Increasing complexity of automotive LED lighting designs creates demand for novel and easy to mold thermoplastics
The trend toward developing complex, intricate automotive lighting designs using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) has created a need for high-performance thermoplastics with exceptional flow and easy mold release.
(firmenpresse) - HOUSTON, TEXAS, February 1, 2021 - The trend toward developing complex, intricate automotive lighting designs using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) has created a need for high-performance thermoplastics with exceptional flow and easy mold release. Design elements such as part and function integration, wider, larger and thinner forward and rear lighting components, and critical aesthetics call for materials that can enable thin walls, aggressive styling with sharp draft angles and an impeccable appearance. SABIC
LEDs Illuminate New Designs
As LEDsions. The lower operating temperature of LEDs compared to incandescent bulbs has allowed PC to be used extensively in automotive lighting, particularly in bezels, where it may be colored or metallized. Today, thanks to its attractive aesthetics and impact resistance, PC is the most commonly used thermoplastic for bezels.
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Highest Flow, Easy Mold Release
Among SABICng force required for tooling. This offers the possibility to use existing injection molding machines for more-complex designs that normally would require a higher clamping force.
Industrias Arteb SA, a Brazilian lighting manufacturer, recently benefited from this option when employing high-flow LEXAN HF4010SR resin for the front bezel of a new compact sport utility vehicle. The SABIC material, which can be processed using a lower clamping force and injection pressure than lower-flow PC resins, enabled Arteb to reduce development costs by using its existing machine for this thinner bezel.
SABICenable faster de-molding and the reduction of surface defects, even in parts with challenging release angles (0.5 to 1.0 degrees lower than the recommended PC draft angle) and thin walls. As a further manufacturing enhancement, LEXAN HF4010SR resin features a wide processing window.
LEXAN HF4010SR resin complements SABICialists can help determine the material grade that can best meet application performance requirements.
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SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SABIC manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.
SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Production in 2019 was 72.6 million metric tons.
SABIC has more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 12,540 global patent filings, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.
Datum: 01.02.2021 - 08:08 Uhr
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