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Polymeric Materials in Automobiles
Polymeric Materials in Automobiles
Table 1 - Systemic presentation of the internal automobile parts and polymeric materials of which they are
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Table 2 - Systemic presentation of external automobile parts and polymeric materials of which they are made
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- small-size body parts, avan of sheet moulding compound (SMC). This devel-
- instruments for lighting and light signalisation and opment has brought to the use of a wide range of
glazed body surfaces (rear light covers, headlight thermoset composites for the engine lids, roofs (tops),
optical lenses, etc.). lid edges, mudguards, door panels, and other body-
work panels, in the following processing methods:
Large-size body parts sheet moulding compound (SMC), bulk moulding
General Motors is leading in the world in using the compound (BM C), (RRIM and SRIM) reinforced re-
bodywork panels made of polymeric composites that action injection moulding, (RTM) resin transfer
are based on thermoset plastics. They have been using moulding. The first loading platform of the light pick-
them since 1953 for the Corvette whose bodywork is -up truck Chevy Silverado (General Motors) (Figure
made of fibreglass. The first reaction injection 2) was made of fibreglass reinforced polyurethane
moulded (RIM) polyurethane bumper lining was used Baydur. The external panels and the external rear
for Chevrolet Monza in 1975. In 1980 the rear door door, whereas the internal panel is of a single part, are
(hatch) was made for the first time in Oldsmobile car- made by reinforced reaction injection moulding
Table 2 (continued)- Systemic presentation of the external automobile parts and polymeric materials of
which they are made [10]
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(SRIM). The advantages include significantly reduced An interesting concept is featured by the prototype
mass, high strength, resistance to very high, as well as of the automobile called CCV (Composite Concept
very low temperatures and the wall thickness of only 3 Vehicle), Chrysler Corp. The CCV bodywork consists
mm [10]. of only four large-format panels made of glass filled
An inventive concept of a bumper prototype (Fig- linear polyester (PET). Two outer panels and two in-
ure 3) made of polyurethane should allow better pro- ner panels are adhesion-joined along the car symme-
tection of pedestrians in case of accident. Thanks to try, which are then built onto the bodywork of high-
the combination of two different types of Bayer poly- -strength steel using only four screws.
urethanes, the pedestrian injuries in case of accident Small-size bodywork parts are mainly made of
can be significantly reduced. This has been achieved acrylonitrile/styrene/acrylate graft copolymer (ASA),
by fibre reinforced surfaces of PUR whose thickness is thermoplastic alloy acrylonitrile/styrene/acrylate +
only 1.5 mm, in the back filled with energy absorbing +polycarbonate (ASA+PC) compound, polyamide
semi-rigid polyurethane (PUR) foam. The bumper (PA), thermoplastic alloy acrylonitrile/styrene/acryla-
surface is made of reinforced reaction injection te+polycarbonate (PP), thermoplastic alloy polycar-
moulding (RRIM) thin-wall technique [12]. bonate+ acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (ABS +PC)
Table 3- Systemic presentation of engine compartment parts and polymeric materials of which they are
made [10]
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compound and acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene graft media has enabled major application of polymers in
copolymer (ABS). This application includes rear-view this highly demanding automotive design sector. Indi-
mirrors, internal protection mudguard linings, radia- vidual parts are being increasingly combined into as-
tor grilles, door handles, housings and covers of wip- semblies. A good example of parts integration is the
ers, lights. air supply system. Such a system for the BMW series
One of the latest developments in the field of light- of Diesel engines integrates a number of parts into a
ing instruments and lighting signalisation are the opti- single assembly: the intake manifold, cylinder head
cal lenses of the front headlights made of polycar- lid, air filter housing, recirculation system of exhaust
bonate (PC). They are much lighter and more resis- gases with valve and oil filtering system. All these parts
tant to fracture than classical ones, and they allow are made of polyamide (PA6 and PA66) [15].
greater freedom in design. The surface is coated by a The most important polymeric materials in appli-
protective layer thus increasing the resistance to cation for the engine parts are the polyamides. Vari-
scratches. ous types of polyarnides are used (e. g. P A6, P A66,
PAll and PA12), and in the majority of cases they are
3.3. Engine compartment parts fibreglass reinforced. Among other thermoplastics,
mainly poly(oxymethylene) (POM), poly(phenylene-
The development of technology, improvements in -sulphide) (PPS) and poly(buthylene-terephthalate)
the resistance to temperature and resistance to the (PBT) are used.
Table 3 (continued)- Systemic presentation of engine compartment parts and polymeric materials of which
they are made [10]
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Table 4 - Systemic presentation of structure parts and body and the polymeric materials of which they are
made [10]
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4. MANUFACTURING PROCEDURES
OF AUTOMOTIVE PARTS MADE OF
POLYMERIC MATERIALS
Before, the main principle of injection was piston tom, is squeezed by the mould and welded. The other
injection, and today it is injection moulding with end of the pipe is cut off and the blow moulding ma-
screw. The material enters a heated melting cylinder chine is inserted in it. By pressing the blow moulding
through a funnel, where it is caught by the screw. The machine, the neck of the future product is formed.
material melts, and gathers at the top of the screw. Compressed air is then blown through the blow
When enough molten material is collected, the whole moulding machine, which widens the pipe and pushes
screw moves forwards and injects the melt through a it to the mould wall [16].
nozzle into the mould feed system. At the beginning of Injection blow moulding also consists of two work
cooling the material contracts, and the melt continues phases. In the first, the preform is made by injection
to remain under post-pressure. Later, the screw re- blow moulding, after completed pressing the moulded
turns into the initial position and prepares for the new part remains on the core and is transferred usually by
quantity of material, and the mould opens and the turning the core, into the mould for blow moulding.
product is demoulded [16). Compressed air is then blown through the blow
The injection moulding machines contain only one moulding machine core and the product continues to
screw, and big injection moulding machines can inject be shaped as described for extrusion blow moulding.
up to 175 litres of melt at a time. However, unlike extrusion blow moulding, the prod-
Successful development of injection moulding of ucts of injection blow moulding feature higher quality
thermosets has significantly expanded their field of surfaces since there are no welded edges and conse-
application. The injection moulding of thermosets is quently no flash or waste material either.
especially competitive in the production of thick-wall
moulding parts, due to the much shorter cycle dura- 4.3. Heat forming
tion. For injection moulding of thermoset melts a ma-
chine can be used which is also used for injection The films, foils or plates cut from extruded or cal-
moulding of thermoplastics. endered strips are used as preforms for heat forming.
Elastomeres can also be injection moulded, and The preforms are also made by direct and indirect
elasto-thermoplastics are injection moulded in com- pressing, casting and compression forming of poly-
pliance with the rules of injection moulding of ther- propylene. Many thermoplastics are suitable for heat
moplastics. forming.
In order to be formed, the preform must be in rub-
ber state. Therefore sometimes the still non-cooled
4.2. Blow moulding
strip is conducted directly to the forming machine, but
Blow moulding is a cyclic procedure of forming a more often the preform must be heated, usually by ex-
preform into a product, hollow body which strength- posing it to infrared beams or by contact with heated
part of the machine [16].
ens its shape by cooling.
Out of the heat forming procedures stretching is
Blow moulding is a very important processing pro-
most widely used, that can be caused by mechanical
cedure, meant for production of hollow articles or
compression, air pressure or sub-pressure action, and
one-side open hollow bodies. In the first phase of the
combination thereof. The most frequent are the fol-
production of hollow bodies by blow moulding a pre-
lowing forming procedures by stretching [16]:
form is produced by extrusion or injection moulding.
In the second phase the workpiece is shaped. Accord- - free stamp forming, unheated preform is formed
ing to the method of producing the preform the extru- freely (i. e. without matrix) by pressing the heated
sion blow moulding and injection blow moulding are stamp,
distinguished [16). - forming by compressed air, the heated preform is
Extrusion blow moulding is most often used for the printed by compressed air into the matrix,
production of items of many thermoplastics such as - free forming by compressed air,
polyolefins (PP, PE), acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene - forming in the matrix with sub-pressure, the pre-
graft copolymer (ABS), rigid and flexible poly(vi- form is drawn into the matrix due to the sub-pres-
nyl-chloride) (PVC), polyamide (PA) etc. The prod- sure in it,
ucts can be axis-symmetrical, but also of irregular - forming in the matrix with stamp and sub-pressure,
shape (e. g. fuel tanks in automobiles). the preform is stamp printed into the matrix from
The semi-product of the first phase of extrusion which the air is drawn out, and the preform clings
blow moulding, preform, is obtained from the extrud- closely to the matrix,
er in the form of a flexible pipe (hose). A part of the - forming on stamp with sub-pressure, the preform
pipe is then enveloped in a mould made of light metal is stretched by stamp in which there is sub-pres-
because of efficient heat supply. The mould is closed sure, and it clings along the stamp and acquires its
and in the process one end of the pipe, usually the bot- shape.
PC+ ABS - thermoplastic alloy polycarbonate + slobode pri konstruiranju, a u mnogim slucajevima samo poli-
+ acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene memi materijali mogu omoguCiti siguma geometrijska ili eko-
nomicna rjesenja za konstrukcijske dijelove.
PC+ PBT- thermoplastic alloy polycarbonate+
+poly(butylene-terephthalate)
KLJUCNE RIJECI
PDAP - poly(diallyl-phthalate) resin
PEEK- poly( ether-ether-ketone) polimemi materijali, funkcionalnost, ekonomicnost
PE-HD - high density polyethylene
LITERATURE
PE-LD- low density polyethylene
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