Business Line Fiber Specialities
BL Fiber Specialities manufactures carbon fiber from a precursor, either as continuous fiber or as a fiber intermediate in milled or chopped form.
Our SIGRAFIL® carbon fibers are the ideal basis for high-performance textiles, pre-impregnated products, and composite components. With application-specific adaptations, we offer individual solutions for various requirements and processes.
Our SIGRAFIL® short carbon fibers are based on our high-quality continuous carbon fibers tows from our own production. They are characterized by the same high quality, manufacturing consistency and defined properties. Our short fibers in chopped and milled form are used primarily as reinforcing and filling materials and for a wide variety of mixing processes.
PANOX® is an internationally recognized industry standard for non-flamable and heat resistant technical fibers. Our oxidized PAN fibers are extremely versatile and can be easily used in a wide range of different textile processes to produce high performing, economic, flame proof and insulating fabrics.
Business Line Composite Materials
BL Composite Materials develops and manufactures innovative semi-finished products made from high-performance fiber materials for demanding applications in the composites sector. Our portfolio includes carbon, glass, flax, and aramid fibers, from which we produce high-quality textile structures such as prepregs, woven fabrics, nonwovens, and pre-fabricated stacks. Combined with high-performance resin systems, these form the basis of our pre-impregnated materials - prepregs, towpregs, and adhesive films. Our products are manufactured at our German sites in Meitingen, Wackersdorf, and Willich. There, we leverage our many years of expertise from the automotive and aerospace industries to scale customer-specific solutions efficiently, precisely, and in line with specific needs.
Our SIGRATEX® textile materials make composites extremely light, stiff, and strong. They have good drapability, are easy to process, and are compatible with different resin systems. Our portfolio includes a broad spectrum of non-crimp textiles, woven fabrics, woven tapes, and non-wovens. We can supply customer-tailored variants for specific requirements.
We offer the full range of textile reinforcement materials made from high-quality carbon, glass and aramid fibers impregnated with different resin systems – from prepregs based on woven fabrics, non-crimp textiles, and non-woven fabrics to adhesive films and TowPregs. Our SIGRAPREG® pre-impregnated materials are ideally suited to produce stiff, strong and ultra-light fiber composites, which are often required for lightweight parts, high-tech applications and highly stressed components.
Business Line Friction Components
BL Friction Components develops and produces friction material solutions for various applications. Our friction materials and components can be found in vehicle powertrains - from synchronizer rings and limited slip differentials to torque converter lock-up clutches, wet brakes and wet clutches. From raw materials to components, we master all stages of the value chain.
Carbon friction materials are a common element in modern drives. Their capabilities frequently surpass conventional materials. Explore our types and options that we can provide for your application.
Business Line Small Series Solutions
BL Small Series Solutions includes the small series production area in Ried and CFK in Meitingen. We offer all manufacturing processes from autoclave technology to RTM (Resin Transfer Moulding) and prepreg pressing for small and medium component volumes (five-digit range p.a.). The product range spans industrial applications, medical technology components, and components for the aerospace and defense industries, and automotive in shell surface and structure. With our powerful sales and project management team, our own product and process development and “operational excellence”, BL is the best partner for OEMs and TIERs in all industries we mentioned above.
For more than twenty years SGL Carbon successfully produce structure and design components that conform to the highest customer requirements while simultaneously reducing weight.
Components based on fiber reinforced plastic offer a wealth of opportunities in various sectors of industry. Improve the properties of your application by our unique fiber reinforcement expertise in design and production of your components.
Business Line Large Scale Solutions
BL Large Scale Solutions is focusing on high volume automotive applications. In the Product Segment “Structural Components” we are focusing especially on Battery Case Applications, Underbody protection and GFRP Leaf Spring. Our advantage is the knowledge, experience, and capability from design & engineering to a fully automated series production.
Battery enclosures made of fiber composite materials help to make the mobility of tomorrow even more efficient – with low weight, high safety, functional integration and convincing cost-effectiveness. We are the right partner and support you in all stages of development – from planning, conception and development to series production in automotive quality and high quantities.
Composite Leaf Springs offer enormous potential for weight savings with an enhanced durability behavior, due to excellent corrosion resistance. In addition, SGL Leaf Spring concepts convince with high flexibility, to allow a cost-effectively implementation of necessary product variety for various vehicle types.