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Lamborghini Wins the Innovation Award JEC EN
Press Release Lamborghini wins the Innovation Award at the JEC Composites 2016. Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Communications Sant’Agata Bolognese, 09 March 2016 : Automobili Lamborghini received the Gerald Kahlke ‘Innovation Award’ at the JEC Composites Exhibition in Paris yesterday; the only Phone +39 051 6817711 award presented within the category ‘Automotive Interiors’. [email protected] Press Office - Italy and Southern Europe The award recognized the new carbon fiber package created for the Clara Magnanini Lamborghini Huracán. The award was handed to Luciano de Oto, Head of the Phone +39 051 6817711 ACRC Department, for the “Combination of C-SMC and the patented application [email protected] for Automotive A-class Components”. The Carbon Package , available as an Press Office - Squadra Corse option to Lamborghini Huracán clients, features many components made in Chiara Sandoni forged composite, such as handles, air intakes, central tunnel cladding, and some Phone +39 051 6817711 other details of the cockpit. [email protected] Press Office - Events and Collezione Forged composite is a material developed thanks to a technology named C-SMC Automobili Lamborghini (Carbon-Sheet Moulded Compound), which allows Lamborghini to obtain A-class Rita Passerini surfaces out of C-SMC materials through a patented process. Among the many Phone +39 051 6817711 advantages is its suitability for high volume production, lower manufacturing [email protected] costs, and more freedom in geometries than traditional technologies. Developed in 2010 for the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento project, the forged composite then was limited to structural application; now it will be extended to internal applications for its innovative aesthetical appearance. -
Structure, Sport and Style New Material Advances with Forged Composite Designs by Angie Mcpherson
Automotive Advances Structure, Sport and Style New material advances with Forged Composite designs By Angie McPherson ecent manufacturing trends towards fuel-efficient The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento carbon fiber concept car was Rcars, sustainable infrastructure solutions and renew- developed at the Advanced Composites Structures Lab. able wind energy designs are forcing OEMs to look for reasonable alternatives to traditional metals. We know less time curing and less waste. As a result, it signifi- composite properties naturally provide these industries cantly reduces manufacturing costs and production time. with lightweight and durable parts. However, the key to bringing more composites into these markets is to find Cutting edge composite research more cost and time efficient solutions for manufacturing Forged Composite consolidates carbon fiber chips and techniques. The University of Washington’s Automo- a resin film into a sheet. The sheet is placed into a 1,000- bili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Lab ton heated matched metallic mold where the material (ACSL) in Seattle, Wash., is working hard to develop cures in a short amount of time. The random arrange- such techniques. One of its biggest breakthroughs has ment of fibers creates a part stronger and lighter than been with Forged Composite, developed in collaboration aluminum. Once the part is cured it contains more than with the Automobili Lamborghini and Callaway Golf. 500,000 fibers per square inch, which is similar to other Inaugurated in 2009, ACSL is a composite research carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) parts, but the center co-sponsored by airline giant Boeing and luxury Forged Composite part is manufactured in significantly sports car manufacturer Lamborghini. -
Forged Composite®” Technology for the Suspension Arms of the Sesto Elemento
LAMBORGHINI “FORGED COMPOSITE®” TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SUSPENSION ARMS OF THE SESTO ELEMENTO Paolo Feraboli1, Federico Gasco, Bonnie Wade Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington Seattle, WA (USA) Steve Maier, Roger Kwan Innovative Composite Engineering White Salmon, WA (USA) Attilio Masini, Luciano DeOto, Maurizio Reggiani Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composites Research Center Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A Sant’Agata Bolognese (ITA) ABSTRACT Recent composite technology research and development efforts have focused on new out- of-autoclave material forms, and automated processes that can markedly increase production efficiencies. In a fashion similar to the aviation industry, manufacturers of high performance automobiles are moving away from costly manufacturing processes based on manual lay-up of prepreg and autoclave cure. Since 2007, the research and development efforts at Lamborghini have aimed at reducing composite part cost and increasing production rate. This effort has culminated in the development of Forged Composite® technology, which is an advanced compression molding technique that utilizes carbon fiber sheet molding compounds. This publication constitutes the first public technical disclosure of both Forged Composite® and of the control arms manufactured using this technology. The process, which uses high pressures but conventional temperatures, is used to manufacture parts with complex geometries and subject to combined loadings, which were typically manufactured as aluminum and titanium forgings. This technology was used to manufacture the inner monocoque and the suspension control arms of the Sesto Elemento, a multi-million dollar composite technology demonstrator vehicle unveiled in September 2010 at the Paris Autoshow. This paper focuses on the development of the suspension control arms, which aim at a 30% weight reduction, as well as a cost and cycle time reduction with respect to the baseline forged aluminum construction. -
Lamborghini Aventador Monocoque on Display at EPO in Munich EN
Press Release Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Lamborghini Aventador LP 700700----44 carbon fiber monocoque on display at the European Patent Office in Munich Press Office - Northern Europe Sant’Agata Bolognese/ Munich, 19.3.2015 --- Automobili Lamborghini has Gerald Kahlke Phone number +39 051 6817711 loaned its carbon fiber monocoque rolling chassis, of the Lamborghini [email protected] Aventador LP 700-4, to the European Patent Office of Munich, Germany for a Press Office - Italy and Southern Europe special event also attended by Luciano De Oto, Head of Advanced Composite Clara Magnanini Research Center. Phone number +39 051 6817711 [email protected] The rolling chassis exhibition highlights the leading edge position that Press Office – Squadra Corse Automobili Lamborghini holds in carbon fiber composite materials Chiara Sandoni technology, and is testimony to the many years of liaison between Phone number +39 051 6817711 [email protected] Lamborghini and the European Patent Office (EPO). Press Office – Events and The EPO is an intergovernmental organisation through which Automobili Collezione Automobili Lamborghini Lamborghini has applied for numerous patents, including those related to the Rita Passerini Phone number +39 051 6817711 production processes of carbon-based materials such as Forged Composite®, [email protected] CarbonSkin®, and CarbonFlex® and other innovative technologies on the Press Office - UK and Middle East Aventador LP 700-4. Juliet Jarvis Phone number +44 (0) 7733 224774 The monocoque of the Lamborghini super sports car is "single shell". [email protected] Different to other solutions, it combines the cockpit, floor, and roof of the car Press Office - North and South America in a single structure, ensuring high torsional stiffness and thus maximum Kevin Fisher performance in terms of dynamic behaviour and passive safety. -
Lamborghini Terzo Millennio EN
Press Release Lamborghini Terzo Millennio: Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. A future vision and dream based on the collaboration with MIT Head of Communications Gerald Kahlke Sant’Agata Bolognese/Cambridge (MA), 7 November 2017 – Automobili T +39 051 6817711 [email protected] Lamborghini in collaboration with two laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology marks the first steps of a possible future Lamborghini Brand & Corporate Communications electric super sports car. Clara Magnanini T +39 051 6817711 [email protected] On the occasion of this announcement Lamborghini presents the new design concept “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”. The concept physically imagines Corporate Media Events & Motorsport PR Chiara Sandoni design and technology theories of tomorrow, while sustaining the visual T +39 051 6817711 intrigue, breath-taking performance and, most importantly, the visceral emotion [email protected] found in every dimension of a Lamborghini. It is made for future super sports Product Media Events & car enthusiasts. Collezione Communications Rita Passerini The technological goal of the project is to enable Lamborghini to address the T +39 051 6817711 [email protected] future of the super sports car in five different dimensions: energy storage systems, innovative materials, propulsion system, visionary design, and Lamborghini Squadra Corse Communications emotion. Lorenzo Facchinetti T +39 051 6817711 [email protected] The first two dimensions are conceived together with the two laboratories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: the “Dinca Research Lab”, led by Press Office UK Prof. Mircea Dinca, Department of Chemistry and the “Mechanosynthesis Juliet Jarvis T +44 1933 666560 Group”, led by Prof. -
Lamborghini Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario EN
Press Release Automobili Lamborghini celebrates 50 years of legends with the exclusive Aventador LP 720720----44 50° Anniversario. Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Shanghai/Sant’Agata Bolognese, 19.04.2013 --- In celebration of its 50th Director of Communications and birthday and against the backdrop of the Shanghai Auto Show, Automobili External Relations Lamborghini is presenting a very special super sports car with exclusive Raffaello Porro equipment and technology. The Lamborghini Aventador LP 720-4 50° [email protected] Anniversario is a limited and numbered series of 100 units worldwide. Each unit has a Forged Composite® badge with the 50° logo and a serial number. Press Office - Italy and Southern Europe Clara Magnanini With its output increased to 720 hp, its new performance-oriented front and [email protected] rear design, the special paintwork and unique interior trim, this Aventador is one of the most exclusive models ever produced in the history of Lamborghini. Press Office --- Northern Europe Gerald Kahlke The Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario represents a new highlight of this [email protected] globally successful model range with carbon-fiber monocoque, twelve-cylinder engine and permanent all-wheel drive. With its output of 720 hp, the 6.5-liter Press Office - UK and Middle East twelve-cylinder in the Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario is 20 hp more Juliet Jarvis powerful than the current V12 in the Aventador LP 700-4. This is due to a new [email protected] specific engine calibration. With its extremely fast-shifting ISR transmission, the anniversary model accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds and Press Office - North and South reaches a top speed of 350 km/h. -
Lamborghini Huracan Performante EN
Press Release Focused on Performance: Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. The new Lamborghini Huracán Performante. Communications Gerald Kahlke • Active aerodynamics “Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva” (ALA) Phone number +39 051 6817711 providing ultimate road and track performance [email protected] • Nürburgring Nordschleife lap in 6:52.01 min Press Office - Italy and Southern Europe Clara Magnanini • Forged carbon fiber technology contributing to 40 kg weight Phone number +39 051 6817711 reduction and innovative technical solutions [email protected] • 5.2 l V10 aspirated engine with higher torque and power output of 640 hp Press Office – Corporate and Motorsport Chiara Sandoni • Acceleration 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds and top speed of more than Phone number +39 051 6817711 325 km/h [email protected] • The highest performance and achievements on track reflected in its Press Office – Events and name: Huracán Performante Collezione Automobili Lamborghini Rita Passerini Phone number +39 051 6817711 Sant’Agata Bolognese/Geneva, 6 March 2017 – Automobili Lamborghini [email protected] unveils the Huracán Performante at the Geneva Motor Show, combining new Press Office - UK and Middle East Juliet Jarvis lightweight technologies, active aerodynamics with aero vectoring and a new Phone number +44 (0) 7733 224774 [email protected] set-up of chassis, all-wheel-drive system and further improved powertrain. Press Office - North and South America The Huracán Performante is the result of Lamborghini innovations, producing Jiannina Castro Phone number +1 (703) 364-7926 a super sports car balanced between achieving the best lap times on a circuit [email protected] with the most engaging and dynamic road driving. -
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Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 EN
Press RReleaseelease Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Lamborghini Huracán LP 610610----4:4:4:4: The New Benchmark among Luxury Super Sports Cars Communications and External Relations Director Raffaello Porro [email protected] Press Office - Italy and Southern Europe 1. Huracán --- The Start of a New Legend Clara Magnanini Phone number +39 051 6817711 2. Design [email protected] Press Office - Northern Europe 3. Bodyshell Gerald Kahlke Phone number +39 051 6817711 [email protected] 4. Interior Press Office – Motorsport and sustainability Chiara Sandoni 5. V10 Power Unit Phone number +39 051 6817711 [email protected] 6. Transmission Press Office – Events Rita Passerini 7. Chassis Phone number +39 051 6817711 [email protected] 8. Equipment Product Communication Moreno Conti 9. Predecessor - Lamborghini Gallardo Phone number +39 051 6817711 [email protected] 10. Technical Data Press Office - UK and Middle East Juliet Jarvis Phone number +44 (0)1933 577077 [email protected] Press Office - North and South America Kevin Fisher Phone number +1-323-556-8853 [email protected] Press Office - APAC James Page Phone number +86 10 6531 3196 [email protected] Press Office – China Na Liu Phone number +86-10-65314076 [email protected] Press Office – Japan and Korea Rika Iimure Phone number +81-(0)3-5475-6626 [email protected] Press Office – SEA and Pacific Michelle Yow Phone number +65 6690 9218 [email protected] 1 Lamborghini Huracán -