LEAR
SPE Award for two-material door panel injection moulded in PP and TPEs
 Door panels of PP and TPEs for the Dodge "Caliber". (Photo: Husky) |
Lear Corporation (Southfield, Michigan / USA; www.lear.com) has developed a door panel in PP and TPE in partnership with machinery manufacturer Husky Injection Molding Systems (Bolton, Ontario / Canada; www.husky.ca), TPE specialist Kraiburg TPE (Waldkraiburg / Germany; www.kraiburg-tpe.com) and Chrysler. This application recently received the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) Process Technology Innovation Award.
The panel that Lear manufactures for the new Dodge "Caliber" is produced on a 16,500 kN "Quadloc" two-material rotary machine. The substrate material is a 15% talc-filled PP from Dow, while "Thermolast K" (85 Shore A) from Kraiburg is used as the over-injected skin material.
The panel that Lear manufactures for the new Dodge "Caliber" is produced on a 16,500 kN "Quadloc" two-material rotary machine. The substrate material is a 15% talc-filled PP from Dow, while "Thermolast K" (85 Shore A) from Kraiburg is used as the over-injected skin material.
04.12.2006 Plasteurope.com [206892]
Published on 04.12.2006
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