The national composite center (NCC) of the UK recently expanded its technology center and introduced a new Claus Maffei rim star compact 4 / 4 / 4 hybrid metering system. The system is equipped with 2 mixing nozzles, which can treat epoxy resin and polyurethane for the HP-RTM process.

“The use of the Remstar Compact in high-pressure perfusion technology allows us to be handier when dealing with fast-curing resin systems.”

It can shorten the production cycle and create conditions for the mass production of fiber-reinforced composite components. “Wolfgang Hinz, Krauss maffei’s product and sales manager, said.“

Formerly, the HP-RTM process mainly uses epoxy resin as the matrix material. In recent years, polyurethane as a substitute for the emerging.

” As a device that can deal with both epoxy and polyurethane, Rimstar Compact 4/4/4 provides great convenience for NCC and its member units in product design. ”

The UK National Composites Center (NCC) was founded in 2011 and is the core body of the UK composite national strategy. Since its inception, the focus on aerospace, automotive and renewable energy, and other fields.

“The composite market has grown rapidly in the UK. Major automotive OEM manufacturers are very concerned about the development of lightweight components of CFRP cars, the aerospace industry is also very active in the application of composite materials. “Kraussmaffei (UK) technology manager Stephen Lambert said.

In recent years, NCC has focused on the development of new composite material production processes and has been working towards industrialized mass manufacturing.

The main research directions include automatic production of prefabricated parts, hot-pressing tank process, molding process, visual monitoring system, thermodynamics and rheology research, etc.

NCC currently has more than 30 member enterprises.