A molded headliner made from polypropylene, which we developed for the first time in the world, was adopted in May 1987 for TOYOTA COROLLA. The new material with high stiffness and light weights, has a sandwich structure consisting of PP-sheets and a PP-foam sheet. We have thus succeeded in the production of the new headliner in which each layer is laminated without any adhesive. A unique resin used for PP-sheets as surface skins was developed with high impact, thermal and fire resistances. Further, a PP-form core sheet with soft-feel and good moldability was also developed. As a result, we established proper conditions of molding this material and succeeded in producing stable superior parts with high quality and short cycle-time. Finally new molded headliner is comparable to the suspended type headliner in respect to weight and production cost.


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    Title :

    Development of new headliner material and the manufacturing process


    Additional title:

    Entwicklung neuer Werkstoffe und Fertigungsprozesse für die Dachverkleidung


    Contributors:
    Nishimura, H. (author) / Hara, Y. (author) / Omura, S. (author) / Shiiya, T. (author) / Umemoto, Y. (author) / Iwakiri, M. (author)

    Published in:

    SAE-Papers ; Mar ; 1-8


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 20 Bilder, 2 Tabellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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