Lamborghini uses forged composite for structural components, and interior trim and seats of its cars, the latter contributing to its winning of the JEC Composites Innovation Award for Automotive Interiors in 2016, due to the material's unique appearance. Due to its chopped nature, it can be molded into much more complex geometries than traditional carbon fiber composites, and is suitable to make three-dimensional parts and parts which feature complex details such as thickness transitions, holes, compound curvature, etc. The result is improved load carrying capacity as measured in bending per unit of mass. The fibers contain intertwined and folded sheets of carbon atoms aligned with the length of the fiber, and the intertwining improved the fiber strength. It uses about 500,000 intertwined fibers per square inch. The material is claimed to have one-third the density of titanium and equal or greater strength, it is made from chopped carbon fiber tows immersed in a resin film which is then formed and cured. įorged composite contains higher fiber volume content, which combined with higher variation in strand orientation, increases the average strength and reduce variability over standard carbon fiber. The United States trademark for forged composite was filed on July 13, 2010, in the category Toys and Sporting Goods Products by Callaway Golf, while the trademark for Forged Composites was registered in 2018 in the automotive category by Lamborghini.

It was unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show in a Lamborghini concept car, the Sesto Elemento. It was originally developed jointly between Lamborghini, Callaway Golf Company, and the Lamborghini Lab. Forged composite allows for a higher range of shapes to be formed with precision, relative to traditional carbon fiber. This is in contrast to most carbon fiber composites, which are made of larger continuous layers that are 'laid up' one at a time, often manually.

( March 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įorged composite, commonly referred to as forged carbon, is a type of carbon fiber SMC material composed of small pieces of carbon fiber composite material that are pressed into shape as the resin sets. Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. This article contains content that is written like an advertisement.

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