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Ideas and Solutions Voith Composites

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Fiber Composite Components for the industrial and automotive sector Voith Composites Across all stages of production Voith Composites develops fiber composite based customer solutions. The production ranges from the construction of component prototypes to series production in industrialized manufacturing processes. We offer outstanding products to industry, automotive and the oil & gas market. While conventional materials set technical limits, composite based solutions meet the highest customer expectations and requirements. Voith Composites products and solutions help our customers improving their plant and machinery performance and optimizing their energy and resource consumption.

Using CFRP components is a growing trend due to their outstanding product characteristics, which permit an enormous performance increase while significantly reducing weight

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From Prototype to Series Production Products and Solutions

Composites enhance the performance of entire systems, such as the drive train of ships.

Innovative by traditionBased on more than 20 years of composites experience, Voith Composites is well established in the market for customized fiber composite solutions. As a subsidiary of Voith GmbH, Voith Composites is part of a strong family business that has been developing high-end technologies for plant and machi-nery construction worldwide for almost 150 years. We meet this demand for quality each and every day.

Composites competence center Located in Garching close to Munich, Voith Composites develops customized solutions for components and industrial production processes along the entire value chain.All development and construction processes are based on state-of-the-art methods to design lightweight composite components. By applying current processing techniques these components can be made as single parts, in small batch or large-scale industrial production runs. A wide range of services completes the portfolio.

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Lightweight component solutions can be applied in the fol-lowing markets: plant and machinery, paper, film and solar industries and the oil & gas market. Voith Composites also develops innovative manufacturing equipment and compo-nents for the automotive industry. Worldwide development close to the customer We create outstanding solutions in close cooperation with our customers. As part of the Voith Group, Voith Composites benefits from a worldwide network and as such is near to its customers everywhere on the globe. Novel, customized products and systems for various sectors require a deep understanding of market-specific requirements.Voith Composites places all its expertise at the customer‘s disposal to jointly provide innovative and sophisticated solutions made from fiber composite materials. The Voith Composites team does not only draw on the experience acquired from a multitude of tried and proven applications and processes. We also work on research activities in order to ensure the application of state-of-the-art techniques in all of our work.

In this way, Voith Composites successfully overcomes new challenges.

Voith Composites Portfolio · Rolls· Cardan and drive shafts · Automotive components· Laminates· Pressure vessels· Wire guide rolls· Doctor blades

Voith Composites business fields · Plant and machinery construction· Automotive· Solar· Oil & gas

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Due to their outstanding characteristics fiber composites increase the efficiency of products and entire systems in a sustainable manner. This actually drives the attractiveness of these materials.

Lightweight Materials for Demanding Applications Advantages of Composites

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Highly-efficient innovation Throughout the entire life cycle fiber composites provide clear benefits compared with metals in terms of rigidity and strength. Composites reduce the mass of components by a factor of three to five. Fiber composites do not corrode and can there-fore be used in adverse and aggressive conditions.

Real economic potential Composites significantly increase the efficiency of systems in plant and machinery construction. They reduce vibrations within systems and permit process optimizations, thereby achieving considerable material and energy savings. Consequently, paper machines can be operated more efficiently due to the higher natural frequency provided by fiber composite components. Simultaneously, the higher surface quality gives the paper a better finish and the high fatigue strength guarantees low-maintenance operation. Drive shafts

made of fiber composites transmit forces and torques over distances that cannot be realized with steel. Operational as well as total costs of the drive train are reduced through savings on intermediate bearings.

Green engineeringMass requires energy to move. This is why fiber composites are an important driver in cutting CO2 emissions. Reducing CO2 the vehicle weight is a key element in achieving zero emission mobility. Used effectively, fiber composites can significantly contribute to this goal. The long service life of composites demonstrates their sustainable quality. Due to their long life cycle and their high fatigue strength, fiber composites can be used for years thereby saving valuable resources.

Increasing performance limits is often the most important reason for using composites.

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Creating added valueVoith Composites offers first-hand knowledge and extensive experience in industrialized production to its customers. The team develops sophisticated, innovative solutions to attain production maturity for new fields of application. CAD programs, analytical tools and the latest Finite Element analysis simulation software are complemented by adapted computation algorithms for this purpose. Results from material analyses, conducted in our own laboratory facilities, are used for quality control purposes and are incorporated into an internal material database.

The complete range of expertiseThe development and production center accommodates a highly-qualified and motivated team which accompanies every step through to the finished component with diligence and expert knowledge. Voith Composites continues to develop its

own expertise in numerous development projects with research and industry partners. Together, the knowledge from material research and usage is expanded to set new standards along the entire value chain.

Customized productionAt Voith Composites, the development and production depart-ments work in unison to ensure that products are developed and produced within a short time frame. Voith Composites creates components for customized machinery by employing manufacturing technologies such as filament winding techniques, press and RTM (Resin Transfer Molding) proces-ses as well as laminating techniques. The use of fiber rovings and new preform technologies minimizes waste, which provi-des our customers with cost-efficient production processes and first-class quality.

Development tools

· Design with CATIA and Inventor· FE simulations using ANSYS and Abaqus· Material analyses using DMTA, TGA, CT and microscopy

Highly-developed manufacturing pro-cesses permit the series production of composites.

Customized Solutions for the Future Development and Production Expertise

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The Voith Group as a Partner 150 Years of Dependability

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Voith is a global technology group and partner of key industries. With energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive, the broad portfolio with its plants, products and services serves five essential markets in all regi-ons of the world.

Voith’s operating business is divided into four Group Divisions: Voith Hydro, Voith Industrial Services, Voith Paper and Voith Turbo. A large proportion of the world’s paper production is manufactured on Voith paper machines. A quarter of the energy generated worldwide from hydro power is produced

with turbines and generators from Voith. Voith’s drive components are found in applications all over the world, both in industrial plants and in road and rail vehicles, as well as on the waters. The largest companies trust in the technical services of Voith.

Founded in 1867, Voith employs more than 39,000 people, generates € 5.3 billion in sales, operates in over 50 countries around the world and is today one of the biggest family- owned companies in Europe.

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Voith Composites GmbH & Co. KGDaimlerstr. 2785748 Garching

Telefon: +49 89 32001 800Telefax: +49 89 32001 801 composites@voith.com

www.voith-composites.de

Contact For your enquiries

Voith Composites GmbH & Co. KGDaimlerstr. 2785748 Garching

Telefon: +49 89 32001 800Telefax: +49 89 32001 801 composites@voith.com

www.voith-composites.de