Smart Molding International 2-2022

16 newsfeed smart_molding international 2/2022 Solvay, a leading global supplier of specialty materials, has announced an important addition to comple- ment its broad portfolio of com- posite materials for the automotive industry: SolvaLite® 714 Prepregs, a new generation of unidirectional carbon-fiber and woven-fabric prod- ucts pre-impregnated with SolvaLite® 714 epoxy resin. These innovative prepregs offer fast-cure cycles, long outlife, and have been optimized for manufacturing automotive compo- nents, such as body panels, at short compression-molding cycle times in serial production runs. “Our new SolvaLite® 714 Prepregs have been specially developed to ensure strong product robustness in large-scale industrial compres- sion-molding processes and deliver high structural part performance,” said Greg Kelly, Product Manager Prepregs, Solvay Composites. They are available in a wide range of uni- directional carbon fiber reinforced and woven-fabric formats.” In addition, Solvay recently in- vested in production capability enhancements for Xencor™ LFT (long fiber technology). The invest- ment includes new manufacturing assets and additional capabilities in Solvay’s Oudenaarde facility in Belgium, as well as an expansion of research and development re- sources at one of Solvay’s techni- cal centers in Alpharetta, Georgia. Xencor LFT is one of the key pillars in Solvay's light-weighting port- folio, which also includes short- fiber compounds and continuous carbon-fiber composites. Xencor LFT opens up new light- weighting potential for aluminum die-cast replacement in next-gener- ation electric vehicles. This includes several areas of metal replacement, such as those in braking and steer- ing, electric-drive units, inverters, and battery module protection, among others. Solvay www.solvay.com In the course of production, it is frequently necessary for the flow rate of the cooling medium on the injection mould to be read off rapidly and easily so that it can be regulated locally if necessary. Precise measurement and regulation The new HASCO f l owme t e r Z9905/… enables accurate measure- ment and regulation of the required volumes of water in cooling systems. It can be used at temperatures of up to 100°C and operating pressures of up to 10 bar and is suitable for both water and water/glycol mixtures. Installation anywhere in the direction of flow The volume flow can be read off directly and easily in l/min at the bottom edge of the float and can be regulated with equal precision and speed using a screwdriver. If necessary, the flow can be shut off completely. The flowmeter can be installed anywhere in the direc- tion of flow. HASCO www.hasco.com Solvay expands its automotive applications portfolio HASCO presents new flowmeter Solvay launches SolvaLite™ 714 Prepregs, a fastcuring, new-generation composite system targeted at demanding high-volume automotive applications with high structural part performance (picture: Solvay) Picture: HASCO