Crash Test Barriers
For Impact Testing of Crash Vehicles

At Hexcel we’ve spent 50 years designing composite structures so that they don’t deform. Which means we have learnt a lot about what happens when they do.

For an automotive crash barrier, you need materials that perform consistently, time after time, every time.

Hexcel understands this better than anyone. We don’t just design, develop and make the barriers - we also make materials that go with them.

Hexcel’s Aluminum honeycomb is the most efficient energy absorbing material available, which crushes under load and cushions impact in a reliable and uniform way.

Hexcel invented the expanded honeycomb concept, and was the first company to manufacture honeycomb on a commercial scale, over 50 years ago. Our experience in manufacturing structural adhesives dates back even further. Our materials expertise means that no other company can match Hexcel’s experience in making composites that withstand impact. And - in the case of crash test barriers - in making things that don’t.

HexBarrier Crash Test Barrier

Hexcel’s dedicated development and engineering team is fully experienced in the design of crash test barriers which surpass the stringent requirements of the European and US standards.

Hexcel’s crash test barriers are designed to optimize the crush properties of the Aluminum honeycomb. Barriers are designed using a range of honeycomb densities with crush strengths ranging from 0.15 to 42 MPa. Any crush test barrier configuration can be optimized using Hexcel’s in-house manufactured materials. Hexcel’s designers will work to an existing design, or produce an innovative crash test barrier to meet specific requirements.

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