THERMOPLASTICS PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT REDUCTION IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

In the automotive industry today, weight reduction on the automobile has become a critical design priority. The purpose of this paper is to describe the significance of weight reduction on the automobile, to show the properties and economies of several thermoplastic resins, and to report the fit that these properties of the engineering thermoplastics have for the current design priorities calling for weight reduction on the automobile.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at SAE Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition, Detroit, 24-28 February 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Windscheif, W J
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Thermoplastic materials; Thermosetting resins; Vehicle design; Weight
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097135
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #750157 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM