Lanxess has received a contract from German system supplier Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG to supply the carrier’s manufacturer, ElringKlinger AG, with Tepex continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite.
The material will be used to make a door module carrier for a compact-class vehicle. The part is produced in a hybrid molding process using forming and back-injection of Tepex directly in the injection mold. Lanxess says that its weight has been cut by around 1.6 kg per vehicle compared with injection-molded component designs.
‘The one-shot process industrialized by ElringKlinger eliminates the forming tool, while also enabling cost-cutting integration of functions,’ said Harri Dittmar, project manager in the technical marketing and business development group.
This story uses material from Lanxess,with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
