sept. 3, 2019
4.00 pm to 4.45 pm
HUBER
Timo
Timo HUBER
ACTC HRC
Vice President of Advanced Composite Technology Center ACTC, Hengrui Corporation
Graduated from the University of Stuttgart, Dr. Timo Huber followed a Ph.D at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
He joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT as a research engineer in 2007
In 2009, he was the team leader for Injection Molding & Extrusion
In 2011, he was the team leader for Thermoplastic Processing.
From 2015 to 2018, he was the deputy Head of Department Polymer Engineering.
Since 2019 January, he become the Vice President of Advanced Composite Technology Center ACTC, Hengrui Corp.
Innovative Composite Lightweight Solutions for Automotive and Aerospace Applications
Fiber-reinforced plastics are becoming increasingly valued in the transport industry due to their very high specific material properties.
In the context of electro mobility, the weight-specific battery capacity has an increasing importance as an evaluation criterion for battery systems in the automotive industry. To achieve high values of >180Wh/kg innovative lightweight construction approaches are necessary. One of them is locally reinforced Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) as a resource and cost efficient process for manufacturing battery system enclosures.
An increasing number of identical parts per aircraft is pushing large-scale production processes such as Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) in the aerospace industry. Challenges, potentials and future directions of this development will be introduced at the example of an A350 door edge member.