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NEWEST 3-D SANDWICH PANEL MANUFACTURING, DESIGN & APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY FOCUS ON WEIGHT, STRENGTH AND THERMAL EXPANSION SAMPE
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Ir. Jan Kustermans Engineering manager
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ACROSOMA TECHNOLOGY
Engineering CAD: Catiav5, Solid Works FEA: Abaqus, ESAComp TESTING Test bench: 40 Ton, 3HZ Instron test machine 50kN Fibre Optics: full installation and measuring equipment On road and on track testing of vehicles Design and development of large composite structures
Production
Acrosoma® Panel machine: Capacity of 250,000m²/year Filament winding - 4 axis NC 2m diameter 3m length RTM: Own production of molds Assembling of large composite structures 6,000 m² production area Extra large Paint booth (with extra heating 90°C) SAMPE
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ACROSOMA® PANEL
Tri-dimensional stitched panel Production in continuous mode Basic material for large light weight structures
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GENERAL
SANDWICH PANEL
TRI-DIMENSIONAL ACROSOMA速
High bending stiffness to weight ratio
High bending stiffness to weight ratio
Low delamination resistance
High delamination resistance
No 3D reinforcement
3D reinforcement (stitches)
Cost & time consuming production
Cost & time effective production
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ACROSOMA® PANEL TECHNOLOGY
• Continuous production process • Combination tufting – pultrusion • 100% controlled process
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ACROSOMA® PRODUCTION MACHINE
Continuous production 150 m² / hour or 250,000 m² / year SAMPE
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NUMEROUS DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS POSSIBLE COMPONENT
MATERIAL PU PVC
foam PET Fire resistant material glass carbon fibre Skin lay up
Aramide high tensile steel Combination Aramide
z-stitch
nylon high tensile steel
Vinyl ester polyester resin
epoxy polyurethane Inorganic resins
Width Overall dimensions
Thickness Shaped
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ACROSOMA FE METHODOLOGY
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ASSEMBLING JIG 40 METER
100 % dimensional control SAMPE
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COMPLEX ASSEMBLIES
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GLUED ON STEEL PARTS (FOR STRUCTURAL USE)
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APPLICATION: TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
7.2m
33 m 1.3m
0.8m
Total weight: 3.650 kg
0.6m SAMPE
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APPLICATION: TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
LOADCASE 1: frame supported on 4 points Max. deflection = 7 mm Calculated = reality
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APPLICATION: ASSEMBLY JIG
Minimal deflection (0,45 mm on 13 meter) Minimal thermal expansion under 10째C (0,25 mm on 13 meter) SAMPE 16
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APPLICATION: BASE FRAMES
0,25 mm thermal expansion over 40 meter. SAMPE
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APPLICATION: BASE FRAMES
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