REINFORCEMENT | MATERIALS
Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe, part of
Japanese group Sumitomo Chemical, anticipates a growing demand for reinforced PP in the automo- tive market. The company says that its short-glass fibre reinforced (GF) PP Thermofil HP compounds and its Thermofil Circle recycled PP compounds offer carmakers performance equivalent to engineering plastics (such as PA) and with up to 60% lower carbon footprint (due to lower energy demands in PP production as well as the benefit of recycled raw material for rPP). In addition, PP components are designed for recyclability. As product designers are creating new compo- nents for electric vehicles and seeking to reduce weight, there is a need for more performance data. SPC Europe partnered with Hexagon’s Manufactur- ing Intelligence Division last year to produce accurate, multi-scale behavioural models of Thermo- fil GF-PP and GF-rPP compounds. These models allow designers to perform material analysis using their established digital engineering workflows to evaluate GF-PP compounds in new designs. “Limited material behaviour data is a barrier to sustainable e-mobility innovations because automotive engineering teams have not been able
to put new materials through the rigorous virtual durability and safety tests required for automotive endorsement,” says Guillaume Boisot, head of the Materials Centre of Excellence at Hexagon. He says that the models allow product development teams to simulate a component and subject it to automo- tive engineering test and validation. “Combining our efforts with Hexagon allows us to support the race towards carbon neutrality by further lightweighting our customers’ automotive components, reducing physical material testing and prototyping,” says Bruno Pendélio, Marketing Manager for SPC Europe.
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