Glass-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Front End Module Applications SABIC Innovative Plastics, India

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Kulkarni, Kulkarni, author.

Contributor:

Schijve, Warden

Conference Name:

SIAT 2011 (2011-01-19 : Pune, India)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Pune, MH The Automotive Research Association of India 2011

Summary:

Use of glass-reinforced thermoplastic composites in automotiveindustry has grown gradually during the past decades because of anappropriate combination of properties such as high stiffness, highheat performance and lower specific gravities at a relative lowcost. These materials have found applications in semi-structuralparts such as instrument panels, door structures, underbody-shieldsand front-end module carriers.Front-End Module is one key application, which has shown adevelopment from pressed metal sheet assemblies towards SMC or GMT,pressed parts. Hybrid Steel + Plastic system is also explored forfront-ends to balance weight and stiffness of the part. Howeverpresently the key trends in FEM design have been to improveperformance/weight ratio by reducing the metal content.The present paper demonstrates full plastic Front-End Moduledesigns using long glass-reinforced PP material such as SABIC®STAMAX®, processed by injection molding. Mechanical performance ofthese Front End Modules (FEM) under different loading conditions isdiscussed. The full plastic FEM can show advantage such aslightweight front-end construction, integration of functionality,which in turn saves assembly time, reduces costs and lowersmass

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Publisher Number:

2011-26-0053

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