Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP)
Stalcom Automotive Technologies Ltd
New lightweight structure solutions to OEMs
Powderbond joins aluminium with affordable, high performance, continuous-fibre (CF) polypropylene (PP) composites, with great potential weight savings, while Flex-Tech allows the rapid development of lightweight aluminium spaceframes with high strength, mechanically interlocked extrusion based joint ‘nodes’.
Strong bonds for lightweighting – Project highlights
- Developing innovative design and assembly techniques for mixed material lightweight structures
- Aims to reduce vehicle weight, plus increase adoption of recyclable and sustainable materials
- While also reducing the cost of market entry for lightweight vehicles
- Incremental benefits will be improved fuel economy and CO2 reduction
- Project focuses on ‘Powderbond’ joining for assembly of thermoplastic composites to aluminium and ‘Flex-Tech’ aluminium extrusions with interlock joining and self-fixturing for assembly of spaceframe structures