Sustainable and lightweight: efficient production of thermoplastic composite parts

The sustainable and cost-efficient thermoplastic alternative to the previous thermoset solution with bolted-on milled aluminium parts: at JEC World 2024, ENGEL is producing inspection flaps for passenger aircraft using the ENGEL organomelt process. (Image: Neue Materialien Fürth)
With its many years of experience in injection moulding and its high level of automation expertise, ENGEL develops highly cost-effective production concepts for the manufacture of composite parts in large quantities. At JEC World 2024 from 5 to 7 March in Paris, France, the machine manufacturer – headquartered in Austria – is demonstrating how high production efficiency and cost-effectiveness can be combined with sustainability for both the aerospace and automotive industries.
In the ENGEL organomelt process, thermoplastic fibre composite preforms - for example thermoplastic sheets and UD tapes - are formed and functionalised in a single integrated process step. For example, reinforcing ribs or assembly elements are moulded immediately in the same mould after thermoforming using a thermoplastic from the same matrix material group as the thermoplastic sheet. This not only enables a highly efficient and fully automated production process, but also contributes to the circular economy. The consistent thermoplastic mono-material approach facilitates subsequent recycling of the parts.

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