Abstract: The invention relates to an automotive heat exchanger comprising a) a heat exchange core (2) comprising a header part (10) comprising a plurality of heat transfer tubes (4), b) a plastic manifold body (18) forming an aperture for receiving end portions of heat transfer tubes (4), and C) a plastic insert plate (16) having a plurality of openings (24), wherein i) end portions of the heat transfer tubes (4) are received by and extend through the openings (24) of the plastic insert plate (16) and extreme parts of the end portions of the heat transfer tubes (4) have been bended outwardly, ii) the plastic insert plate (16) is fastened to the side walls of the manifold body (18), and iii) the manifold body (18) is joined to the heat exchange core (2) only through fastening of the plastic insert plate (16) to the manifold body (18).

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition including a radically curable resin mixture of: a) 50-100 parts by weight of a radically curable resin that also contains a free monomer capable of copolymerising with it; b) 0-50 parts by weight of a shrink-resistant compound that can also contain an amount of copolymerisable free monomer, the total of (a) and (b) adding up to 100, and 2D-randomly distributed, discontinuous carbon fibres obtained by chopping split, continuous carbon fibre bundles to form packages of carbon filaments, which carbon bundles are provided with a sizing that is at least partially chemically bonded thereto, and with a binder whose solubility at room temperature in the copolymerisable free monomer present in the radically curable resin mixture amounts to at least 10% by weight, the weight percentage of carbon fibres relative to the resin composition being between 5 and 65% by weight, and optionally a filler also being present.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition consisting of a radically curable resin mixture consisting of: (a) 50-100 parts by weight of a radically curable resin that also contains a free monomer capable of copolymerising with it; (b) 0-50 parts by weight of a shrink-resistant compound that can also contain an amount of copolymerisable free monomer, the total of (a) and (b) adding up to 100, and 2D-randomly distributed, discontinuous carbon fibres obtained by chopping split, continuous carbon fibre bundles to form packages of carbon filaments, which carbon bundles are provided with a sizing that is at least partially chemically bonded thereto, and with a binder whose solubility at room temperature in the copolymerisable free monomer present in the radically curable resin mixture amounts to at least 10% by weight, the weight percentage of carbon fibres relative to the resin composition being between 5 and 65% by weight, and optionally a filler also being present.