27 Aug 2008
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Exatec** Team Opens Window to New World of Light Weight Auto Glazing with Unique Injection-Compression Molding Simulation
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – August 27, 2008 — With the latest advances in design and aerodynamics and the increasing use of lightweight materials for improved fuel efficiency, the use of transparent polycarbonate (PC) window surfaces is expected to increase in the years to come. In response to this development, two-component injection-compression molding means lower stress and higher optical quality in PC auto glazing.
Now, SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Exatec** team has created a new and unique CAE method to model the 2K ICM process. Using a prototype roof, computer-predicted results have been correlated with real-life trials of the injection-compression molding process. With new software tools that can accurately predict the molding process and the special support only available from SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Exatec team, designers will be able to achieve clearly superior lightweight glazing with Lexan* polycarbonate with both wet and plasma coats.
* Lexan is a trademark of SABIC Innovative Plastics IP BV
** Exatec is a trademark of Exatec, LLC
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About SABIC Innovative Plastics
SABIC Innovative Plastics is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers’ most pressing challenges. Today, SABIC Innovative Plastics is a multi-billion-dollar company with operations in more than 25 countries and over 10,500 employees worldwide. The company continues to lead the plastics industry with customer collaboration and continued investments in new polymer technologies, global application development, process technologies, and environmentally responsible solutions that serve diverse markets such as automotive, electronics, building & construction, transportation, and healthcare. The company’s extensive product portfolio includes thermoplastic resins, coatings, specialty compounds, film, and sheet. SABIC Innovative Plastics (www.sabic-ip.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the world’s top five petrochemicals manufacturers.
* Trademarks of SABIC Innovative Plastics IP BV.
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