or outstanding foamability and enables the extrusion of PP foams with very low density, excellent impact resistance, and compliance with VDA 278 emissions regulations.  SABIC  PP-UMS foam resin’s processing versatility allows PP foams, subject to user testing, to be used in structural cores for sandwich panels in delivery vans, trucks, and recreational vehicles (RVs), and to provide structural and insulative properties in blow-molded air duct...

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aterials (multi-materials), and it will promote collaboration with the group’s other research and development bases for the automotive composite formulation business in Japan and Europe. It was also announced that the Advanced Technologies Center has successfully developed a lightweight honeycomb panel as its first project. The new panel, which has a sandwich structure that sandwiches light honeycomb core material with outer boards consisting o...

News  Updated at: 2020/12/18

ments for ambient lighting are also integrated into the spoilers.  It is specifically coated or provided with functional coatings such as UV protection. Covestro materials offer active aerodynamics opportunities in the form of morphing elements and components. Some of them are designed using black panel technology, which means that they look like flat, dark surfaces if the LED elements concealed behind them are not activated. The concept compone...

News  Updated at: 2019/10/04

Belgium-based EconCore licenses technology for thermoplastic honeycomb On April 3, EconCore informed that the manufacturer of a variety of high-quality non-woven solutions is licensing EconCore’s technology in order to add value to the manufactured goods and to extend the range of commercial applications. Tier 1 and 2 automotive suppliers benefit from good thermoformability of such panels producing light, strong and functional components of aut...

News  Updated at: 2019/04/10

MCG develops bus heated flooring system for Levante III On November 13, MCG mind for metal informed that its R&D team has developed and prototyped a heated floor that innovates at various levels, especially in the main structure: it is based on the combination of an aluminum sandwich panel with PET foam. PET is supplied on plates that MCG transportation processes to obtain the desired format, and then the bonding process of the aluminum sheets ...

News  Updated at: 2018/11/19

weight saving vs a conventional modern seat. The building of composite car seats has traditionally been expensive due to the unsuitability of the composite manufacturing process for mass production, but the revolutionary iStream manufacturing process overturns this convention, utilising a composite sandwich panel structure and metallic frame combination, which costs no more than a conventional car seat. The productionisation of Advanced Modular P...

News  Updated at: 2018/11/05

Mitsubishi Fuso and Pabco develop new truck wing body with sandwich panel Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has adopted a sandwich type panel in the new D-Wing lightweight wing body for heavy-duty trucks. The wing body, which was developed through a joint development project with Pabco Co., Ltd., uses a headliner made of a Galvalume steel sheet and side panels made of aluminum-based material. Use of rolled steel sheets reduced the...

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