KreiFaDeck project With the financial support of the European Union, ThermHex Waben GmbH is developing in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems (IMWS), a recyclable PET-based fibre composite face sheets for the inline production of cost-efficient thermoplastic sandwich structures. The overall objective of project KreiFaDeck is to investigate a [...]
ThermHex Waben, specialist manufacturer of thermoplastic polypropylene honeycomb cores for lightweight sandwich panels and composites, have increased the efficiency of their production with the introduction of an in-line Hammer IMS Marveloc-CURTAIN basis-weight measuring system. The three-headed sensor is a radio transceiver and scans across the full 1.4 m width of the production line, checking [...]
Over 100 composites and sandwich construction experts from around the world have spent two days exploring the technical challenges of how to strip weight from transport using honeycomb cores. The experts attended the joint Thermhex and Fraunhofer IMWS Composite-Sandwich Conference held in Halle (Saale) at the end of May (24 – 25 May 2022).The delegates [...]
