In both cases an important strategy is creating lightweight-designs. In other words: make the transportation vehicles as light as possible without compromising today’s design-, comfort-, functionality- and safety requirements.
Composite solutions following this strategy offer both designers and engineers a whole range of possibilities, which are in fact exciting and challenging themselves as design freedom with composites is enormous and properties can be tailored according to requirements.
Two important processes usable for abovementioned solutions are Vacuum Infusion and RTM-Light primarily due to cost efficiency requirements. A new Flexible Fire Retardent Core, FR-Soric, is under development by Lantor BV which is suited for both these processes and will support lightweight composite solutions in the Mass Transit and Building & Construction market.
In this new FR-SORIC, the loading of the Halogen Free flame retardant can be tailored, depending on it's application. FR-Soric enables you to have all the Soric advantages, e.g. design freedom (flexibility) weight reduction and flow support, and Integrate the supportive fire resistant role of this flexible core in your “FST-application”.
This new material will Enhance FR-properties in a GRP-laminate, resulting in less after burning time, less destroyed area, less smoke and overall easier passing of FR-tests.
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