Thermoplastic Composite Flooring

The floor s beam and panel materials were vacuum consolidated in an oven and then sheet formed via a stamping press at the airbus plant in saint nazaire france.

Thermoplastic composite flooring. Wood plastic composites are composite materials made of wood fiber wood flour and thermoplastic such as pe pp pvc or pla. Thermoplastic honeycomb technology reduces the hyundai creta s trunk floor weight by 20 the technology developed and patented by econcore is unique in design. With goals to absorb higher impact energy while reducing mass and cost for both the rear and front load floors as well the larger biw structure of which they were a part the decision was made to produce the rear load floor using thermoplastic composites with metallic inserts. In addition to wood fiber and plastic wpcs can also contain other ligno cellulosic and or inorganic filler materials.

Sandwiform is a recyclable thermoplastic composite that consists of a honeycombed cellular core placed between two reinforced thermoplastic skins. In place of a thermoset composite airbus used cytec s apc 2 thermoplastic unitape a prepreg that combines as4 carbon fiber from hexcel and cytec s peek. Chemical additives seem practicall. The thermoplastic composite combining a sandwich panel of pp honeycomb and gmt composite skin.

The team wanted to add trunk features and second row seatbelt attachment structures but they also wanted to use the load floor to absorb significant crash energies. The thermoplastic composite combining a sandwich panel of polypropylene pp honeycomb and glass mat thermoplastic gmt composite skin.