5. Outlook
Sandwich structures can be a solution for providing lightness and rigidity, and open up immense possibilities for many markets (automotive, electric cars, transport, naval, truck trailers, building, construction, household appliances, industry, etc.). The lighter the steel cladding, the greater the weight reduction. In terms of overall material rigidity, the polymer, whatever its nature and level of rigidity, plays a minimal role, even if it is strongly reinforced with fillers or fibers.
The world of sandwich structures can open up in many different ways.
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Automotive lightweighting
For the automotive industry (
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European Sandwich Panel Association (Panels and Profiles Association)
http://www.panandpro.eu/activities.php
Association Professionnelle EURIMA (European Insulation Manufacturers Association)
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Standards and norms
- Revêtements par galvanisation à chaud sur produits finis en fonte et en acier. - NF EN ISO 1461. A91-121. - Juillet 2009
- Revêtements métalliques et autres revêtements inorganiques. Traitement de surface, revêtements métalliques et autres revêtements inorganiques. - NF EN ISO 2080. A91-013. - Août 2009
- Tôles prélaquées. Méthodes d'essai. - NF EN 13523. - Juillet 2010
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