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 Teijin demonstrationsbil Japanese Teijin introduces a method to rapidly produce car parts made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic. The frame of a demobil from the company weighs only 47 kg. Teijin claims to have developed a method that allows faster than earlier parts of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, making it possible to mass-produce components for the automotive industry. One reason for the casting process has been reduced from five to one minute is that Teijin uses thermoplastics rather than thermosets. It has also developed methods to weld together the reinforced plastic components, as well as techniques for attaching them to components of the metal. Customers hoping to achieve with this technology are in the automotive industry, aerospace industry but also the tooling and robot manufacturers. But all hopes of great interest from customers and have built an electric concept car with a frame around the passenger compartment, which only weighs 47 kg. The four-seater has a range of 100 km and a top speed of 60 km / h. The car will be used in contact with automakers and suppliers to demonstrate the ability to light and strong structures intended for mass production. |
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