China Composites Expo: DIEFFENBACHER to present plants for auto, AR and building sectors

At the China Composites Expo, DIEFFENBACHER will present its advanced composites solutions for the automotive, construction and infrastructure, and AR applications.

For automotive industry, the company will present sheet molding compound (SMC) solutions in the form of production lines for semi-finished materials, cutting systems, cutting and stacking units, and wide roving cutters.

HighLine SMC production line.

In addition to solutions for the automotive industry, DIEFFENBACHER supports numerous customer projects for applications in the construction and infrastructure sectors. The company offers advanced customized solutions for manufacturing underground stormwater tanks used as intermediate buffers during heavy rainfall.

Another trade show highlight is a new augmented reality (AR) application for projecting DIEFFENBACHER’s composites press systems, including the CompressEco and Fiberpress, into the real environment as a full-size 3D model using a smartphone or tablet.

DIEFFENBACHER Fiberpress.

“The app provides an initial realistic impression of how a new press system could be integrated into a greenfield project or an existing plant structure,” said Marco Hahn, Director Sales of the Forming Business Unit at DIEFFENBACHER.

DIEFFENBACHER will also present its entire range of hydraulic presses. The company manufactures presses with press forces ranging from approximately 1,000 to over 50,000 kN. The standard press series includes the flexible CompressEco and the particularly energy-efficient and space-saving Fiberpress.

The China Composites Expo will take place in Shanghai, China, on September 16-18.