Performance and Price of TPE (Wiper, Rearview Mirror) Material for Auto Parts
Source：德创化工Time：2020-03-30Hits：2739
With the increase of global automobile production, automobile manufacturers have put forward higher requirements for future automobile parts, and the demand for automobile parts is also gradually increasing. TPE raw materials are also widely used in the automobile industry, so today we will analyze TPE materials for automobile parts:
Traditional thermosetting rubber and PVC have limitations, so thermoplastic elastomer has become an ideal substitute material. TPE has become the preferred material for automobile parts in the European and American automobile manufacturing markets. In Asia, especially in Japan and South Korea, the usage of TPE in automobiles is increasing at a rapid rate of 30% every year. TPE has shown great development space in the automobile industry.
The emergence of TPE is called the third revolution of rubber industry, which has both the elasticity of vulcanized rubber and the processability of thermoplastic. TPE has excellent performance and is easy to be processed efficiently by different processing methods. As a new material, its market application is continuously promoted. Among them, the combination of TPE's unique good hand feeling and excellent performance has gradually become one of the hot spots in market application. TPE has the advantages of simple processing, low cost, continuous production and recycling of leftover materials, and is widely used in automobile parts. This kind of products are widely used in automobile accessories. In the automobile exterior parts, it is mainly used for bumpers, radiators, chassis, exterior panels, wheel guards, movable roofs and other protective rubber strips, windshield rubber strips, etc. In interior trim, it is mainly used for dashboard and interior trim panel skin, airbag outer skin material, etc. TPE can be injection molded, extrusion molded, blow molded and calendered. TPE can also be combined with hard plastics. Metal and other composite injection and extrusion molding, will be complex structure, a variety of parts combined parts molding. This provides designers with great design flexibility, at the same time, it greatly reduces labor costs, shortens production cycle and reduces production costs.
At present, most of the thermoplastic elastomer materials used in China's automobile industry are still imported, but now major main engine factories are developing towards specialization and localization, which provides huge space for the development of TPE in China. We are confident that TPE will create a new market in the automobile industry.
