CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: SGL Carbon

SGL Carbon (Wiesbaden, Germany) presents a wide product range of innovative carbon and glass fiber materials as well as tailor-made composite parts for various industrial and automotive applications. The entire product portfolio is on display, from carbon and oxidized fibers, to textile semi-finished products and finished composite components.

One of SGL Carbon’s highlights at the show is its newest developments in parts for composite battery cases made of glass and carbon fiber, which are crucial for electromobility. SGL Carbon’s high-voltage battery housing concept reportedly provides a reduction in weight of up to 50% compared with the corresponding steel component. It meets the highest of standards in terms of fire resistance, rigidity, acoustics and both thermal and electromagnetic shielding. Sensors can also be integrated to detect damage in the underbody of the electric vehicle (EV). Using carbon fiber, nonwoven materials and fiber-reinforced thermosetting polymers, complex geometries can be mapped with a process streamlined and resource efficient for serial production.

SGL Carbon manufactures battery housings from carbon and glass fiber textiles according to customer requirements. The properties of the fiber-reinforced composite construction are said to make the battery enclosure a supporting element of the vehicle structure. The company leads its customers through all stages of product development, from planning and conception to product completion and series production in automotive quality.

SGL Carbon has been producing carbon fibers, semi-finished products and composite components for the automotive industry for many years. The company says its material systems and production technologies have a high degree of automation and are designed so that all components can be manufactured in large series.