• Underbody
  
  
  Material: Celstran CFR-TP PP GF70 BLACK
  Semi-finished product: Oxeon fabric 1/1 woven from 20 mm wide tapes
  Process: Pressing
  Comment: This fabric allows production of large-scale components with low deformation. An intermediate step via a preconsolidated preform is not necessary since the tape has already been completely consolidated. This saves pressing time in processing and offers enormous design freedom. Two layers of the Oxeon fabric were pressed for the underbody resulting in a wall thickness of 1 mm. The components were manufactured at Kringlan Composites.
• Rollbar
  
  
  Material: Celstran CFR-TP PPS CF60
  Process: Tape winding
  Comment: This structural component was implemented in a winding process. The carbon fiber semi-finished product was integrated directly in the vehicle structure to connect the cockpit with the vehicle substructure. The alternative would have been a substantially heavier metal component. An average of approx. 20% weight advantage over aluminum and 50% over steel is achieved
• Wheel arches
  
  
  Material: Celstran CFR-TP PP GF70 BLACK
  Semi-finished product: Oxeon fabric 1/1 woven from 20 mm wide tapes
  Process: Pressing
  Comment: This fabric allows production of large-scale components with low deformation. An intermediate step via a preconsolidated preform is not necessary since the tape has already been completely consolidated. This saves pressing time in processing and offers enormous design freedom. Three layers were pressed for the wheel arches to achieve greater stiffness. The components were manufactured at Kringlan Composites.
• Instrument panel cover
  
  
  Material: Celstran GFR-TP POM GF60 BLACK
  Semi-finished product: Oxeon fabric 1/1 woven from 20 mm wide tapes
  Process: Pressing with interior pressure / modified blow molding
  Comment: This material can be used in interiors due to the homogenous and smooth surface.
• Tailgate
  
  
  Material: Celstran CFR-TP PPS CF60
  Process: Tape winding
  Comment: The tapes were wound in an automatic process at AFPT. Consolidation was performed directly in this case omitting the need for a further consolidation step. The tube was wound without a core with cross-winding achieving a very high stiffness.
• Roof
  
  
  Material: Hostaform® MetaLX™
  Comment: Find out more about the outstanding advantages of Hostaform® MetaLX™ in the right hand column.

Celstran® Tapes

Ideal for highly stressed components in automotive construction, energy production, the oil and gas industry, aerospace applications as well as the sport and leisure sector. They combine low weight with outstanding stiffness and toughness. Celstran tapes are produced in a special, patented process in which the high quality of the impregnation is achieved without damaging the fibers. The unidirectional tapes are environmentally friendly and easy to process as well as having good recyclability. Ticona delivers one of the widest ranges of these tapes currently available in the market enabling customer-specific and individual solutions.

Hostaform®

Polyoxymethylene (POM) under the tradenames Hostaform, Celcon and Duracon are among the most important Ticona products. Hostaform from Ticona is especially popular in the automobile industry: Special grades have been developed e.g. for vehicle interiors or for contact with fuels. The outstanding slip/wear properties mean Hostaform is also used where low surface resistance is required: In syringes or gearwheels, in insulin pens or sliding elements of window regulators or chain links.