Saturn currently injection molds and paints PPE+PA66 exterior body panels in its Spring Hill, TN facility. These manufacturing operations result in a continuous stream of waste material that needs to be responsibly and economically managed. This paper will summarize the process that General Motors and Saturn used to evaluate and validate the use of post-industrial painted PPE+PA66 reprocessed material in Saturn and General Motors' wheel trim applications (wheel covers). Not only did this project increase the amount of recycled content in General Motors' vehicles, but it also provided Saturn Corporation with a favored outlet for an internal waste stream.
From Painted “Scrap” to Painted Production Parts
Sae Technical Papers
SAE 2000 World Congress ; 2000
2000-03-06
Conference paper
English
Springs , Production , Body panels , Wheels , Parts , Recycling
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