MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

FOR COMPOSITES, BALLISTICSAND LIGHTWEIGHT TECHNOLOGY

FOUNDING FATHERS

Oswald Gerl

Peter Gerl

WHY THE FAMILY ARE YOUR BEST PRACTICE PARTNER IS:

  • Together 40 years experience Composite in Thermosetting / Thermoplastic and Duroplastic
  • International experience in Europe /Asia / USA
  • Strongly developed branch network
  • Constant availability to give our customer best Support
  • Guaranteed customer protection
  • Quick implementation, according to automotive standards
  • Flexible application options personnel as well as local

COMPOSITE MARKETS

Automotive

Special Vehicles

Aircraft

Military and Safeguarding

Medical Industry

Machine Construction

*New Support for* EV - Battery Industry

*New Support for* Train Industry

OUR SUPPORT FOR YOU IN

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    Sales and Marketing

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    Project Management

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    Due Diligence

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    Task Force at Supplier / Customer

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    Creation of the Feasibility Analysis

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    Planning of the Production Facility

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    Planning of the Infrastructure

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    Selecting of the right Machines and Equipment

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    Negotiating of the Machines and Equipment

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    Part Calculation

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    Row- and Semifinish Material Supplier Searching

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    Implementation of the Technical Processes

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    Customer selection

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    Quality Certifications – ISO 9001, IATF16949...

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    Staff for Tool Construction

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    Implementation of the Technical Processes

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    Creating of the Resin Labratory

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    Personal Sourcing

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    Strategical European Cooperations

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    In Painting (Class A or Visual shiny or matty)

KNOW-HOW

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    In all relevant raw materials

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    In all relevant development areas

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    In all relevant calculation and simulation tools

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    In planning lay-ups

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    In Project Management

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    In tool making

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    In autoclave technique

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    In Task Force by Customer and Supplier

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    In PCM Technology

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    In RTM Technologies

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    In Pultration, Extrusion

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    In E-LFT Process

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    In Diagraphm Forming

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    In Sheet Moulding Compound, Press Technology

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    In Glueing Methods

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    In Filament Winding

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    In PrePreg

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    In Beaming / Weaving

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    In Painting

RTM - PROCESS

PREPARATION
  • Cut pot semi-finished fiber product
  • Possibly arrange the layers in stacks
FORMING
  • Drape the textile fabric in the forming device (”preforming”)
IMPRAGNATION
  • Place the preform into the mold
  • Inject the resin
CURING
  • Curing at 800 to 1300C
  • Post-tempering is possible
COMPONENTS
  • Ejection
  • Refinishing

PCM - PREPREG COMPRESSED MOULDING

Newly development fast curing prepreg is preformed, and then cured in heated steel tool. Short mold cycle times.
Laminate
Heat
Preform
Charge
Compression
Demold
  • Is cost-efficient, if highly standardized Prepreg is being used
  • Potential quality problems from CF or resin could be eliminated early in the chain
  • Eliminates weaving step
  • Suitable for thermoset and thermoplast resins
  • Prepregs are easier to use by part manufactuer, no expensive tools
  • Cycle times < 1 minute if thermoplasts are being used

BASIC MATERIALS

FIBRES

  • Glasfiber
  • Carbon Fibre
  • Aramid
  • Basalt
  • Hybrids
  • Hemp
  • Nylon

MARTIX - RESINS

  • Phenolic
  • Epoxid
  • Thermoplast
  • Polyester
  • Vinyl

PRODUCTION

High volume processes - 2D/3D

THERMOSETTING

  • PREPREG-AUTOCLAVE
  • PCM (Prepreg Compression Moulding)
  • RTM
  • RESIN INFUSION

PROCESSING PROCEDURES

THERMOPLAST

  • COMPRESSION
    MOULDING
  • FOLDING
    TECHNIQUE
  • SINGLE DIAPHRAGM
    FORMING
  • DOUBLE DIAPHRAGM
    FORMING

Production cycle times

THERMOSET COMPOSITES

THERMO-PLASTIC COMPOSITES

METALS

CYCLE TIME
2 hr
5 min
1 min
2 sec
FORMING TECHNOLOGIES
Autoclaving
RTM / PCM
Hot forming
Cold forming
NUMBER OF PIECES
500
5 000
1 to 500 000
5 000 000

PROTOTYPE / LOW VOLUME

MASS PRODUCTION

CONTACT US

GERL FASERVERBUNDTECHNIK GMBH
GAMMELSDORFER STRASSE 24
94315 STRAUBING, GERMANY

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Automotive

Porsche GT1 – 20 car bodies made of carbon fibre

Bugatti EB 110 – 22 chassis and car bodies made of carbon fibre

Super Sports Car „Apollo“ – 2 prototypes/cars made of carbon fibre

35 V8 Star – complete race cars (bodies)

4 complete Super Race Trucks (bodies)

Several attached and serial parts for OEM, e.g.

  • Car seat systems
  • HANS®-systems (head rest systems for formula 1)
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Special Vehicles

Why using armouring made of carbon fibre, aramide, steel and ceramics

Civil area of application:

  • Extremely increasing violence worldwide
  • Fear for terror attacks and kidnapping of businessmen and politicians
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Aircraft

If you need more Information or reference about this field, please be so kind and wrote us on

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Military and Safeguarding

BALLISTICS

KNOW-HOW – IN GENERAL
  • In highly energy-damping and absorbing-materials
  • In hybrid processes and hybrid materials
  • In pasting fibres into metallic materials
  • In ballistics for civil and military applications
  • In chassis engineering
  • In ballistic steel production processes
  • In ballistic steel – 400, 500 and 600 HB (Hardness Brinell)

BALLISTICS

KNOW-HOW – MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
  • 2D Shapes
  • 3D Shapes – maximum of safety, less welding ropes and cost effective production
IN CARBON STEEL
  • Steel ceramic coated
IN FIBRE COMPOSITES
  • Innovative materials with outstanding energy absorbing and damping characteristics
  • Little specific weight
  • Extreme rigidity
  • Various mould abilities
  • Non corrosive and chemical resistant
  • Low thermal extension
  • Production of various high-end parts
CERAMICS
  • Aluminium Oxide
  • Silicon Oxide
  • Boron Carbide
BULLET-PROOF GLASS
STEEL 2D AND 3D

FOR EXAMPLE:

Civil armouring kits made of aramide

More than 1000 armour kits for the VW-Passat Sedan and a lot more vehicles

  • Two or three dimensional carbon fibre reinforced plastic armouring modules
  • Armouring up to protection level B7
  • Splinter shield for vehicle in-cabin room – hybrids of steel, aramide, carbon fibre and ceramics armouring
  • Just-in-time delivery to assembly belt – saving costs and weight

CERAMICS:

GFK glass fibre reinforced plastic laminate

     Ceramics only              Ceramics + steel (“add on”)

BALLISTICS

KNOW-HOW – MILITARY INDUSTRY
  • Lightweight armoring systems made of ceramics, carbon fibre, aramide and hybrids
  • Armouring systems for protection against mines, grenades, IEDs etc.
  • Processing of armored and security vehicles
  • Stealth systems for the army, navy and air force
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Medical Industry

For the medical industry: e. g. medical desks made of carbon fibre for computer tomography machines

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Machine Construction

For mechanical engineering: work piece holders made of carbon fibre

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EV - Battery Industry

If you need more Information or reference about this field, please be so kind and wrote us on

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Train Industry

If you need more Information or reference about this field, please be so kind and wrote us on