Lightweight components in the Automotive & Transportation industry

Typical applications

Cars, trucks, buses, agricultural vehicles and trains

Dashboards, front ends, spare wheel recesses, loading floors, battery housings, battery covers, underbody shields

Exterior components and exterior skin components, e.g., trunk lid, truck door sill, wind deflectors, engine hoods, fenders, transmission tunnels

Structural components such as seat shells, roof bows, sills, bumper beams

Challenges in the Automotive sector

Low production costs, high plant efficiency

Ever stricter emission standards require innovative lightweight construction strategies. Modern composites production plants support these strategies and can further reduce manufacturing costs, even when complex geometries and narrow manufacturing tolerances are required.

Short cycle times

High technical availability and reliable machine technology are required to ensure that shorter cycle times can be maintained.

High levels of automation

Increasingly high demands for quality, reproducibility and process data acquisition, coupled with higher levels of automation, require precise component traceability.

Our solutions for automotive industry challenges

Complete plants

Complete plants from a single source, combined with years of experience

Optimum material utilization

Optimum material utilization and fewer materials needed due to near-net-shape cutting. Material-saving nesting method. Fiber placement optimized for the component load

Great variety of shapes

More flexible and individual: even complex geometries are possible

High plant efficiency

Efficient plant operation through coordinated hardware, hydraulics and control technology. Cycle-time-optimized automation solution for greater output. Press operation optimized for the component

Intelligent automation solution

Intelligent automation solution for greater planning reliability over the entire service life of the plant

High and constant component quality

Excellent component quality with reduced weight; consistent quality due to close manufacturing tolerance

Made in Germany

Increased reliability and quality through German-made products and plants

Individual degree of automation

Degree of automation tailored to customer requirements

Robust plants

Robust plant designs for longer plant life. Experience from more than 1,000 delivered presses; reliable technology

Lower transport costs

Lower transport costs due to modular construction of heavy parts