powerRibs™ Natural Fibre Reinforcement for High Performance
The award-winning powerRibs™ technology is an extremely lightweight, high performance natural fibre reinforcement grid.
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Tripled flexural bending stiffness – enables weight reduction and dematerialization
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Improved safety with non-catastrophic crash behavior
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Up to 250% higher vibration damping
Inspired by leaf veins, powerRibs™ add maximal stiffness at minimal weight by creating a 3D structure on one side of a thin walled shell element. This enables using less base material, decreasing weight, costs and consumables in production. The proprietary technology is perfect for high-performance applications such as replacing or reinforcing carbon fibres in motorsport bodywork or decreasing weight in automotive interior panels.
Increased Performance
powerRibs™ can triple the flexural bending stiffness and thereby decrease both material use and weight, while improving vibration damping. When powerRibs™ are combined with our ampliTex™ technical fabrics it creates a full natural fibre layup that matches the performance of carbon fibres. powerRibs™ also work excellently to reinforce carbon fibres and glass fibres.
Different Types of Manufacturing
powerRibs™ can be used in different manufacturing scenarios:
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Thermoplastic with a base layer in an award-winning one-step back injection process – for lightweight automotive interior parts in highly efficient large-scale production
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Thermoset with vacuum infusion, prepreg in autoclave or RTM – for high-performance applications such as motorsport bodywork, or other applications
