LFT (Long Fiber Thermoplast)
More profitable production of lightweight components
Manufacture long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics more cost-effectively. These are suitable for components such as underbody shields, spare wheel recesses and instrument panel carriers. They offer outstanding lightweight construction properties and a high potential in energy absorption behavior. With Dieffenbacher’s LFT technology and the process-controlled, high-precision hydraulic Fiberpress, you can incorporate reinforcing fibers and materials more cost-effectively, sparingly and flexibly.
Even more cost effective and flexible – the LFT-D (Long Fiber Thermoplastic Direct-molding) process
Further reduce your costs within the LFT process by manufacturing your semi-finished product directly. In addition to glass, synthetic and natural fibers and plastics, you can also use recycled materials. With Dieffenbacher LFT-D technology you can adapt your material recipes more flexibly to component requirements. Make yourself more autonomous with a viable alternative to steel and aluminum for structural and semi-structural components in automotive construction (e.g., instrument panel carriers, underbody components, spare wheel recesses). Our hydraulic high-precision press shapes your plastic compound into a finished component. Complex filling layouts or loading two presses can further increase your process efficiency. Let us supply you with a turnkey production cell – with superordinate line control and integrated quality assurance. Take the next step toward more economic efficiency.
Customer benefits
Less weight due to local reinforcement – Advanced LFT-D
Adapt to increased stiffness or toughness requirements with greater flexibility – for example, by placing additional local reinforcing materials in the component. A parallel tape laying process with unidirectional fiber tapes embedded in a matrix of thermoplastics allows you to better combine the advantages of both materials and those of LFT-D technology. The result is plastic components that exhibit better impact behavior and have other advantages.