Carbon fibre – nothing burns.
In a centre for lightweight production technology, methods are being researched to produce super-light carbon fibre componets in a time-saving, mass-produced and fully automated way. With heavy equipment. KAESER Kompressoren SE is supporting this project with expertise and know-how
Energy efficiency is increasingly demanding lightweight construction, whether in aircraft, cars or bicycles. CFRP “carbon fibre reinforced plastic” is the material of the future.
The customer of KAESER Kompressoren is researching ways to make the production of high-quality CFRP-components more profitable and thus also attractive for other applications and industries. Production amounts to 100,000 units per year. Expertise and know-how of the customer are used here to investigate effects on the material or on the plant in original size. Applications are fully simulated. This is done in a research autoclave.
Materials form a bond with each other at high temperature and under pressure. This happens in an oven – the so-called autoclave. This works like a pressure cooker. Here, for example, aircraft fuselage components, wings or vertical stablisiers can be completely produced and analysed. The autoclave has an external length of 27 m and an external diameter of 6.50 m, a weight of 181 t and is an imposing appearance as a heavy tube.
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