DSM Composite Resins receives award for best innovative material
31 Oct '07
4 min read
DSM has new products and technologies that are focused on weight reduction, ease of processing and the environment, which are major themes and areas of innovation for DSM Composite Resins. In Munich, DSM presented new gelcoats series, Atlac E-coat barrier coat, turane resins and the NUNA4 that are the innovative products and solutions DSM Composite Resins recently developed and launched in the market.
DSM Composite Resins applied for the Design and Technology Award with using the Turane resin technology in NUNA4, the solar-car from the University of Delft (The Netherlands). It will be participating in the famous solar-race in Australia next week. Weighing barely 200 kilograms, NUNA4 utilizes cutting edge aerospace and Formula1 technology in producing a car that is stronger, lighter and safer than its predecessors.
For this year's race in Australia, entry criteria were made stricter to ensure that the vehicles were not only safer, but also more recognizable as cars, with roll bars, upright seating and a maximum surface area of 6 m² for solar cells.
DSM met the University Team's advanced composite needs with turane resin technology. Turane resins were developed for advanced composite applications such as aerospace, automotive and windmill blades, which have the same requirements for high strength coupled with low weight, but with the need for fast processing characteristics.
Vacuum infusion was used to produce the two halves of the body shell and wheel casings with turane resins impregnating a reinforcement pack that incorporated woven carbon fibre. The cure chemistry of turane resins gives a cure profile from slow to very fast making it ideal for fully controllable vacuum resin infusion.
Winning this second award for turane resins in Munich is a great achievement for DSM Composite Resins and a clear confirmation of DSM's leadership in groundbreaking innovations in the area of composites.
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