On August 16, 2018, the first new Fox's off-line ceremony was held in Changan Ford's mainframe factory in Chongqing. This also marks the latest product of Blonde Fiber Technology's (600143) blonde carbon fiber company - continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic compound The material has achieved mass production applications for the first time in the field of automotive lightweighting. This is also the first global mass production of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites for automotive door substrates.
According to reports, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blonde Technology, Blonde Carbon Fiber has been committed to the research and development and market development of technical products in the field of high-performance composite materials since its establishment in 2012. Relying on the strong technical strength of the technology in the field of polymer technology, Blonde Carbon Fiber Company Developed a series of innovative composite products, including continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin-based composite material 'KingStrongTM' UD tape, 'KingPlyTM' organic plate (Organosheet), in the field of transportation and automotive lightweight structural materials. Broad application prospects.
Fan Xinyu, chief scientist of the blonde technology carbon fiber composites field, said in an interview with the Securities Times that continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites are structural materials with low cost and high performance, especially in the field of automotive lightweighting. Replace some metal materials and high-end polymer materials. In the past, thermosetting composite materials are often used in the production of super-running cars, but mass production is difficult. Nowadays, thermoplastic composite materials can be realized in mass production in the auto parts industry.
The door system supplier of Changan Ford C519, Germany Brose Company, uses this composite material combined with LFT's mixed material solution to replace the traditional steel or single long fiber PP solution. The new hybrid process molding line (molding + injection molding) realizes thermoplasticity. Manufacturing and production of composite door substrates. Compared with steel and long-fiber PP door systems, thermoplastic composite door systems can effectively reduce weight by 5kg/car or 2kg/car.
Due to the introduction of continuous fiber materials, the new door substrate design is lighter in weight, higher in strength and more efficient, and can integrate more functions and modules, saving production and installation of multiple sub-components and multiple welding processes, further reducing The weight and assembly work of the door system assembly. This innovative material solution has also been highly recognized by the OEM.