High Cycle-RTM system

Technical Classification:

[ Molding ]

Products:

[ Equipment / Facilities ]

Keyword:

[ ＣＦＲＰ ] [ continuous fiber ] [ high-cycle molding ] [ mass production ] [ trial production ]

Point of the Proposed Technology

〇 Increasing the productivity using a hydraulic press (manufactured by WICKERT in Germany) that has been proven in Europe
〇 Proposing various pieces of molding know-how that utilize the features of an injection machine
〇 Providing a comprehensive molding technology (HC-RTM) including materials and preform

Effect(s)

Mass production of a high-grade CFRP product through 5-to-10 minute high-cycle RTM molding

Conventional Technology

　〇 Autoclaving molding
　　　Although the product has high quality, the molding time is long and prepreg which is not suitable for mass production is used. Therefore, this method is expensive.

　〇 Conventional RTM molding
　　　Since prepreg is not used, this method is less expensive than autoclaving. However, since the molding time is long, the method is not suitable for mass production.
　　　

New Technology

Technology Deployment and Cooperation

Development Stage	Development Stage (to be completed in 0/0; progress: 0%)
Intellectual Property Right	Yes
Joint Researchers (their role)	None
Example of Application	Mass production of molded composite parts for automotive parts
Technical Problems	〇 Development that integrates materials (resin, fiber, etc.), process and FRP molding technology 〇 Providing a series of molding systems from material supply to resin injection, press molding and material handling
Collaborator needed to Improve	Resin manufacturers, fiber manufacturers, die manufacturers, molding manufacturers, end users who consider mass production
Technical WEB page	https://www.kurimoto.co.jp/composite/solution/hcrtm.html

Development Stage

Development Stage (to be completed in 0/0; progress: 0%)

Intellectual Property Right

Yes

Joint Researchers (their role)

None

Example of Application

Mass production of molded composite parts for automotive parts

Technical Problems

〇 Development that integrates materials (resin, fiber, etc.), process and FRP molding technology
〇 Providing a series of molding systems from material supply to resin injection, press molding and material handling

Collaborator needed to Improve

Resin manufacturers, fiber manufacturers, die manufacturers, molding manufacturers, end users who consider mass production

Technical WEB page

https://www.kurimoto.co.jp/composite/solution/hcrtm.html

Inquiries

Personnel / Department	Composite Project Division, Business Planning Department / Manager, Hiroomi Kamano
Address	12-19 Kitahorie, 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, 550-8580 Japan
Contact	TEL: +81-6-6686-3234

Personnel / Department

Composite Project Division, Business Planning Department / Manager, Hiroomi Kamano

Address

12-19 Kitahorie, 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, 550-8580 Japan

Contact

TEL: +81-6-6686-3234

Outline of Company and Organization

Location	12-19 Kitahorie, 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, 550-8580 Japan
Contact	TEL: +81-6-6538-7731
Capital / No. of Employees	31,100,000,000 yen・2137 employees（group）
Product Line	Social infrastructures (pipes and valves), industrial machinery, construction materials, etc.
Major Customers	Many
Overseas Base(s)	Europe, Asia
Certification
Company/Organization WEB page	http://www.kurimoto.co.jp/

Location

12-19 Kitahorie, 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, 550-8580 Japan

Contact

TEL: +81-6-6538-7731

Capital / No. of Employees

31,100,000,000 yen・2137 employees（group）

Product Line

Social infrastructures (pipes and valves), industrial machinery, construction materials, etc.

Major Customers

Many

Overseas Base(s)

Europe, Asia

Certification

Company/Organization WEB page

http://www.kurimoto.co.jp/

Update date: 2020/2/18