Recently, JEC officially announced the results of the 2019 JEC Chicago Forum Innovation Awards (JEC Innovation Awards). Among the automotive innovation application categories, Surface Generation from the United Kingdom, professional composite engineering design and analysis company from China HRC, KDFeddersen and InCA Technology from Switzerland jointly designed, developed and manufactured automotive thermoplastic hybrid molded parts-C-pillar reinforcements won the 2019 JEC Chicago Forum Innovation Award. This award will be formally presented by the JEC Organizing Committee at the 2019 JEC Chicago Forum on June 19.
The JEC Innovation Award is a professional award established by the JEC Group for the long-term global selection, recognition and promotion of innovative applications of composite materials in different industries. In the 15 years since the establishment of this innovation award, more than 1,800 companies from different countries have participated in the selection of JEC innovation projects, of which 177 companies and 433 partners have won the award for their outstanding performance in the innovative application of composite materials. . The JEC Innovation Award's consideration of the selected innovative products and technologies is comprehensive and professional, mainly for the various partners' participation in the value chain of composite products and technologies, the degree of technological innovation, and the degree of commercial application promotion. .
The 2019 JEC Chicago Innovation Awards have selected innovative products and technologies in four different industry sectors, namely:
Mobility: Hybrid Carbon Fiber Motorcycle Bottom Guard
Architecture: Rooftops built with graphene nanotechnology applications
Automotive: Carbon fiber C-pillar reinforcement
Infrastructure: carbon fiber bridge cable
The C-pillar reinforcement designed by Engenuity and jointly developed by a number of companies is an innovative body product tailored for well-known European OEMs. This product uses carbon fiber composite materials to locally strengthen the C-pillars of automobile bodies without increasing Under the premise of the overall manufacturing cost, the overall torsional stiffness of the vehicle body can be increased by 7.5%. In addition, it also has the following main advantages:
Light weight: 30% weight reduction compared to metal materials
Cost advantage: Molded composite parts with unit prices as low as 19 € / KG
Recyclable: Fiber can be recycled and reprocessed
Flexible production: Flexible design solution can adapt to multiple production platforms
Highly transformable: a technology that benefits both manufacturers and customers
This component was also exhibited at the HRC booth during the previous JEC Paris2019. Its many advantages, high conversion and promotion value have caused it to attract the attention of companies from the composite materials industry and potential customers.
HRC is a professional composite materials engineering design company from the China under the HRC Group. It has more than 25 years of experience in composite material design analysis and product development. Its main business scope includes: composite material screening and development, comprehensive material testing and characterization, and finite element materials. Model verification, failure mode development, ordered and disordered lay-up design, TP & TS matrix system, solid deformation characterization, and automotive simulation and crash test; have multiple inventions and patents, customers cover F1, Le Mans, Supercars Waiting for almost all top auto races and many internationally renowned auto OEMs such as Bentley, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and so on.
"Giving more deserved confidence to composite materials" is one of the concepts that HRC has been working hard to promote, and this joint acquisition of JEC's professional recognition and honors can be said to reaffirm Engenuity's professionalism, and HPC will continue to work together Engenuity, bringing more advanced technology and leading industry practical experience to the Asian market, provides more local customers with the best solutions and solutions that can balance cost, performance and weight.