Innovation and sustainability are the concepts driving the activities of car manufacturers, which are investing even more in research and development projects to find new solutions for meeting environmental goals, including emission reduction and fuel savings
Cannon provided RIBA composites with a complete moulding island for the production of all-composites wheels
Compact mixing head for HP-RTM processes
Following the weight reduction trend in the automotive industry, mostly related to fuel economy, many OEMs are introducing and researching the use of composite materials in producing electric vehicles’ battery boxes. Battery boxes can be manufactured using: HP-RTM Liquid Lay Down (LLD) SMC GMT
These elements can be produced in different ways: obtaining high performance structural parts with the combination of matrix and reinforcement with HP-RTM Liquid Lay Down SMC, to achieve complex geometries PrePreg GMT Interwet
Automotive body in white components and frames are critical structures requiring the highest fibre volume fraction in order to withstand extreme mechanical stresses. Cannon has developed two ways to produce these parts: HP-RTM When the resin transfer is not convenient due to part dimension or type of reinforcement (e.g. in case of low cost reinforcement…
In order to produce vehicles or trucks even lighter, automotive players are looking for save weight also in structural components. For high-end vehicles and special applications, it is preferable to have wheels and leafspring suspensions made by glass fibre. This possibility allows weight saving improving driving performances and decreasing fuel consumption, also increasing the attractiveness…
High Pressure and Thermoplastic Resin Transfer Moulding
Modular multicomponent dosing unit, for HP-RTM applications