Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, has announced that safety-critical areas of the sports car Zenos E10 composite chassis, made with Hexcel's HiMax carbon fibre reinforcements selected by Bright Lite Structures (BLS), will be displayed at the Advanced Engineering expo, in UK, on November 2 and 3, 2016, at stand L162.
The engineered carbon fibre multiaxial fabrics ensure that the sports car's floor structure can withstand high seat belt pull-out loads in the event of a crash.Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, has announced that safety-critical areas of the sports car Zenos E10 composite chassis, made with Hexcel's HiMax carbon fibre reinforcements selected by Bright Lite Structures (BLS), will be displayed at the Advanced Engineering expo, in UK, on November 2 and 3, 2016, at stand L162.#
The Zenos E10 is a high performance sports car with an innovative and lightweight design. Zenos set out to maximise the driving experience whilst making their cars affordable and accessible to a larger number of people. The result is a stunning combination of sublime handling and immediate acceleration, delivering a truly exhilarating drive on the road or on the track – all available at an everyday price.
The innovative E10 chassis was designed and developed by Bright Lite Structures, whose patented low cost manufacturing technology for carbon composite components allows the finished chassis to be assembled from only five composite parts, which are bonded to a central aluminium spine. For the 1.6 metres x 1.7 metres chassis floor, Hexcel Reinforcements UK worked alongside BLS to engineer two carbon fibre multiaxial fabrics to meet the challenging design requirements for crash loads without adding unnecessary weight.
A HiMax 300 g/m2 (75 g/m2, 150 g/m2, 75 g/m2) carbon fibre triaxial fabric was added over the complete inner surface of the chassis floor panel with additional areas of HiMax 0/90° 300 g/m2 carbon fibre biaxial fabric used around the seat belt inserts and seat mounting inserts. The resulting engineered solution ensure that, should the vehicle be involved in a high speed crash, the carbon fibre reinforcements will spread the seat belt pull-out load over the largest possible area, ensuring the integrity of the seat belt inserts co-moulded into the floor. (GK)
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