Overhead presentation. European natural fiber market/trends in automotive applications: Consumption of wood/natural fiber composites: Total 2002: 80000 t/a, total 2010: 120000 t/a. Technologies with natural fiber materials: Wood fibers: Wood with/without synthetics: pre-forming, hot pressing. Long natural fibers with thermosets: Flax, hemp, sisal, kenaf: hot pressing. Sisal, flax: LFI, R-RIM. Flax, hemp, ramie-mats: pultrusion. Long natural fibers with thermoplastics: Flax, hemp, sisal, kenaf: pre-heating, cold pressing. 2003 volume total European market: Door panels: Wood and natural fiber material: 44 %, other plastics: 56 %. Instrumental panels: wood fiber mats: 1 %, thermoplastics-longfiber PP: 3 %, reinforced PU: 5 %, natural fiber mats: 6 %, thermoplastics injection: 71 %. Forecast on NFC for injection moulding processes: future trends 2005: Which natural fibre technologies for composites will gain in significance? Natural fibres for press-moulding: 8 %, natural fibres for injection moulding: 32 %, natural fibres + bio-plastics: 19 %.


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    Title :

    The future of natura fiber materials (in automotive)


    Additional title:

    Die Zukunft der Naturfaserwerkstoffe: Stand der Technik, Bedarf und Trends (im Automobilbau)


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    11 Seiten


    Remarks:

    (nicht paginiert)


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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