Thermoset composites

22 January 2022

Mr. Samit Sinha

Head-Technology, Mahindra CIE Ltd.( Composites Division) 

Topic – Thermoset Composites in Automobiles

Composite materials are composed of two or more individual components yielding enhanced performances. Unsaturated polyester resins are the work horses in thermoset composite Industry. Glass fibres are again the main stay of matrix enforcement though other fibres like carbon, aramid are making inroads. The talk will be mainly on composites for automobile industry,

Mr. Y. Sanjeeva Reddy

Managing Director, CARUCA Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

Topic – FRP STREET LIGHT POLES MANUFACTURING using Centrifugal Casting method

Glass fibre matt is kept inside a dye and when the Die rotates  at high RPM, glass fibres stick to the dye internal wall. The Die is heated and formulated resin injected. This is used to produced FRP Street poles which has many advantages.

Mr.Vijay Krishna, 

Managing Director. CNC Technics Pvt. Ltd.

Topic-Role of composites in pressure vessels

Composite pressure vessels have been used extensively for storing compressed natural gas on vehicles and similar storage concepts are being developed for hydrogen gas storage.The use of composite materials improves the performance of the vessel and offers a significant amount of material savings and weight reduction.