Air Intake Manifolds Manufactured with Chemically Recycled Material Achieve a Reduction of CO2 Emissions and Costs Saving with Similar Mechanical Resistance Magneti Marelli Brasil

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Villalva, Villalva, author.

Contributor:

Alegre, Guilherme

Motta, Paulo

Moura, Thomas

Savioli, Andre

Windlin, Fernando

Conference Name:

21st SAE Brasil International Congress and Exhibition (2012-10-02 : Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2012

Summary:

In the current Brazilian air intake manifold market, most of thesmall car applications use the reinforced polyamide PA 6.6 GF30 asbase material. The glass fiber (30%) guarantees the requiredmechanical resistance, necessary once the manifold is assembled onthe engine and is subjected to considerable vibration levels.Air intake manifolds were developed using a new chemicallyrecycled material recuperated from yarn production process, calledTechnyl ECO, which represents a reduction of 4.3 kg of CO₂equivalent per 1 kg of polyamide produced. This material canreplace the current one, once it has the same formulation (PA 6.6GF30) and similar mechanical resistance. Moreover, it represents acost saving up to 10% in the raw material.The air intake manifolds injected with the recycled materialwere subjected to the mechanical validation tests under severeconditions of accelerated aging at temperature of 140°C and thermalshock with abrupt temperature change from -40°C to 120°C. Allsamples were approved according to the specifications for lifeunder vibration, metallic inserts extraction, bursting, pressuredrop and impact

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Publisher Number:

2012-36-0368

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