Italy-based Polynt Composites has invested in a new production line at its Frankfurt, Germany facility to make carbon fiber reinforced sheet molding compounds (SMC) for serial applications.
The newline has a production width of maximum 1.5 m and can operate with chopped carbon fibers in different fiber lengths, with recycled carbon fleece and with all types of fabric for prepregs. It has a capacity of about 2.000 tons/year. Polynt Composites has also developed and is using new resins systems for SMC applications in various market sectors.
In all, Polynt has a total capacity of 80.000 tons/year from its Italy, Germany, Poland and South Korea plants.
Due to the growing demand for carbon fiber materials, Polynt’s management is also looking at the possibility of opening a further production line in South Korea in 2016.
This story is reprinted from material from Polynt, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
