Made easy with light
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 17:35
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lightweight, sturdy, and non-corrosive: fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are an ideal material for making boats and cars, and for aerospace engineering. But up to now, processing the raw materials was considered laborious and costly. At the JEC Composites Show 2010 Fraunhofer researchers will show how lasers can make the manufacturing of structures out of fiber-reinforced thermoplastics efficient, clean, reliable and automatic.