Automotive Lightweighting 2021 June 14 to 15, 2021

Cost-effective Weight Reduction with Multi-material, Hybrid Length-scale Composites

Combining multi-material continuous fiber-reinforced lattices with long fiber overmolding enables lighter, stronger and less expensive structural composites
Novel composite manufacturing process enables high throughput production of multi-material and locally optimized composite lattices
FEA case study that illustrates expanded design space provided by multi-materials, hybrid length-scale composites