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This articles are made public on the website 3 months after their publication.     Showing 1 to 25 out of 26 results   Light shines through ‘metallic’ surfaces after start-up A centre console concept being shown to car-makers by Preh contains significant innovations in materials technology, displays and the human-machine interfaces, writes Roger Bishop  01/11/2007    Panel games At the launch of the Lotus Europa S last autumn, chief of design Russell Carr said the form of a design should reflect the spirit of the car. As Steve Snook reports, designers are adopting a variety of approaches to create the exterior panels that help shape that spirit  01/09/2007    Ball-and-socket fastener allows trim demounting A new type of fastener based on the well-known BigHead design allows trim and panels to be demounted. A ball-and-socket construction is the key innovation of the Poppit fastener.  01/09/2007    Light curing adhesive fixes plastic lighting assemblies A new UV/visible light curing adhesive for vehicle lighting assemblies is available to bond an expanded variety of engineering plastics.  01/04/2007    ‘Instant grab’ hot-melts ease assembly In a new formulation of hot melt technology, the instant green strength of pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) has been combined with the performance of a cross-linked silicone assembly sealant, writes Roger Bishop.  01/03/2007    Water jet glass cutting transforms glass designs with complexity In the design and construction of modern vehicles the need to integrate large sheets of glass requiring intricate, often complex cut-out areas has been growing, writes Roger Bishop  01/02/2007    Composite panels compete on price for top-end niche cars Carbon fibre composites may have more relevance to mainstream car design than many engineers believe, writes Roger Bishop.  01/09/2006    Organic layer bonds into metal surfaces A patent-pending mechanical lapping process creates an organic layer that bonds into the metal surface through mechanical reaction, writes Roger Bishop.  01/09/2006    Chemists advance high strength composites There is a growing trend to use dilution technology as a cost-effective route for technically demanding injection moulded applications. This technology reduces the quantity of compounded material used by diluting a concentrated long glass fibre compound with reactor polypropylene (PP) at the injection moulding stage.  01/02/2006    Bonding system eliminates all fasteners Fast reacting and bonding adhesives are said to eliminate any need for any mechanical fasteners in automotive bonding processes.  01/02/2006    Flexible PVC foam tapes Scapa has launched two high temperature PVC foam tapes coated on one side with an aggressive, pressure-sensitive adhesive. They are designed for NVH and water sealing applications in the automotive industry.  01/02/2006    Coating breakthrough cuts VOCs and CO2 Toyota, Daihatsu and Kansai Paint claim to have developed a water-borne coating technology that reduces emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 70 per cent and carbon dioxide by 15 per cent compared with traditional coating processes.  01/04/2005    Anti squeak coating reaches a new low A new coating said to be a viable alternative to silicone-based products used on weather seals is claimed to offer new levels of noise reduction and freeze-release properties.  01/04/2005    Sunshine heals clearcoat scratches Researchers at Bayer MaterialScience have developed an automotive coating that uses the warmth of the summer sun to heal the fine abrasions and scratches that result from hand or car wash cleaning, writes Roger Bishop. They simply disappear, according to a recent technical note.  01/04/2005    SL delivers giant realistic parts When Plastic Omnium came up with the concept of fixing headlights onto a bumper module instead of the vehicle — first seen at the 2003 IAA Show in Frankfurt — the company then had to move quickly to prove its concept to vehicle-makers by manufacturing convincing prototypes.  01/03/2005    Secondary sun-baking strengthens aluminium Scientists have found that if the high temperature ageing process used to strengthen aluminium components is interrupted and the material allowed to undergo secondary ageing at ambient temperature, it becomes 20 per cent tougher.  01/01/2005    Making gear-shifting a tactile experience Dura Automotive Systems is using a special moulding process involving the sequential injection of plastics with widely varying properties to develop gearknobs with optimised properties of tactile feedback, stability and wear resistance.  01/11/2004    New twist to precision spring forming Precision spring manufacture is usually regarded as an inexact science due to wire feed stock inconsistencies forming tool wear.  01/11/2004    Tin compounds meet price target for friction pad lubricants Tin-based technology is ready to change the way brake pads for cars and trucks are produced, writes Roger Bishop.  01/11/2004    Floating nuts line up for location A PEM ‘floating panel nuts’ initially designed for the automotive industry in the USA can be inserted during the stamping process. It was designed with the Pemserter ‘in-die press system’ in mind.  01/10/2004    Nano particles transform PBT production Adding organic nano-particles that fundamentally change the rheology of the base polymer has enabled a global supplier of PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) to dramatically reduce the viscosity of glass-filled grades. It is believed to be the first application of nano-particle technology in plastics.  01/10/2004    Double the grip claimed for blind insert A new design of blind insert is said to double the grip range on soft materials, thin-walled plastics and composites, while providing new levels of joint clamp and pullout resistance with fewer fasteners.  01/10/2004    Semi-solid casting advance cuts costs A casting technique using semi-solid metals in a runner-based high-pressure die-casting (HPDC) process is said to be capable of producing high quality aluminium and magnesium parts at low cost, writes Duncan Leslie.  01/10/2004    Embedded wire welds plastic parts The Wire Weld process has been developed by 3form Design to join plastic parts reliably and easily.  01/10/2004    Brazed manifold joints prevent weld spatter catastrophes Brazed joints have been used on an air gap insulated steel manifold to avoid any possibility of weld spatter or other contaminants being left on the inside surface of exhaust gas pipes, writes Roger Bishop.  01/09/2004    Showing 1 to 25 out of 26 results	Magazine Services    Apply for free copy  Reader Enquiry Service     Sponsored Links

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