SGL Group exhibits innovative fiber materials and composites at the Experience Composites in Augsburg

Material hybrid concepts for automotive engineering of the future

Excursion to Meitingen and participation in award ceremonies and technical discussions

Wiesbaden, September 16, 2016. SGL Group The Carbon Company is taking part in the Experience Composites 2016 in Augsburg from September 21 to 23, where it will exhibit new material developments and innovative carbon fiber-based product solutions and their applications. This new fair for fiber composites and lightweight design is being held for the first time in Augsburg and will present innovations, ideas, projects, start-up initiatives, and potential applications for fiber composite materials.

From current applications to new material hybrids

Among the exhibits on its booth in hall 1, SGL Group will be featuring Carbon Core elements used for the body structure of the new BMW 7 series an impressive example of the innovative use of composites. In this serial application, carbon fiber-based braids from SGL Group are used in combination with aluminum in the roof frames of the new model series. The braids are produced by SGL Group in a fully automated process and then supplied directly to the BMW Group as preforms for component manufacture.

In the so-called innovation area of the Show in hall 3, SGL Group will also be demonstrating smart material hybrid concepts that point up specific new possibilities for the combined use of different materials in automotive engineering of the future. Among the innovations exhibited here will be pre-impregnated fiber bundles, the SIGRAPREG TowPregs based on 50k continuous carbon fiber tow. These are particularly suitable for automated production processes because of their width stability and excellent winding behavior. They can also be combined, for example, with new rapid-curing prepreg resin systems, such as the snap cure epoxy resin system recently developed by SGL Group, which offers the advantages of rapid curing times (

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