In the injection molding of plastics, in-mold sensors, as part of a variety of process control packages, have been around for decades. But comparatively recently, similar technology has begun to make ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After winning a JEC Innovation Award in 2016 for its Lincoln MKS Decklid Concept – a TCA Ultra Lite® outer panel and a carbon fiber RTM prototype inner – ...

The “composites for sustainable mobility” (CosiMo) project was launched in 2018 by Faurecia Clean Mobility (Nanterre, France) to develop a smart thermoplastic composite resin transfer molding (RTM) ...

Advancing the idea of lightweight construction together: Martin Wippermann, Member of the Executive Board for Automotive, Vice President Veit Wagner and Stefan Tetek, Viechtach 11 plant manager, ...

In composites, heat transfer follows resin injection and this heat transfer is very sensitive to processing conditions. High-quality heat flux sensors permit detection of the resin flow front and ...

Krauss Maffei demonstrated, in real-time, the “Surface RTM” manufacturing process, by producing carbon fiber roof panels for the new Roding sports car 5 times per day on 2013 K show. The “Surface RTM” ...

In this age of lightweighting vehicles to meet ever stricter Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards in the automotive industry, carbon fiber is looking to come out a big winner.

After winning a JEC Innovation Award in 2016 for its Lincoln MKS Decklid Concept – a TCA Ultra Lite® outer panel and a carbon fiber RTM prototype inner – Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has fine ...

A wide-ranging group of technology, material and equipment suppliers have developed a new resin transfer molding process that would simplify production and painting for automotive composite parts.