THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES FOR MASS PRODUCTION
LANXESS subsidiary Bond-Laminates is one of the few developers and manufacturers of continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites worldwide offering a wide range of tailor-made composites for mass production.
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In cooperation with manufacturers of plastics machinery and automation technology, Bond-Laminates has succeeded in developing new processing technologies that go far beyond the thermoforming of Tepex semi-finished products.
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The company is a pioneer of new processing methods that extend the application potential of its composites and increase the performance and functionality of the corresponding components.
One example of this competence is hybrid moulding. This one-shot-process makes it possible to shape a composite semi-finished product in the injection mould, to reinforce it at selected points with short-glass fibre-reinforced thermoplastics and to provide it with additional functions such as fixings and guides.
Hybrid moulding has meanwhile proven itself in the series production of numerous lightweight automotive components such as seat shells, bumper beams, brake pedals and module carriers.
Another example of Bond-Laminates' technological expertise is a hybrid finishing process for the production of decorated lightweight components. It combines hybrid moulding with IMD (In-Mould Decoration) technology and enables fully automatic mass production, without any reworking, of lightweight components with high-quality surface decoration.
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