#80 AZL Droptower Test of Carbon Composites (English)

After having met the German Ministry of Economics and Climate
Action (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz) this
week during my #composites360onTour at the 4th lightweighting
summit at the HANNOVER MESSE my next stop takes me to AZL Aachen
GmbH | Excellence in Lightweight Production

Last month we conducted our Composites Lounge conference 4.0 at
their premises on the RWTH Aachen Campus. During a brainstorming
the AZL lightweight engineers, designers and experts offered me
to inspect the emergency features of composites.

Moreoften than not R&D aims to simulate a smooth operating of
parts that is aimed at the longevity of it.

But, what if composites are under threat?

Risks that in particular EV batteries face are

High impact by roadway objects like for example stones, rocks or
metal residuals during fast drives on motorways

Fire &

Blast

The second issue is that most testing is done straight
forward.

In this video you will learn why an "angled" impact is more
realistic and why it is a standard operating procedure with the
droptower adapted innovatively by AZL.

Watch and witness the angled impact test conducted at the
Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge (ika) - RWTH Aachen University in
this video and learn from AZL why "darts" are not exclusively
used in sports only.

Tomorrow, we will be making a fire and blast test. Also in this
case there is a lot to consider. What these other variables are
will be revealed in tomorrow's video here on LinkedIn.

For now we wish you an informational session with the droptower
test.

Do you test your materials for crashes?

#CellToPack #impactthatmatters