Jute Fibre Based Composite for Automotive Headlining Tata Motors, Limited

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Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Sathaye, Sathaye, author.

Conference Name:

SAE 2011 World Congress & Exhibition (2011-04-12 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2011

Summary:

With increased awareness about environmental issues, the trend of automobile industry is to use Recycled' or Biodegradable' or Energy Recoverable' material. As a part of this programme, to make the vehicle Green' in nature, many automobile OEMs have taken the initiative to make use of natural fibre composite in their vehicles. Natural fibre based composite has been successfully proven for less critical as well as for semi-structural applications in an automobile. These typical applications are insulations, headlining, carpets, door pad et ceteraThere is a demanding task for automotive OEMs to meet 85% Recyclability and 95% Recoverability targets by year 2015. To meet the RRR (Reuse, Recycle and Recover) and the ELV (End of Life) regulatory requirements, increased use of natural fibre based composite/ biopolymers is unavoidable. Natural fibre can offer potential advantages such as weight saving and improve overall green rating of the vehicle. Use of renewable resources can also encourage thermal recycling.This paper describes the application of jute based composite for Headlining', where the properties of jute based composites are compared with those of conventional polyurethane foam + glass fibres based headlining.To address the limitation of lower strength of jute fibre, the basic substrate design of jute composite was optimized so that it offers properties equivalent / comparable to those of conventional polyurethane foam + glass fibre based material. In the proposed jute based composite, jute fibres are mixed with Polypropylene fibres to get stiffness for the substrate. The GSM (Grams per Square Meter) of jute based composite was selected in such a way that it addresses all the end product requirements such as flexural strength, adhesion, flammability, environmental resistance, thermal conductivity et cetera

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Publisher Number:

2011-01-0224

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