The Hybrid RTM Process Chain: Automated Insertion of Load Introducing Elements during Subpreform Assembling

Abstract:

Fiber reinforced plastics are increasingly employed in the automobile industry. The process chain of resin transfer molding offers one approach for realizing structural components made of fiber reinforced plastic in high quantities. In order to increase economic efficiency, automated solutions for the subpreform assembly are required. There is also the need for mechanically highly stressable and at the same time economical joining techniques for joining fiber reinforced plastics with metal. The following article shall provide an approach to meet both of these requirements.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 794)
• Pages: 312-319
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.794.312
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Fabian Ballier, Jan Schwennen, Julian Berkmann, Jürgen Fleischer
• Keywords: Fiber Reinforced Plastic, Joining Concepts, Subpreform Assembly

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