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Sustainability / Environment TenCaTe CeTeX ® in moBiLiTY ConCepT SUperBUS Safe flexible sustainable Superbus is nearing completion and this innovative mobility concept will be officially launched in just a few months’ time. everything within the Superbus concept is geared to sustainability. Ten Cate advanced Composites is involved in the project as material supplier. The TenCate Cetex ® materials are used in the body and the eight doors of the vehicle. Safety, flexibility and sustainability are the characteristics of Superbus, and safety, lightness and strength were the demands and therefore the reasons for choosing TenCate. On 22 September Superbus was unveiled to the press and public at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Hannover. ‘Amazing!’, ‘Wow!’, exclaimed Wubbo Ockels in regard to the reactions to his brainchild. ‘The general public thought it was super and wondered why it hadn’t been thought of before. But it came as quite a shock to the professional market, such as Daimler Benz and Mercedes, because for them it’s such a great leap. It goes much further than anything they’re working on or can devise.’ In how far the market will ultimately be interested is a process of the market itself. 26 txtures | number 4 | winter ‘We will demonstrate Superbus more and more frequently, until it claims political attention.’ An opportunity is being organized for the Dutch press to ride in it, on the RDW test track in Lelystad or somewhere in Germany. Afterwards the campaigns will begin − but not before Superbus is ‘in tiptop condition’. Basic principles Superbus is an innovative mobility concept where the basic principles include mobility, flexibility, energy efficiency, safety and reliability. Superbus delivers ‘comfortable, demand-dependent and point-to-point transport’. The luxury vehicle can reach a speed of 250 km an hour on dedicated Superbus lanes and run at a normal speed on existing roads. The vehicle has the same length as an average city bus but looks longer because it is not so high. Thanks to the rear-axle steering, Superbus has a modest turning circle. Wubbo Ockels is justly proud – of his brainchild naturally, and of the team of people from Delft University of Technology led by Antonia Terzi that he manages and that is working on the realization. Moreover the
number of members has now been reduced to five, who together compose the test team. It was an extraordinary experience to ride in Superbus for the first time. ‘It’s like a combination of a sportscar and a jet aeroplane.’ relationship with TenCate Impact-resistant, strong, light in weight, and the combination of these qualities – such were the requirements and for Wubbo Ockels the reasons to choose TenCate. ‘TenCate makes these materials. The relationship dates back to the development of the Nuna, the car powered by solar energy, so I automatically landed up at TenCate again.’ Nor is it likely to be the last time. Wubbo Ockels still has many ideas and dreams. The most advanced is sky sailing, ‘a sort of pioneering stunt with two planes on one line, one flying in the jet stream and the other outside. You need TenCate for these lightweight constructions.’ Sustainability as basis For TenCate, sustainability is the basis and reverberation of its pursuit of continuity. TenCate products and systems make an essential contribution to a world where themes such as safety, protection and sustainability have become self-evident. The related trends include personal safety, protection of the everyday world, restriction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions, water management and care for the environment. It is an important task of TenCate to formulate answers to these trends, devise solutions and thus compel developments. Thanks to composite materials, TenCate has a series of sustainable solutions available. The earth as spaceship The interest of the professor of Sustainable Engineering and Technology at Delft University in sustainability was awakened during his time as an astronaut. ‘The Earth is really a space ship with a thin layer of protection. This is no markeT – aerospace, industrial applications. proDUCT − TenCate Cetex ® . TeCHnoLogY – weaving and impregnation technology. proCeSS – materials installed as pre-shaped panels in the body parts. laughing matter; every process can damage it.’ And the exhaustibility of fossil fuels also plays a role. These are threats that, according to him, are still insufficiently recognized. He himself attempts in different ways to stimulate the enthusiasm of young people for sustainability and a sustainable society. ‘As far as sustainability is concerned, the Netherlands is a vacillating country. It’s shameful that what we produce in terms of sustainable energy lags so far behind. This is a problem for the young people coming later. They are taking no action and that worries me. I think it’s important for young people to develop initiatives in this respect.’ • material demands for Superbus determine choice for TenCate composite materials • efforts of the netherlands as far as sustainability concerned ‘shameful’ tencateaerospacecomposites.europe.com aerospacecomposites.europe@tencate.com 27
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