Elsevier

Procedia CIRP

Volume 23, 2014, Pages 7-12
Procedia CIRP

Experimental Investigation and Performance Enhancement of Inserts in Composite Parts

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Abstract

New joining technologies are needed due to the increased use of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) in the automotive industry. Traditional joining technologies cannot fulfill the requirements, especially for multimaterial assemblies of CFRP and metal. A suitable technology for the integration of mounting points in CFRP parts is the embedding of inserts. In this paper, two approaches to increase the tensile and bending strength of inserts are evaluated experimentally. Bead patterns are added in the metal sheet of the inserts to increase stiffness. Furthermore, surface treatments are used to enhance the co-cured bonding strength between insert and CFRP.

Keywords

composite
joining
insert
RTM process

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Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the International Scientific Committee of 5th CATS 2014 in the person of the Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Matthias Putz [email protected].