To become honest, plastics have wide application in automobile industry, and furthermore, plastics can meet an increasing number of correspondingly functional requirements.
First of all, automobile manufacturers apply bulk moulding compound as well as sheet molding compound in fuel tank or fuel pipe, for they both have exceptionally excellent fuel resistance and barrier properties. Currently, not only petrochemical-based plastics can meet the requirement of fuel contact feature, and also the new-typed biological plastics can fulfill this require. So Rhodia Polyamide Company promotes a series of new polyamide products, which have exceptionally good high fuel permeation barrier properties, and in the exact same time, they can reduce as much as 30% of weight whilst they are able to maintain excellent safety properties. And such plastic item is with success applied in auto fuel pipe, fuel tank of heavy-typed motorcycle and others.
What's much more, sealing and sound absorption are also the important manifestations of functional applications of plastics. For example, windshield washers made by TPE-S series materials have reliable sealed and sound absorption functions, for windshield washer will be the buffer in between windshield and steel auto physique. Moreover, such TPE-S series materials refer to thermoplastic elastomers that are newly developed plastics, and therefore, they're the high valued supplies which can replace the normal plastics. Thanks to its superb adhesive feature, TPE-S materials can directly bond on the windshield by single-color injection molding process within 250 ??. Moreover, TPE does not need to do the pre-dry procedure, and it will quickly cool down after molding. So auto manufacturers can save more operating time. Currently, auto manufacturers will use TPE to do the bumper panel, and it is reported that TPE has taken up about 53% of worldwide bumper market. From here, we are able to see TPE has wide-range application in automobile industry.
Plus, plastics can bring superb saving energy properties and durability to autos, and they are able to also provide comfort and safety to autos. Presently, automobile headrest and armrest can be made of transparent sheet molding compound, so it's exceptionally soft and comfy, while mechanical parts of auto cabin are constructed from bulk moulding compound with polyurethane coating, its touching sense is so fantastic. And BMC automobile lamp is pretty environmental-friendly and practical, it's rather simple for owner to install and change. Concerning the plastic application of safety in autos, automobile manufacturers would use thermoplastic polyurethane to make dashboard, for thermoplastic polyurethane has good impact feature. And as a result many popular auto manufacturers would apply thermoplastic polyurethane in bumpers, instrument panels as well as door panels and so forth.

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