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Novel injection moulding process from Mecaplast could cut car part weights in half
6/21/2012 |
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Izernore, France - Leading automotive plastics component supplier Mecaplast believes it can cut the weight of interior and exterior trim parts by between 30 and 50% by using a newly patented injection moulding processing technology in combination with novel polypropylene compounds.
Mecaplast, headquartered in Monaco and with numerous production facilities across France as well as in Europe, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, China and India, is about to embark on a French government-sponsored project called Plume (French for Feather) to industrialize the process, which relies on a combination of moving mould cores, a chemical blowing agent, and lightweight reinforcing fillers. The project starts in September, and will run for two years. It will have a total budget of ?2.4 million.
The project will also involve the participation of several other French companies: compound producer Sumika Polymer Compounds (a Sumitomo Chemical Group company) based in Saint-Martin de Crau; mould-maker Cero, in Nantes; polymer science research laboratory IMP at the University of Saint-Etienne; and Sophia Antipolis-based Cemef, a research laboratory from Mines ParisTech, associated with CNRS, with expertise in process simulation.
"Incorporation of parts made by the Plume process could lead to a total vehicle weight reduction of between 5 and 7kg," says Elsa Germain, Research and Innovation Engineer at Mecaplast. "This will have an important knock-on effect on fuel consumption, with resulting carbon dioxide emissions falling by around 0.5-0.7g/km."
The process is similar to one already used in Japan for production of parts used by such automotive companies as Honda and Toyota. However, that process has some limitations, especially in terms of surface finish, since the parts are made with talc-filled polypropylene (PP). The Plume process will use newly-developed compounds that contain little or no talc.
Instead, they incorporate new reinforcing fillers that not only yield improved surface quality but also help reduce part weight by as much as 7%, without loss of mechanical properties. Compounds with various fillers will be trialled during the Plume project.
The new compounds, which are based on PP impact copolymer and are being developed exclusively for Mecaplast, also have very good flow properties. Melt flow index is over 50 g/10 min. This is critical for the success of the Plume process.
In the Plume process, material is injected into a mould with moving walls that are initially in the forward position. Once all the material has been injected, and the skins of the part have solidified, the walls retract. This lowers the pressure in the mold cavity, and chemical blowing agent, until now dissolved in the melt, comes out of solution in the areas of the part that are still fluid to create a cellular structure that fills the newly created space. The foaming process on its own (disregarding compound formulation) enables a weight reduction in the part of at least 30%, compared to a conventional solid moulding.
Cemef will look at melt rheology and its effects on the process and it will also carry out analysis of the microstructures created by the chemical foaming. IMP-UJM will study the mechanical behaviour of parts made under various conditions.
Mecaplast plans to trial the process on two components, a tailgate interior trim and exterior beltline mouldings. The beltline mouldings will be produced in two versions, one with a grained surface that will require no painting and another that will be paintable. |
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