原文：http://shenzhen.chinacompositesexpo.com/en/news-detail-92-11951.htmlIn order to boost technology innovation and energy saving in Chinese composite industry, to promote new products development and application, a new products area had been established since 2003 at China Composites Expo, especially the CCE-JEC Innovation Awards became a highlight when it was set up in 2005.


Affected by the pandemic, China Composites Expo 2021 was postponed, but the pace of industry innovation never stops. For the 17th year in a row, the CCE-JEC Innovation Awards Program receives strong support from composites industry participants.

After evaluation by domestic and foreign experts, 11 composites solutions stood out from 52 candidates in three categories and were awarded for their innovation by the jury. Among them, there are 2 winners in the RAW MATERIALS category, 7 winners in the NEW APPLICATIONS category, and 2 winners in the PROCESS & EQUIPMENT category.

For the 2021 edition, the winners are…

PART ONE – RAW MATRIALS

Low Dielectric and High Transmittance Composites of Polyimide Fiber
Exhibitor: Jiangsu Shino New Material & Technology Co., Ltd.
Partners: Beijing University of Chemical Technology


This product uses high strength and high modulus PI fiber as reinforcement, epoxy resin and cyanate ester resin as matrix, makes full use of the characteristics of PI fiber, and combines the excellent dielectric properties of epoxy resin and cyanate ester resin. The composite has excellent low dielectric and high wave transmission characteristics, and has a certain structural load-carrying capacity, plays an important role in the weight reduction design of the structure/wave transmission composite. It can be used to manufacture aircraft radome, wave transmission skin, low loss circuit substrate, etc, and has a broad application prospect in the aerospace field. Two invention patents have been applied, one of which is authorized. Production Place: Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

Innovation Points:
 High strength and high modulus polyimide fiber is selected as the reinforcement for the first time, which gives full play to its characteristics of light weight, high strength, low dielectric and high wave transmission, and provides a new design and material selection scheme for the new generation of structure / wave transmission functional composites.
 The technology innovation has broken through the interface optimization and molding processing technology, and solve the technical process problems such as static electricity in the process of fiber prepreg, temperature and pressure matching in the process of filament and composite molding, and the interlaminar shear strength of composite material has reached 55MPa.
 The properties of the composite were improved. high strength and high modulus polyimide fiber had the lowest dielectric constant of 3.2, dielectric loss≤0.01 and density of 1.3g/cm3.


ATT Activated UHMWPE Powders
Exhibitor: Tech-in Materials Co., Ltd.


After interface modification on micronize UHMWPE Powders, ATT Activated UHMWPE powders has good dispersion and interface adhesion in a variety of resins. It greatly reduced the application threshold of aramid and has won unanimous praise from customers. The product application including friction parts, seals, transmission parts, which can be used as a reinforcing material for epoxy, polyurethane, nylon. Production Place: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Innovation Points:
 The low-temperature plasma interface treatment process. This low-temperature plasma interface treatment process is long term treatment method. It won’t loss property in years.
 The ATT-UHMWPE powders has high polarity and interfacial adhesion which can be fully wetted and wrapped by various resins in the molten state.
 Completely solved the problem of dispersion and adhesion of ATT-UHMWPE powders as an application in engineering plastics, and can prepare engineering plastic materials with high strength, high modulus, and high wear resistance.
 The product has filed 3 invention patents and 6 utility model patents.


PART TWO – NEW APPLICATIONS

Metal-Carbon Fiber Composite Shaped Wires and Strand Cable
Exhibitor: Jiangsu Yiding Composite Technology Co., Ltd.
Partner: Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute


In the field of overhead lines, Yiding products have significant advantages in applicability and safety comparing with ACCC designed by CTC cable cooperation. The raw material and manufacturing cost can be decreased 40% through the innovation of flexible design and manufacturing technology. The invention patents of the technical method and structure have been authorized, and a series of application product invention patents have been announced. The key technology has reached the world leading level, and the market prospect is broad. This structural-functional integration and resin-based composite material design for application, which can be used in the reinforced core for overhead lines, armor for submarine cable, OCS conductor, prestressed cable, reinforced material of conveyor belt , etc. Production Place: Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China.

Innovation Points:
 New structure: The volume ratio of raw materials for each part of steel-carbon composite single wire is precisely designed, and the strand reinforced core adopts the space continuous curve strand structure, which improves the filling factor.
 Innovation of processing: The technology of prepreg, curing and stranding is combined scientifically. The designed targets can be achieved by accurate controlling of processing parameters.
 Improving of performance: The strength of the steel-carbon composite core is twice that of the common steel strand. When the core is wound for 25d, heated at 200°C and applied with 50kN radial pressure, there is no loss of strength; The modulus is 30% higher than that of ordinary carbon fiber core; The coefficient of linear expansion is much lower than that of ordinary steel core.


Hot Diaphragm Preformed Large Curvature Z-Section Composite Frame
Exhibitor: Hiwing Materials Industrial Co., Ltd.
Partner: Hiwing Materials Co., Ltd.


This product is currently the first domestic composite material with a large-size and large-curvature Z-shaped cross-section frame structure that adopts the combined molding technology of automatic wire laying and hot diaphragm preforming and solidification. The large-curvature Z-section composite frame can be applied to the body structure of various types of civil aircraft, and the corresponding structure forming technology can be widely extended to various types of large-size frame structure composite materials, which has broad application prospects in the fields of aerospace, high-end ships, etc. Production Place: Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

Innovation Points:
 The innovative technology applied in this product can reduce the number of assembly parts of the composite material structure of the body, and further improve the structural efficiency.
 At the same time, the use of automatic wire laying technology and hot diaphragm preforming technology can eliminate the human factors that affect the quality of the molding process, significantly improve manufacturing efficiency, ensure the reliability and stability of molding quality, and will directly increase the yield rate of civil aircraft composite material structures.
 Non-destructive testing: no delamination, inclusions, cracks, and other defects.
 Profile deviation: ±0.1mm.
 Thickness tolerance: ±10%.


E-Bike Frame
Exhibitor: Engel Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. & ENGEL Austria
Partners: V FRAMES, Plastic Innovation, Coleo Design, Institute of Polymer Product Engineering at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Akro-Plastic


With the game changing fluid-assisted injection molding technology (fluid-melt), the worldwide first thermoplastic composite e-bike frame with a closed tube geometry, integrated battery compartment and motor bracket is produced in one-shot. V Frames produces the e-bike frames fully automatically in Thuringia/Germany with an ENGEL 1700duo injection molding machine. Production Place: Austria.

Innovation Points:

 The fluid-assisted injection molding technology offers a much greater design freedom and options for functional integration compared to aluminum bicycle frames. Further advantages are the shorter cycle times, efficient just-in-time production on site and, consequently the extremely shorter lead-times.
 The e-bike frame of ECOBIKE 1 is ready for series-production. The production time for a bicycle frame is drastically reduced compared to metallic frames from 2-3 days to currently 110 seconds. Consequently, the lead-times considerably shorter and on-demand production is possible.
 This thermoplastic composite frame is fully recyclable and will be reused for other bike frames. The primary needed energy for production is over 50% lower than that of aluminum. The material can be colored as desired and, in that case, the subsequent painting processes not needed anymore.
 The product is in the process of market introduction and promotion. At present, the product is in mass production scale. Customers such as Buddy Electric said that this V-shaped frame is 100% recyclable, effectively reducing carbon emissions by 50%, and is a truly environmentally friendly production technology.


Wind Resistance 12m Rooftop Lattice Communication Tower
Exhibitor: Harbin FRP Institute Co., Ltd.


Harbin FRP Institute’s rooftop lattice communication tower design is based on ANSI/TIA-222-G standard and an independently designed all composite material triangle lattice layout. This product is mainly used for the construction of 5G network infrastructure in the communications industry. Production Place: Harbin, Heilongjing Province, China.

Innovation Points:
 Design technology. Composites pultrusion-winding-weaving molding technology aims at satisfying the using strength of pultrusion pipes or the integral strength of the sections by adjusting the thickness of different fiber layers. This technology fully represents the designability of composites.
 Lightweight, low cost in transport and installation. It can be carried by hand in areas which technical vehicles cannot enter providing great convenience for construction.
 Security. Composites can break and absorb the stress caused by vehicles impact and protect human life compare to steel products.
 Low maintenance cost. Composites are resistance to chemicals such as acid, alkali and corrosion, its stainless character makes its full-life cycle maintenance cost much lower than steel communication towers.
 Good wave transmissivity. Composites communication towers have good dielectric properties, low dielectric invariables, small tangent of loss angle, less interference to communication devices and stable signals.
 Non-conductive. Composite material can keep people suffer casualties from electric shock.

Composite communication towers have already developed into 6 categories 13 series of lattice towers and pole towers received widely recognition from customer try-ons in Harbin, Mudanjiang and Inner Mongolia. Currently 2 batches have delivered and installed in Ulanqab of Inner Mongolia and Base Songshan lake of Huawei Technologies Co. ,Ltd. Guizhou Hard Install Base project of Huawei Technologies Co. ,Ltd. has carried out and about to sign contract.


Sinoma 85.8 Blade
Exhibitor: Sinoma Wind Power Blade Co., Ltd.


Sinoma 85.8 blades are suitable for S-type wind areas and 6.xMW series onshore wind turbines. They are all-glass fiber onshore large blades that are completely independently designed and developed using pultruded glass panels. The designed annual average wind speed is 8m/s , Covering the Ⅱ~Ⅲ wind class. Blade length: 58.8m, Maximum chord length: 4.88m, Pitch circle diameter: 3.2m, Projection area: 235m2, Blade weight: 25t (excluding bolts, flanges, rain ring), Design life: 20 years. Production Place: Funing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Innovation Points:
 Design technology. Adopt glass fiber epoxy resin material system, adopt eggshell single-layer skin design structure type, sparcup adopts glass fiber pultruded board, further reducing the weight of the blade.
 Blade performance. The aerodynamic design is based on the characteristics of low air density and complex environment, considering the response to rough conditions. According to the operating characteristics of wind farm environment, adopt advanced anti-corrosion technology and lightning protection technology to improve the adaptability of blades in harsh environment.
 Process. The sparcup adopts a new pultrusion process. The blade adopts an automated integrated infusion process. The blade root adopts a circular spreading method, further improves the production efficiency of large blades.
 Certification aspects. Carry out type certification work with CGC.


Intelligent Nonmetallic Composite Continuous Pipeline
Exhibitor: Shanghai F.B Oil Equipment Co., Ltd.


Intelligent non-metal composite continuous pipeline is a new type of intelligent composite continuous pipe developed by Shanghai F.B Oil Equipment Co., Ltd. as an industry pioneer. It can be applied to rod-less oil production in oil fields, drainage and gas production in gas wells, layered water injection in oil wells, electric heating oil pipe transportation and other applications.
The pipeline body is mainly composed of an intelligent inner layer, a fiber reinforced layer and an outer protective layer. The manufacturing process of this project is mature, and the whole manufacturing line adopts intelligent digital control process, which is environmentally friendly, and can greatly promote green manufacture, and significantly lift the technological level of the domestic material industry.. Production Place: Shanghai, China.

Innovation Points:
 Preparation technology of thermoplastic resin pre-impregnated fiber material. This technology is in the international advanced level, and it is also one of the most important core technologies of F.B Company.
 Thermal fusion technology of prepregs wound or braided structural layer. F.B company made a breakthrough in this technology and become the first company in China to develop a full-thermoplastic fiber reinforced pipe.
 Technological breakthroughs in intelligent layer. The cable or optical cable produced by this process has an elongation of 10 to 40% increased.


Low Wind Resistance Highly Reliable CFRP Bobsleigh
Exhibitor: Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology


This product is specially designed by the China Aerospace Materials and Technology Institute for the Chinese Bobsleigh National Team. The CFRP bobsleigh is made of TG800 carbon fiber fabric, prepreg and laminate as raw materials via autoclave molding process, and connected composite material and alloy parts by welding, glue screw and other connection methods.
Aiming at the requirements of low wind resistance, high reliability, easily control and autonomous operation of bobsleigh, CAE technology is used to design the structure, and CFD simulation technology is used to optimize the aerodynamic shape, which breaks through the low wind resistance and highly reliable shape.

Key technologies such as Integrated design with low wind resistance and high reliability, High impact carbon fiber composite material, Integrated high-quality forming of complex wing-body fusion structure have completed the design of the first domestic double bobsleigh principle prototype, the development of special material systems, product development and manufacturing, and the realization The domestically-made bobsleigh equipment has gone from zero to one, filling the domestic gap. The drag coefficient is significantly lower than that of the international mainstream products, and the equipment reliability and controllability are effectively improved.
The product has independent intellectual property rights, has personalized customization and small batch production capabilities.


PART THREE – PROCESS & EQUIPMENT

Matbook Multi Level Material Data System
Exhibitor: Shanghai Xbook Industrial Software Co., Ltd
Partner: Shanghai Xbook Industrial Co., Ltd


Matbook multi-level material data system is a data system composed of multiple application scenarios and levels of data software, including material cloud platform management system, cloud database, desktop data software, embedded plug-ins and other modules.
The first material database and process developed according to the concept of "data lake-data background-data center-data plug-in-data terminal" at home and abroad. And the first one in China to realize the four user interfaces of "website front end-Desktop end-R&D software end-mobile phone end", which can be connected to the cloud database, providing the ability to obtain data anytime and anywhere. Based on the material database, the composite industry software and cloud platform are developed to form the composite industry cloud and provide a complete composite product R & D cloud solution (under development).
The Matbook multi-level material data system has 4 software copyrights, a number of invention and utility model patents are being prepared and applied.
At present, there are two users: CRRC Industrial Research Institute and Shanghai Carbon Fiber Composite Materials Innovation Research Institute.


Solution for Waste Recovery and Reuse of Carbon Fiber Composite Materials
Exhibitor: Nantong Fuyuan Carbon Fiber Recycling Co., Ltd.
Partners: Worldful Polymer (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Nanjing E-strong Technical Co., Ltd, MICHELMAN New Material (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.


Nantong Fuyuan (FUY) has independently developed the production technology and equipment for cracking and recycling of carbon fiber composite waste with an annual processing capacity of 1500 tons, which can be fully automated and continuously operated, with low energy consumption and high performance retention rate of regenerated carbon fiber; It has high applicability, and can deal with large size, thick wall, complex structure, mixed materials and other wastes.
There are two kinds of high-quality low-cost recycled carbon fiber products: non-woven felt FUY-Z series and short fiber particle FUY-S series. Products have been commercialized, involving oil and gas fields, auto parts, electronic appliances, communications, mechanical equipment and other fields.
The technical equipment has applied for 15 invention patents. The recycling technology and equipment have recycled within one year operation, including over 100 tons of carbon fiber bicycle rims/tripods, over 400000 waste fishing rods/clubs/rackets, 200000 pieces of automobile parts molding leftovers of car test parts/corner parts, over 100 tons of pressure vessel tank, over 100 tons of pultruded carbon plate, etc.

Innovation Points:
 Advanced mass production recovery technology of extracting carbon fiber from thick wall waste.
 Development and mass production technology of thermoplastic sizing agent for discontinuous regenerated carbon fiber.
 Preparation technology of recycled carbon fiber felt reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet.
 Separation technology of glass fiber and carbon fiber.
 Development of special crushing equipment for carbon fiber composites.

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