Experts in lightweight materials for clean transportation

Driven by material science

Selecting the right materials for your project is critical.

With decades of experience manufacturing lightweight components in a wide range of materials, TRB is well-versed in addressing the challenges faced by our customers. We help choose the right set of materials to meet goals such as weight, strength, durability and manufacturability.

Advanced materials are increasingly used to provide solutions

for the challenges faced by the clean transport sector as companies search for new ways to reduce weight and save energy.

We discuss options with our customers every step of the way so that we can arrive at the best solution for the project.

Lightweight Materials

Lightweight Metals

Aluminium’s high-strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance, thermal conductivity, and recyclability make it well suited for application in the transportation industries. High-strength steels were developed primarily for the automotive market and are typically as strong as carbon sheets.

Composites (Thermoset and Thermoplastic)

We build high-performance tools, patterns and components using prepreg and infusion technologies.  We work with carbon, glass, and aramid fabrics in woven and unidirectional formats and bio-based materials.

Core

Most of the core in use at TRB is made from honeycomb. We specify aluminium honeycomb for the majority of our projects, and we process Nomex, plastic honeycomb, Flex™Core, foam and other core materials when required.

Sandwich Panels

The unique characteristics of sandwich panels (composite panels) are derived from a combination of core and facing skins, bonded with high-performance adhesive.

TRB’s Cellite™ range has been used over many years to manufacture bonded assemblies, lightweight structures and composite components for Rail, Aerospace, Defence, Marine and Automotive industries.

Panels can be machines to size, fabricated and assembled into various structures for a wide range of applications. We offer standard stocked panels or custom panels configured to meet the customer’s requirements.

Panels

Stocked Sandwich Panels

CELLITE™ 220 RANGE, ALUMINIUM SKINS AND ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB CORE

Overall Thickness (mm) – 13.70

Core Thickness (mm) – 12.70

Approx Weight (kgs) – 13.70

Stocked board size – 2.5m x 1.25m

 

For more information and additional sizes on the Cellite™ 220 and 620 click to download the datasheet.

CELLITE™ 620 RANGE, FIBRE FACED SKINS AND ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB CORE

Overall Thickness (mm) – 13.80

Core Thickness (mm) – 12.70

Approx Weight (kgs) – 9.20

Stocked board size – 2.44m x 1.22m

 

For information on edging and joining Cellite™ Honeycomb sandwich panels, click to download sheet

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