What are thermoplastic composites?

Thermoplastic composites are a class of composites that use thermoplastic resins as the matrix and reinforcing materials (e.g., glass, carbon, or aramid fibers) as the reinforcing component.

Advantages and Applications of Thermoplastic Composites

Thermoplastic composites have outstanding features such as low density, high strength, fast processing, recyclability, etc. They belong to the new type of composites with high performance, low cost and green environment protection, and have partially replaced expensive engineering plastics, thermosetting composites (FRP) and lightweight metal materials (aluminum-magnesium alloy), and have broad application prospects in aircraft, automobiles, trains, medical treatment, sports and other aspects.

Classification of Thermoplastic Composites

Thermoplastic composites, as a class of revolutionary modern materials, are mainly classified into three categories according to the length and distribution of reinforcing fibers:

Short fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (SFT)

Long fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (LFT)

Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites (CFT)

Among them, Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites (CFRTP), as an important branch of thermoplastic composites, has been widely used in aircraft, automobiles and construction.

Process of thermoplastic composites

    According to different molding methods, CFRTP is divided into molding, winding molding, pultrusion molding and automatic lay-up molding. Among them, the molding process is more widely used in the field of automotive parts because of its wider applicable structure.

Ausheng Automobile-Continuous Fiber Thermoplastic Composites

Zhenjiang Ausheng Lightweight Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. has completed a certain amount of technical accumulation based on the molding process route, and has the conditions for mass production. We are planning to carry out the design, installation and debugging of the production line, and actively promote the application of continuous fiber thermoplastic composites in automotive and other fields.

Process Roadmap

In 2024, Ausheng Automotive will further develop the market of automotive interior and exterior parts and structural parts, and invest in new processes and production lines in both thermoset and thermoplastic technology directions, so as to make the automotive industry "lighter", and help the automotive lightweighting continue to develop towards "new" and "green". development and greening of automotive lightweighting.

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