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Project
3D Light Trans (3D-LightTrans)
3DLT's goal is to develop a breakthrough flexible low-cost technology for 3D textile-reinforced composites in an automated production line. Hybrid yarns incorporating the thermoplastic matrix are processed into 3D textile structures. After fixation, preforms are thermoformed into composites. This technology enables a shift from cost-intensive, small series nich markets towards mass production applications in a wide range of sectors.
Date:1 Apr 2011 → 31 Mar 2015
Keywords:product chain, thermoplastic polymers, thermoforming, 3D textiles, composites
Disciplines:Other materials engineering, Semiconductor materials, Materials science and engineering, Polymeric materials, Ceramic and glass materials, Process engineering, Composites and hybrid materials