#152 Composites Lounge Engineering Talks No. 3: Sporting Goods Industry

Welcome to our 3rd edition of the Composites Lounge Engineering
Talks (CLET). This edition is all about requirements on composite
materials for the sporting goods industry, including carbon
bikes, hockey sticks and the like.

This episode is brought to you by our CLET Premium Partner:
sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing represented by Arne
Büttner, Sales Engineer and polymer expert.

Select experts from academia, like Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Siebert,
consulting Yannick Willemin - The Composites Catalyst and OEMs
like Sven Terhardt and Jan Philipp Hollmann, both representing
igus GmbH, a major name in plastics.

These are some of our topics discussed:

1. why are composites so important in the sports industry?
2. what challenges are there in the manufacture of composite
sporting goods? 3. how can cycle times be reduced in the
production of sporting goods?
4. in which sports areas are the greatest potential for
composites and smart manufacturing technologies?
5. what role does sustainability play in composite production for
the sports industry? 

In conclusion:

Faster production cycles thanks to adaptive process control
Increased process reliability through real-time monitoring
Reduced material and energy consumption, which lowers costs and
environmental impact Process Transparency and quality control
Better reproducibility for consistently high quality were
demonstrated. 

A best practice is the full plastics bike invented by IGUS GmbH,
in which Sven and Jan are showing us with great behind-the-scenes
material. Please leave your questions and comments below and our
panel will answer those by tomorrow. 

Get in touch with Ilkay, if you consider joining our mission of
CREATINGS SUSTAINABLE VALUE.

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1. Composites Lounge Engineering Talks (monthly LinkedIn Live
Video and Podcast about enduse applicatons) 
2. #Composites360OnTour (soon at JEC World 2025, save your
spotlight slot) 3. Composites Lounge Enduser Panels powered by
JEC (our contribution at subject matter exhibitions, conferences,
shows, venues, events covering the entire value chain, from raw
material, components to the Enduser)


Happy networking
Ilkay Özkisaoglu
Co-Founder Composites Lounge
and DER Social CEO


PS: Save-the-Date on our CLET automotive edition, which will take
place on 10 April 2025