Technological asset

CAPROCAST: Technology for manufacturing lightweight structural components for the automotive industry

Caprocast

CAPROCAST consists of the polyamide 6 wash starting from its monomer, caprolactam. The low viscosity of the wash allows to infiltrate fibres in the form of fabrics and preforms reaching high levels of wettability and adhesion to the fibre, giving the thermoplastic composite greater strength and performance.

Sectors

Aeronautics and space
Automotive industry
Mechanical equipment-metal and machine industry

PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITY

One of the major challenges of the automotive industry is the lightweighting of vehicles. “Reducing vehicle weight by 10% means a 7% reduction in consumption and consequently in CO2 emissions”.

The sector is demanding a technology capable of manufacturing recyclable structural components and responding to its main requirement: cycle times that align with production needs.

Potential Market

  • Automotive market

We offer

  • TRL 5
  • Agreement on the development of devices with leading manufacturer in injection machines

We are searching for

  • Business Cases

Patents

Alias

Registration No.

Process and device for polymerizing lactams in molds

EP2338665

Device for polymerizing lactams in molds

EP2743061

Device for polymerising lactams in moulds

WO2015082728