How are composites used in buses?

Opportunities for composites have arisen as more all-electric buses have been designed and developed. Like consumer vehicles, battery enclosures for battery-electric buses are likely to use composites for their light weight, design flexibility and tailorability to meet a range of property requirements. Several all-composite or partially composite all-electric bus designs have also been developed. Source: EV battery enclosure inspires material, process innovations

Are composites used in hyperloop designs?

Some! Several designs have included carbon fiber composite components in the pods and/or tracks for various prototype and competition models over the past several years. Source: Into the Hyperloop

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Mass Transit

Kimya features Kimya PC-FR 3D filament for the transportation sector

Flame-retardant polycarbonate filament reaches EN45545 certification and meets REACH and RoHS standards for production of parts in railway, automotive, electronics.

Grace Nehls
Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

Mass Transit

Voith H2 storage tanks made with in-house towpreg winding

Plug & Drive H2 storage system displayed at IAA Transportation 2022 uses 700-bar tanks for heavy-duty commercial and construction vehicles.
#electricvehicles

Mass Transit

Plastic Omnium supports development of Safra Hycity hydrogen-powered buses

Passenger transportation retrofit specialist will receive Plastic Omnium’s Type IV high-pressure hydrogen vessels, fuel cell systems, and technical and product launch support.
#hydrogen

Mass Transit

Röchling launches sustainable vacuum forming materials for railway structures

Röchling’s Maywoflamm plus RC and Maywoflamm NFPA RC can be manufactured using up to 70% recycled material, making it possible to increase sustainability in customer applications.

Mass Transit

Ballard Power and Wisdom Motor Co. partner to accelerate adoption of fuel cell commercial vehicles

As part of the collaboration, the companies plan to introduce and demonstrate a double-decker fuel cell bus in Hong Kong this year.

Recycled carbon fiber on the rails

Aiming to increase the cost-weight viability of carbon fiber-reinforced composite structural components in railway vehicles, a prototype rail bogie prominently features recycled carbon fiber.
#layup #focusondesign #autoclave

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Glass Fibers |

Refrigerated railcar floor expands composites horizons

TrinityRail, in an effort to update a 20-year-old design, seizes the opportunity to apply composites in a structural application in its refrigerated railcar. It’s a first for the rail and composites industry.
#feature

Jeff Sloan Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld

Videos / Podcasts

Mass Transit

INVENT GmbH demonstrates sensor network for structural monitoring on composite railcar structures

March 25, 2021 - 12:00 PM EST

Patented DuraAct technology uses piezo-ceramics to detect damage in Deutsche Bahn train side skirts as part of faWaSiS research project.
#ndi #SHM #repair

Aerospace

Composites Index contracts on weak backlogs

March 16, 2020 - 12:00 AM EST

For February 2020, the Composites Index contracted slightly with a reading of 49.7.
#economics

Carbon Fibers

IRT Jules Verne, Airbus and Fives launch MADRAS automated textile deposition line for WING project

February 21, 2020 - 1:00 PM EST

Goal is full-scale testing of large, complex shape preforms at 5-6 times faster speeds for future aircraft.
#sustainability #airbus

Mass Transit

National Composites Week: How composites protect us

August 29, 2019 - 12:00 AM EST

As we celebrate National Composites Week, here’s a look at some of the ways composites keeping us safe.
#f-35 #braiding

Plastics Unlimited part for John Deere using Tool-less Engineered Composite process

Epoxies

Combining plastics and composites for Class A parts without tools

July 10, 2019 - 9:00 AM EST

Plastics Unlimited’s patented TEC process cuts secondary finishing and meets multiple demands for medium-volume parts.
#infrastructure #discontinuousfiber #cuttingtools

Mass Transit

Virgin Hyperloop One presents technology to U.S. Congress

July 03, 2019 - 12:00 PM EST

Virgin Hyperloop One working to grow roster of state and federal partners who support certification and regulatory investment in hyperloop.
#regulation #sustainability

Mass Transit

AVK presents its 2018 Innovation Awards

November 09, 2018 - 9:33 AM EST

The 2018 AVK Innovation Awards were presented at the International Composites Congress (ICC) on Nov 5, chosen from more than 50 submissions.
#sheetmoldingcompound #layup #carbonnanotubes

Mass Transit |

TU Munich gears up for full-scale Hyperloop demonstrator

As a new, university-directed research program, the Technical University of Munich Hyperloop team works to scale up its SpaceX competition-winning pod design.
#trends

Hannah Mason Technical Editor, CompositesWorld

Mass Transit

H2Bus hydrogen-electric bus launches in Europe

The eight-meter minibus demonstrates the viability of hydrogen fuel cell technology in transit vehicles, complete with Loop Energy eFlow technology and hydrogen storage tanks.
#hydrogen

Mass Transit

Hexagon Purus selected for contracts in global hydrogen bus market

Orders for Polish bus OEM and New Flyer play a role in delivering Type IV hydrogen cylinders to fuel cell vehicles in Europe and North America.
#hydrogen

Core

TRB Lightweight Structures contributes composite bodyshell design to passenger train demonstrator

The Revolution VLR (Very Light Rail) passenger vehicle serves to simplify existing rail networks and reopen historical lines, while adhering to rigorous rail and sustainability regulations.
#biomaterials

Mass Transit

Rolls-Royce Power Systems, Porterbrook work together to develop hydrogen in rail for U.K.

Multiple developments are aimed to support government goal to remove diesel-only trains by 2040 and achieve net-zero rail by 2050.
#hydrogen

Mass Transit

Autonomous, electric shuttle retrofitted with CRP Technology Windform materials

Advanced 3D printing production process and Windform composite materials used to manufacture the required motor cover and washer reservoir flap valve components, account for Olli 2.0’s pod-like shape.
#trends #electricvehicles

Mass Transit

Hyundai Motor Group plans to popularize hydrogen by 2040

Hyundai plans to convert all new commercial vehicle models — featuring fuel cell electric or battery electric powertrains, as well as the application of fuel cell systems — by 2028.
#hydrogen #sustainability

Thermoplastics |

The industrialization of thermoplastic epoxy

Fast-processing composites that are strong yet tough, thermoformable, reformable, recyclable and even FST-compliant save cost in aircraft and rail equipment.
#workinprogress #regulation #infrastructure

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor, CompositesWorld