The Polyurethane family of materials has found usefulness in selected automotive applications where design flexibility and styling have dictated polyurethane utilization. Fascias, bumper covers, stone shields, claddings, foam seats, and spats are among the most utilized applications today for polyurethane. The future, however, offers a greater range of applications for the polyurethane family of materials such as exterior vertical and horizontal body panels, interior door and instrument panels, and structural cross members and bumper beams. The focus of this paper presently is to identify with the application of the reaction injection molding (R.I.M.) process to produce exterior body panels made from the polyurethane family of materials polyurea and discuss developmental strategies that can be used to obtain a viable material and product.


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    Title :

    Automotive exterior body panels with polyurea and the reaction injection molding (R.I.M.) process


    Additional title:

    Außenliegende Karossserieteile am Auto aus Polyharnstoff und das Reaktionsspritzguß-(RIM)-Verfahren


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 5 Tabellen, 19 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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