BASF Ultramid is in the air spring piston of commercial truck trailers manufactured by HBN Teknik of Denmark. The plastic piston is both lighter and less expensive than its metal predecessor and is also corrosion-resistant. The optimized polymer component can support a weight of 60 kN in the form of continuous and impulse load.
Polymer piston provides stability in truck trailers
Advanced Materials & Processes ; 163 , 3 ; 16
2005
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