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Gurit to deliver future of composite solutions at JEC

12 Mar '13

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CBS 200 Press Technology for finished carbon car body parts
As the result of extensive in-house research, Gurit has now developed a press process to reduce the labour and time needed to manufacture high-performance A-Class composite car body panels. With a curing time of less than 10 minutes, the refined process allows for the manufacture up to 40,000 parts per year from a single tool set. “At this production volume a higher level of material performance is required to access new market niches, leading to the development of CBS 200 – a new product which is thermally stable to over 200°C / 390°F,” says Dr Damian Bannister, Gurit's Chief Technology Officer.

“The new product uses a similar laminate structure as the current CBS product to reduce the panel weight, but with higher temperature resistance enabling the panels to go down a high temperature paint-line at an OEM. The new composite parts are therefore fully compatible with existing mass production painting and assembly methods.” CBS 200 takes automotive parts production to the next level. Dr Dan Jones, Gurit's Automotive Technical Development Manager will be presenting a paper on CBS 200 Press Technology, in the automotive forum at JEC Europe 2013, on Wednesday 13th March, between 10am-1pm.

Further product and technology innovations highlighted at JEC
Gurit will also be showcasing its new fire retardant PET foam, G-PET FR, with superior Fire, Smoke, Toxicity (FST) performance as well as its new core technology for PET, G-PET LITE, which reduces resin uptake, whilst retaining peel strength and bulk core properties. In the prepreg product segment Gurit will be presenting Airstream coating technology, a specialised prepreg developed to enable the economic manufacture of very high quality unidirectional carbon spar caps without the requirement of a temperature controlled factory environment.

Members of the Engineered Structures team will be available at the show to discuss how Gurit's expertise can be applied to solve engineering challenges in all markets. Engineered Structures rigorously addresses new market opportunities for composite applications, bringing together Gurit's global capabilities in engineering, materials science, prototyping and manufacturing, and offering any combination of these skills to realise the most advanced composite structures.

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