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SOlar team twente 2007
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Like the aviation sector, the auto industry too has a great deal to
gain from the use of more composite materials. After all, these
materials are lighter than aluminium, stronger than steel and in
theory recyclable. The Twente One 2007, the solar car of the Solar
Team Twente 2007 is light thanks to aerospace composite materials
from TenCate. This sustainable vehicle achieved speeds as high as
126 kilometers per hour during the 2007 World Solar Challenge
through Australia and finished as number 6.
SOLAR TEAM TWENTE
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Thermoplastic and thermosetting materials of TenCate contribute to
more sustainable transport. The car racing industry is already
making considerable use of these innovative materials, which are
widely used in the aircraft and space industry. Solar Team Twente
2007 finished the more than 3,000 kilometers journey and won on
technology and innovation, thanks to the integrated pivoting wing,
made of aerospace composite: a novelty in the world of mobility.
Made with composite material, consisting of carbon fabric.
mOBile SOlar Panel
During the outback journey down under, the Twente One 2007 was
equipped with a solar panel that could be pivoted. This allowed the
most ideal angle of the sun – focused directly onto the solar cells –
to be achieved for the greater part of the day. In addition, a
patented lens system was used, in which the solar cells could
move under the lenses so that they always remained in focus. This
also produced extra solar energy.
Integrated pivoting solar panels Patented lens system Horizontal shock dampers
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