The need for cost-effective thermoplastic composites in industrial applications outside high performance areas is rapidly expanding. The weight saving trend particularly in the automotive sector is increasingly important due to more stringent CO2 emission policies. However, due to fundamental material limitations novel manufacturing processes are steadily investigated to reduce total material amounts and costs, improve the thermo-mechanical performance, and even increase processing speeds.
OBJECTIVE
Development of cost-effective manufacturing processes for long and continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic products comprising low weight and improved material properties
Keywords: Cost-effective processes, Long fiber reinforced thermoplastics, Continuous fiber inserts, Composite tape placement, Injection molding , Compression molding
FINISHED PROJECTS
- 3D comp
A summary of this project can be found here. - 3D Flax
A summary of this project can be found here. - Automotive parts in TPC
A summary of this project can be found here. - CTCP – Circular Thermoplastic Composite Production
A summary of this project can be found here. - FIBREREC – Fibre reinforced recycling
A summary of this project can be found here. - FAST3D
A summary of this project can be found here. - FIXAR- Future Improvements for Composites Sustainable Automated Repair
A summary of this project can be found here. - GVPPP – Reprocessing of thermoplastic composites into plates
A summary of this project can be found here. - LAS – Lightweight Automotive Suspension
A summary of this project can be found here. - Light PP – More efficient thermoplastic products by improving technology
A summary of this project can be found here. - Merge
A summary of this project can be found here. - Oneindig sterker – Infinitely stronger
- PLA-PLA Single Polymer Composite
A summary of this project can be found here. - Post-use Plastic foil solutions (PPFs)
A summary of this project can be found here. - Rightweight
A summary of this project can be found here. - TPC Cycle – Sustainable reuse of thermoplastic composite materials
A summary of this project can be found here. - TPC Future – Volume production with thermoplastic composites
A summary of this project can be found here. - Top UP – Application of thermoplastic composites
- XoSoft – Soft modular biomimetic exoskeleton to assist people with mobility impairments
A summary of this project can be found here.