-structural components
2001
5 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 5 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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