As vehicle electrification accelerates, metal design is not always the optimal solution as it lowers complexity but increases curb weight. To maintain optimal driving experiences, there is a need to decrease the parts weight to compensate for increased battery weight.
To achieve lightweighting , you may extend your toolbox with engineering materials. Plastic solution eases logistics and transportation and allows less secondary operations (no milling/drilling, painting, corrosion protection) with lower energy consumption, less waste streams in production and less hazardous production steps. In the meantime it offers scalability for higher production numbers.
By switching to plastics solutions, you may choose from:
Maximum design freedom
Lowest cost solution
No secondary operations
Metal / Plastic hybrid combing best of two worlds
Metal for energy-absorption
Plastics for integration
Tailored UD tape solutions with continuous glass or carbon fibers
Suitable for winding, tape placement in the tool or woven structures and consolidated plaques
Free to choose fibers orientation
Designing in plastics is not straight forward; many influences determine the best suitable materials. DSM has capabilities to support in every stage if the development process: Advanced part design and CAE calculations, material choice, cost assessment, mold lay-out and prototype/pre-series molding assistance.
The innovative cost-efficient structural hybrid thermoplastic automotive body component suitable for high volume production, introducible prior to cathodic dip coating with respective joining technology was this year’s winner in the category Automotive.
Automotive companies are always on the lookout for new solutions to help meet these consumer demands and emission standards, and unidirectional tapes (UD tapes) may be the material of choice moving forward.
Today, DSM Engineering Materials announces it has taken the next important step on its journey to making electric vehicles safer, lighter and more sustainable by expanding its comparative tracking index (CTI) test laboratory to meet the next-generation, high voltage requirements of its customers.
ForTii® Ace MX53B is a high Tg PPA combining good toughness at low temperatures and chemical resistance. It is designed to replace metal in structural parts that need high performance over a broad temperature range, from -35°C to above 150°C, both in dry as well as conditioned environment.
ForTii® Ace MX53B is a high Tg PPA combining good toughness at low temperatures and chemical resistance. It is designed to replace metal in structural parts that need high performance over a broad temperature range, from -35°C to above 150°C, both in dry as well as conditioned environment.
ForTii® Ace MX53B is a high Tg PPA combining good toughness at low temperatures and chemical resistance. It is designed to replace metal in structural parts that need high performance over a broad temperature range, from -35°C to above 150°C, both in dry as well as conditioned environment.
ForTii® Ace MX54B is a high Tg PPA combining good toughness at low temperatures and chemical resistance. It is designed to have a dimensional stability close to aluminum. It has a high mechanical performance over a broad temperature range, from -35°C to above 150°C, both in dry as well as conditioned environment.
ForTii® Ace MX54B is a high Tg PPA combining good toughness at low temperatures and chemical resistance. It is designed to have a dimensional stability close to aluminum. It has a high mechanical performance over a broad temperature range, from -35°C to above 150°C, both in dry as well as conditioned environment.
ForTii® Ace MX54B is a high Tg PPA combining good toughness at low temperatures and chemical resistance. It is designed to have a dimensional stability close to aluminum. It has a high mechanical performance over a broad temperature range, from -35°C to above 150°C, both in dry as well as conditioned environment.
Xytron™ is a high performance plastic compound of DSM Engineering Plastics, which is based on PPS (polyphenylene sulphide).
Xytron™ offers extremely good chemical resistance, dimensional stability, intrinsic flame retardancy and high stiffness.
Because of its outstanding properties, Xytron™ contributes to an excellent performance in many different applications.
Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.
We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).
In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.
Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.
We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).
In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.
Direct and easy access to our broad portfolio of high-performance plastics: request a quote or order a sample. You can also simply ask our Lightweight experts.
Join this 30-minute webinar and learn which metal components can be replaced with plastics now and in the future. Presenter: Bert Havenith, Strategic and Market Intelligence Director, DSM Engineering Materials
The innovative cost-efficient structural hybrid thermoplastic automotive body component suitable for high volume production, introducible prior to cathodic dip coating with respective joining technology was this year’s winner in the category Automotive.
In this 30-minute Talk by Dr. Michael Villet, polymer scientist for DSM, and Dr. Tamim Sidiki, global marketing director of automotive and electronics for DSM Engineering Materials, learn about what the future holds for metal replacement.
Interior vehicle features that enhance the comfort of drivers and passengers influence customers’ purchasing decisions, and to meet consumer expectations, comfort systems require numerous actuators. As the demand for these parts is expected to play a significant role in driving the growth of the global automotive electric actuator market, manufacturers need to work with actuator gear suppliers that are prepared to deliver robust parts in a timely manner.
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