Pre-conference site visit

To AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES LABORATORY, Univeristy of Washington, Seattle

Took place: Tuesday 4th October 2011

 

The Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL), located at the University of Washington (UW) Campus in Seattle, works in close collaboration with the Advanced Composite Research Center (ACRC) in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy for the development of all carbon fiber components in the Lamborghini vehicle line-up. Its work was recently showcased for the development of the Sesto Elemento Technology Demonstrator unveiled at the 2010 Paris Autoshow, which utilizes Forged Composite® technology, developed in conjunction with Callaway Golf and Automobili Lamborghini.

The ACSL is comprised of the Manufacturing & Characterization Facility, focused on Out-of-clave technologies, and the Impact Dynamics Research Facility, where impact damage, full-scale crash tests, and simulated lightning strike events are performed to assess the limits of performance of the materials and structures.