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[Ask] Light, Stiff and Cheap

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By Leon - 1/24/2013 5:27:16 PM

Hii guys,

I need your advice for combination of composites material that can provide a several purpose below on 1-2mm thickness: 
  1. Light (30-50% than steel)
  2. Stiff (no tik tok)
  3. Cheap (as cheap as good)
This structure criteria is for electric car exterior body such as Hood, Doors, Trunks, fender, spoiler. this car will passion to reducing weight and increasing performance. And segmented for midle-low customer budget, hard to say  that the carbon fiber is not an option. Is there any body have a advice? example: biaxial fiber glass+lantorsoric+biaxial+vinyl ester.



Your help are necessary.

Leon
By matthieutje65 - 1/26/2013 11:01:09 PM

What Brasco says brings me on an idea...
If you have the budget and time to make some mould and need to get many parts out of it you could thermoform plastics...
Thats how they make jacuzzis and big parts for tractors and so on... 
If you're able to make CAD models of you parts you could CNC the parts so you have your moulds easily...
this can maybe get a bit expensive but is relatively easy to do...



This is on big size ofcourse Smile