Auto Supplier Cuts Costs of Painting Trim Parts

Auto Supplier Cuts Costs of Painting Trim Parts

Axial fibers (0 degrees) provide excellent tensile, compressive and flexural properties while biaxial (85 degree) fibers contribute burst, crush and transverse strength. Alternating longitudinal (axial) fibers for flexural & tensile strength and circumferential (biaxial) fibers for crush & burst resistance Avient’s reinforced composite technologies use carbon, glass and aramid fibers with custom formulated thermoset or thermoplastic resins in continuous forming processes

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Injection molded Complēt™ long carbon fiber reinforced nylon composite delivered high stiffness and low weight while simplifying manufacturing Complēt™ and OnForce™ Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites - Design Guide Optimize stiffness, strength, and toughness to obtain structural performance with lightweight long fiber reinforced thermoplastics. 

Injection molded Complēt™ long carbon fiber reinforced nylon composite delivered high stiffness and low weight while simplifying manufacturing Complēt™ and OnForce™ Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites - Design Guide Optimize stiffness, strength, and toughness to obtain structural performance with lightweight long fiber reinforced thermoplastics. 

Injection molded Complēt™ long carbon fiber reinforced nylon composite delivered high stiffness and low weight while simplifying manufacturing Complēt™ and OnForce™ Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites - Design Guide Optimize stiffness, strength, and toughness to obtain structural performance with lightweight long fiber reinforced thermoplastics. 

EXPERIMENTAL Material Two classes of “universal overmolding TPEs” have been developed and used in this study. Injection molding of plaques A Milacron injection molding machine was used to prepare plaques for the measurements of physical properties and adhesion. A 25 mm wide strip of TPE is cut and pulled at a 90o angle toward the substrate using an Instron tensile tester.

A major US automotive OEM makes extensive use of lightweight composites materials. For the brace, Avient's engineering team developed and analyzed three options: a unidirectional, hybrid carbon and glass fiber profile; a unidirectional carbon fiber profile; and finally, a profile made with both a unidirectional carbon fiber and a transverse engineered fabric, which had the advantage of minimizing any potential cracks from propagating. The composite material used to make this part includes a custom-formulated thermoset epoxy resin, which also has good corrosion and chemical resistance.

The customer chose to use a Fiber-Line™ custom fiber formulation by Avient to produce a pipe liner. Plus, using a pipe liner strategy itself resulted in a significant CO2 reduction compared to the potential impact of a new lay process.    Learn more about Fiber-Line custom fiber solutions for industrial applications here.