From Light-weighting to X-ray transparency
New Ways in Composites: being prototype or serial production, being Carbon, Glass, Aramid, or natural fibres, Connova Group manufactures composite components in perfection.
We realize your ideas and plans until full product maturity. Our experience, our drive for innovation and our versatility guarantees high-quality products without compromise.
We bring the extra-ordinary material properties of composites literally to carry loads.
Composite components provide superior characteristics – our engineers take the best out of it to fulfil your requests and your demands.
Not achievable with traditional materials – at comparable low weight!
Tuneable stiffness in all directions – from elastic to ultra-stiff – allows endless applications.
Fibre-reinforced plastics offer an unparalleled potential for light-weighting compared to metals.
Composite structures tire much slower and therefore allow a higher lifetime.
In a dynamic environment, the damping of vibrations get up to ten times higher than with metals.
Controlled and adjustable thermal expansion down to zero expansion if needed!
Very high resistance against many chemicals in difficult environments.
The ray translucency allows applications in medical equipment with highest requirements.
The fabric structure looks appealing and of high value. This opens new design options in visual applications.
In aviation, traditionally the share of composite materials is high and can range up to 60%.
Unmanned aircrafts and drones for many different applications will drive the future of mobility.
Extremely light and ultra-stiff carbon-fibre composite structures are standard for challenging space missions.
Composite structures characterize motor sports from the very beginning. We bring the technology onto the racing track since more than 30 years.
Composite components become more and more important in machinery, automatization, and robotics due to their superior economy over lifetime – weight saving saves energy!
For composites different design rules are applicable than for metals. We have these rules in our genes and you have the advantage.
Fibre type:
HT carbon fibre
Matrix type:
Epoxy resin
Fibre volume content (FVC)
– All figures are typical average values
60%
Young’s modulus parallel to fibre direction
140 GPa
Young’s modulus perpendicular to fibre direction
12 GPa
Shear modulus
5 Gpa
Transverse contraction (Poisson’s ratio)
0,26
p
1,55 – 1,60 g/cm2
Tension strength parallel to fibre direction
2.100 MPa
Tension strength perpendicular to fibre direction
50 MPa
Compression strength parallel to fibre direction
1.500 MPa
Compression strength perpendicular to fibre direction
230 MPa
Shear strength
90 Mpa
Expansion parallel to fibre direction
0,2 x 10-6 K-1
Expansion perpendicular to fibre direction
30 x 10-6 K-1
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