Automotive industry interior

ABS/PC and ASA/PC blends have good dimensional stability, impact strength at low temperature, weatherability (especially those with ASA), low gloss and excellent processability. They have been used in the automotive industry (interior and exterior body panels, wheel covers, etc.) in business machine housings, garden tools and equipment. 

Typical Use Automotive industry Glass fibre reinforced plastics, e.g. Typical Use Automotive industry interior assembly (doors, textiles) ... 

Compounds based on S—EB—S usually contain polypropylene, which improves solvent resistance and processibiUty and raises upper service temperatures. Compounds intended for use in the automotive industry are able to survive 1000 hours air exposure at temperatures of 125°C with only minor changes in properties (54). Very soft compounds have been developed to replace foam mbber for interior trim parts. In this and similar appHcations, these soft compounds are usually insert molded over polypropylene or metal and then coated with flexible polyurethane paint (55). Other automotive appHcations include products intended for sound deadening, flexible air ducts, and gear shifter boots, as weU as improving the properties of sheet mol ding compounds. 

The coatings industry has developed waterborne paints and coatings that greatly reduce VOC emissions. Some applications include automotive coatings, interior latex paints, and polyurethane coatings (Sherman et al., 1998). 

Electrical connectors, automotive interior parts (e.g., computers, connectors, housing in electricl industry, board, electrical connectors, automotive industry, transportation)... 

Recent work by the USDA and Kcnaf International (Texas) has demonstrated the potential of both growing and processing kcnaf fibers for newsprinl and other paper products in the United States. Another promising potential use for vegetable fibers is in the new lignocellulosic-hased composites under development in various parts of the industrialized world. Such products are already utilized in the automotive industry for automobile interior door and head liners and as trunk liners. 

Polypropylene is extensively used in injection molding because of the wide range of physical properties and melt flow rates available. The principal markets served include transportation (primarily automotive), appliances, consumer products, rigid packaging, and medical products. Polypropylene use has increased in the automotive industry because of the wide availability of high melt flow rate impact copolymers for use in large thin parts, such as interior trim. 

Automotive. The automotive industry has a wide variety of applications for adhesives and sealants. Nonstructural applications dominate, and they include all interior trim and much of the exterior trim such as side molding, wheel covering emblems, front and rear... 

After the production of polybutadiene, the automotive industry developed very rapidly. Car tyres, interior and exterior parts of cars could now be produced from artificial rubber. 

For many years the main uses of plastics in the automotive industry were associated with car electrical equipment, such as batteries, plugs, switches, and flex and distributor caps, as well as, with interior body... 

Wood-plastic and other natural fiber-plastic composite materials are being increasingly used in automotive industries. Woodstock, made with a mix of about 50% wood flour and 50% PP, is still widely used for automotive interiors, but the industry appears to be especially interested in components made form recycled plastics, and the introduction of wood-filled compounds for molding has spurred some of this interest. 

In the automobile branch in particular, the design and finish of both interior and exterior components are subject to spiraling qualitative demands. The term premium class, coined by the automotive industry, is no longer the sole preserve of... 

In the construction industry, residual solvent evaporation becomes an increasingly more critical issue, especially in the case of products used for indoor applications. Sealants, adhesives, and paints are now a major focus of this concern since they contribute to indoor pollution. Similar trends are observed in the automotive industry where both solvents and plasticizers are suspected of contributing to a plastics odor in car interiors. 

Applications and uses electrical/electronic, aircraft interiors, and automotive industry. 

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