Lightweight Components Production Spike in Aircraft & Automotive Sectors

Fiber composite components
Lightweight plastic parts with paper honeycomb core

2024-08-05

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BBG


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BBG is experiencing a spike in orders for systems designed to produce lightweight components, particularly from the aircraft, automotive, and commercial vehicle sectors. Popular manufacturing solutions include the use of paper honeycomb (PHC) cores and processes such as PUR-CSM, LFI, and RTM.

BBG, system partner for the plastics processing industry, is reporting increased demand for systems for the production of lightweight components. Most recently, major orders came primarily from customers in the aircraft, passenger car and commercial vehicle sectors. Orders focused in particular on manufacturing solutions for the production of lightweight components with a paper honeycomb (PHC) core.

Pressing prepregs with PHC is one of the most sought-after processes in addition to PUR-CSM (PUR composite spray moulding), LFI (long fiber injection) and RTM (resin transfer moulding).

Customers use the moulds and production systems supplied to manufacture overhead locker covers and partition walls for aircraft interiors, load floor covers for cars and panels for commercial vehicles, among other things.

The components are very stable despite their low weight. Depending on the requirements profile and intended use, they can be manufactured so as to ensure corrosion and temperature resistance and Class A surface quality.

The right process for every lightweight part and the optimum components

BBG production systems for fiber composite components are used by a large number of industries. They work efficiently and save resources and materials so that customers benefit from low energy and production costs.

Depending on the respective requirements, different processes are used to manufacture mudguards for tractors, radiator grille panels for trucks, sliding headliners and body components for passenger cars and commercial vehicles or battery boxes for electric vehicles.

BBG’s end-to-end systems include components for all production process steps: from material provisioning and machine loading through to the production, removal, quality control, post-processing and packaging of components. Important material and production data can be recorded and assigned to individual components for product traceability in order to certify production processes.

As general contractor, the Mindelheim-based family-owned company is in charge of the project planning, design and implementation of end-to-end systems. The company is responsible for selecting and integrating the modules and coordinating the interfaces. The range of services offered also includes automation, installation and commissioning, including operator training.

BBG develops and manufactures core system components such as moulds, mould carriers and press systems itself, while other modules are supplied by long-standing partners. In addition to new projects, the Mindelheim-based company also retrofits existing systems.

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