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Pushing the bounderies
of structural composite technology
Applications in
wind, aerospace, security, and road transport
Many hightech industries are occupied with the ongoing quest to find cost effective technologies and production processes
without compromising the quality and technical properties of composites.
Acrosoma pushes the boundaries of composite materials technology for heavy dynamic loads by introducing them into new
applications where they can show their ultimate properties and deliver strong,light and cost efficient solutions.
welcome to the world of AcrosomA
New structures in composite material designed by Acrosoma
do not simply replace metal structures, but combine existing
functions, and add new properties like weight and cost reduc-
tion, impact resistance, additional insulation, thermal stability
and corrosion resistance
many structures, like aircraft fuselages, wind turbine blades
and truck chassis, can be designed in composites materials in a
continuous production mode, combining all existing properties,
integrating different functions and adding new properties
combiNAtioN of weight, mAteriAl ANd ProductioN cost reductioN.comPosite structures cAN be mAde without extrA cost.
Acrosoma® started life in 1993 from a 130-year trailer building company. Acrosoma has developped a fully patented technology arround vehicles in composites that has proven its value in trailer building. The Acrosoma Technology was first based on structures arround bonded pultruded profiles andfilament wound parts.Over the years, the backbone of the Acrosoma® structural composite technology is the Acrosoma tridimensional structured panel technology andadvanced filament winding technology.
weight blAck metAl
comPosite structure
weight metAl structure
2
cost blAck metAl
comPosite structure
weight AcrosomA structure weight metAl structure
5
cost AcrosomA structure cost metAl structure
blAck metAl comPosites AcrosomA comPosite structures
structurAl comPosite techNologY
cost metAl structure
• Constant quality –no impurities due to continuous production
• High buckling resistance
• High impact resistance
• High insulation properties
• Blast energy absorption
• Perfect crack stopper: 4 stitches per cm²
• Delamination between core and skin made impossible
• Integrated fibre optics for structural health monitoring
coNtiNuous ProductioN, flexible desigN, high resistANce, coNstANt quAlitY
AcrosomA® PANel techNologY
because Acrosoma® panels are produced in a continuous mode, and therefore with a constant quality, an over dimensioned design is not necessary.
imperfections are excluded and the material has built-in crack stopper. Acrosoma® panels are the best existing buckling resistant light weight material,
due to their tridimensional structure.
Acrosoma® panels have all the advantages of standard sandwich panels. However, thanks to its tridimensional structure and
continuous production method, they add some very important technical advantages: flexible design; high impact resistance;
constant quality; excellent fatigue and corrosion resistance. Therefore we like to paraphrase the Belgian artist Magritte, and
state that “an Acrosoma® panel is not a sandwich panel!”
coNtiNuous ProductioN. combiNAtioN of tuftiNg ANd PultrusioN
• coNtiNuous ProductioN
• Fast = 150 m2/hour or 250.000 m2/year
• Length to order
• Continuous quality
• Flexible on line fibre composition
• HIgH TeCHnICAL PerFOrMAnCes
• Light weight structural material
• High buckling resistance
• High strength and stiffness
coNtiNuous ProductioN. combiNAtioN of tuftiNg ANd PultrusioN AcrosomA ProductioN Process
the Acrosoma® production machine is a fully global patented production equipment that combines textile and composite technologies.tufting and pultrusion are both well known and mature production processes.Acrosoma® technology might be young, it relies on years of experience.
the Acrosoma® production process is a continuous process. lengths of 60 meters and more are possible. the Acrosoma® production machine has a capacityof 150 m2 per hour. the simple and well controlled production process guarantees a constant quality.
The 4 axis filament winding machine
makes parts with lengths up to 4 meter
and a diameter of 2 meter.
filAmeNt wiNdiNg
chassis torsion cross member, length 1,5 meter, weigth 6 kg,keeps vehicles with total weight of 40 tonnes on the road.
Pressure vessel part,diameter 2 meter, length 2 meter.
tow bar with a length of 3 meter and a weight of 22 kg, handles dynamic loads of 25 tonnes.
eNgiNeeriNg
A highly specialised teamin structural composite engineering
desigN - feA
CATIAv5AbAqusesAcomP
test beNch
extensive testing in40 tonnes @ 3Hzuse of fibre optics for one line strain monitoring
exPertise iN cuttiNg edge techNologies ANd mANufActuriNg
test beNch
extensive testing in40 tonnes @ 3Hzuse of fibre optics for one line strain monitoring
mANufActuriNg of PArts ANd AssembliNg lArge comPosite structures
Production hall of 6000 m2
6 tonnes 30 meter long overhead craneshigh experience and training in bonding composite parts
eNgiNeeriNg ANd ProductioN exPertise iN cuttiNg edge techNologies ANd mANufActuriNg
ProductioN ANd trANsPort frAmes for lArge comPosite PArts
cost cuttiNg rePlAcemeNt of iNVAr frAmes
incredible weight reduction by as much as 5 timesNo thermal expansionimpact resistance
world leAder iN structurAl comPosite techNologY
ProductioN ANd trANsPort frAmes for lArge comPosite PArts
cost cuttiNg rePlAcemeNt of iNVAr frAmes
incredible weight reduction by as much as 5 timesNo thermal expansionimpact resistance
world leAder iN structurAl comPosite techNologY AcrosomA APPlicAtioN
375 kg
150 kg
25 kg Needed for the structure
75 kg Needed to coNNect the metAl PArts
75 kg
full metAl desigN
blAck metAl APProAch
100 % comPosite structure
comPosite structure desigNed with AcrosomA APProAch
industriepark e17/2wolfsakker 29160 lokereN
T. +32 (0)9 340 43 30F. +32 (0)9 340 43 31
www.acrosoma.cominfo@acrosoma.com
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