Steklonit - Composite Articles for Vehicles and Rail & Subway Cars

Manufacturing capabilities: production of composite articles by the following methods:

• contact molding
• compression molding
• RFI
• vacuum infusion 
• spraying
• RTM, Light-RTM 
• winding

Manufacture of large-sized process dies and workpieces for manufacture of articles out of polymer composite materials (7000*2500*800 mm) using a 5-axes CNC machine.

Use of composite articles:

• structural parts for various transport building industries as interior and exterior elements or dies and workpieces for manufacture thereof.

• Advantages of glass-fiber reinforced plastics in production of structural parts:

  • Low weight. Specific weight of glass-fiber reinforced plastics is averagely 5-6 times less than that of all ferrous metals and majority of nonferrous metals; it is 1.5 times less than that of aluminum. Saving in weight of a vehicle leads to reduced consumption of fuel and augmented useful load.
  • Environmental friendliness. Reduced consumption of fuel and, as a result, reduced harmful emissions (CO2) into the environment.
  • Dielectric properties. Glass-fiber reinforced plastics exhibit excellent electro-insulating properties with respect to alternate and direct currents.
  • High resistance to corrosion. Glass-fiber reinforced plastics exhibit high resistance to all basic types of corrosion: to gases and liquids (as well as to chemically aggressive media), to galvanic- and biocorrosion.
  • Aesthetic appearance. When manufacturing a finished product, glazed or matt surface of any color is easily achievable.
  • Good mechanical behaviour. Glass-fiber reinforced plastics exhibit good physical and mechanical behavior at low specific weight.
  • Thermal insulating properties. Glass-fiber reinforced plastics refer to low-conductivity materials.