BASF, Bekaert, Voestalpine to develop thermoplastics with steel
March 23/2012
(basf) -- Together with its partners Bekaert (Belgium)
and voestalpine Plastics Solutions (Netherlands), BASF is now working on the
development of thermoplastic components that are reinforced with steel cord
fabrics and produced by means of injection molding.
The three companies
have joined together with the objective of employing and further developing this
new EASI technology with partners in the automotive industry. The abbreviation
EASI stands for Energy Absorption, Safety and Integrity.
In
contrast to known types of reinforcements like continuous fiber-reinforced
laminates or other carbon or glass fiber fabrics, the steel cord inserts ensure
especially the integrity of the molded part’s function in a crash situation.
This creates an entirely new performance class.
