Laminating lessons for team Delft Hyperloop V

Team Delft Hyperloop V consists of 35 students from various programs at Technische Universiteit Delft. The Delft Hyperloop project has been around for five years. The team of the 2020-2021 academic year now has the desire and task of proving the technical and commercial viability of the Hyperloop concept.

The team developed a new design for the pod. Before they could build it from carbon, they first had a completely 3D printed model made. With this, they came to Holland Composites to learn from our long-term experienced laminating experts how to make a skin layer on it, which creates the final pod.

The engineers of the future learned this with great enthusiasm and above all very quickly! After only two days, the work was finished and the whole thing could harden under vacuum. The pod was then ready to undergo the next steps in the design and construction process.

Despite the corona pandemic still dominating the world, the team was still able to travel to Valencia at the end of July for the European Hyperloop Week. They did this in a grand manner, because they brought their 30-meter long track with them! By demonstrating the entire system to the jury, they hoped to convince them why they should win. And with success: they won two of the six awards!

In addition to the “Mechanical Award” (for the new hydraulic brake system) and the “Full-Scale Award” (for the efforts of the Scalability team), the jury also rewarded the team with the “Jury’s Choice Award”. This is because the jury was very impressed with the efforts of this year's Delft Hyperloop team.

Our laminating experts were happy to share their years of knowledge about super strong, super lightweight composite products with the engineers of the future. Holland Composites is very proud that they have achieved such great results with their self-built pod.