New Intermediate Materials. By impregnating carbon fiber with thermoplastic resin, Teijin developed three intermediate materials for the production of CFRP suited for use in mass-production vehicles.

The CL3610 uses CFRP in three components that are entirely visible to passengers, including the armrest covers, meal tray shell/cover and seat back or backrest. “Qantas is the first airline to choose ...

The car uses CFRP not only in its monocoque, but also in its suspension (the control arms are 30 percent lighter than in aluminum), transmission shaft (the central joint was eliminated), front ...

Automation is one of the most important strategies for increasing efficiency in production. The positioning and drilling end effector newly developed for a portal system to automate the pre-assembly ...

CFRP pressure bulkhead – state-of-the-art welding technology from Augsburg was used to bond the curved segments; The full-size, production-quality demonstrator will be on display from 25 to 29 April ...

The significance of lightweight construction materials, especially carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), has gained popularity over the past few years. The material’s structural constitution is ...

New research published in Engineering by Ju-Hyung Kim and Yail J. Kim explores the behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with CFRP and UHPC under thermocyclic loading. Through ...

The system and the process are suitable for all CFRP types commonly used in aviation, as well as laminates with GFRP top layers and copper mesh. It is also possible to drill different laminates placed ...

Complex manual steps in aircraft production – such as the assembly of newly developed, weight-reducing thermoplastic integral frames that stiffen the fuselage in the transverse direction – are to be ...

Scientists at Laser Center Hannover (LZH), Germany, have developed an automated process for laser drilling that facilitates the machining of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP). They say that this ...