System Design
Designing first-time-right systems by integrating Envalior’s materials- and system expertise
Molders’ production timelines are getting shorter as OEMs shift their engineering capabilities towards future products and applications. At Envalior, we have the expertise to help customers solve production issues based on our specific knowledge on our unique materials solutions, plus we can advise and recommend if a machine needs to be tweaked to meet the demands of a new material.
As OEMS shift their engineering capabilities on future markets and the applications needed for success, Tier1s and molders are also shifting capabilities, equipment and tools, to make the necessary parts. As OEMs focus on new applications, they continue the production of current ones, thus, molders’ production timelines are getting shorter.
For instance, consider a molder making an office chair—it needs to have the proper weight distribution and be aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately, during the molding process defects appear. What is the molder and Tier1 to do, not to mention the OEM? At this stage of the production process, the Tier1 and molder need advice about the gating and if the tooling needs to be modified. Also, several adaptations may be needed in order to find out what solution will ensure that high quality is being met and efficiencies achieved when producing these parts.
At Envalior, we have the expertise to help customers solve production issues because we have specific knowledge about our particular materials solutions. We can also advise and recommend if a machine needs to be tweaked to meet the demands for a new material, such as EcoPaXX.
We also offer processing and shaping for parts and components produced by injection molding, blow molding and extrusion, including processing guidelines, recommendations for production equipment, material handling and drying recommendations and material safety datasets.
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As our economy places more focus on efficiency, industry is responding by creating products that are thinner, lighter, and smaller – with the same or more functionality.
In the ongoing quest to do more with less, some automotive applications prove more challenging than other
As car manufacturers continuously focus on reducing weight to improve fuel efficiency, replacing metal parts with plastic remains a key challenge.
Plastics offer a solution that is lighter in weight than metal and rubber. In addition, plastics enable the production of parts with complex geometries, meaning its possible to convert a number of components into a single, simplified part.
UD tapes, tape-based 2D fabrics, and cross plies are used in structural and semi-structural applications, and in the selective reinforcement of injection molded parts.
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Today’s cars are 90% quieter than cars from the 1970s, when vehicle noise first began to be legislated. OEMs are also increasingly focused on improving the driving experience.
As car manufacturers seek to meet more strict legislation on tailgate emissions, a key area of focus is the reduction of wear and friction in the engine and transmission.
In some consumer electronics applications, key characteristics of the plastic material are haptics and aesthetics – how they look and feel.
Understanding how compounds with low molecular weight migrate across plastic is important for many applications.
The engineering plastics used in various electronics parts have to comply with strict flame retardancy requirements and more environmentally friendly solutions
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Designing an innovative part is only one step in the process. Once you have the part design and the material grade selected, and you have successfully manufactured the part in the lab, you need to roll it out for commercial production.
New part designs made from engineering plastics are often able to bypass or reduce the number of secondary processing steps.
While many new parts designed to be manufactured from engineering plastics can bypass or reduce the number of secondary processing steps, some parts still require operations such as painting and printing.
Once you are ready to commercialize your part, you also need to ensure it complies with relevant industry standards and regulations.
Safety is a key concern whenever plastics and electronics meet, and in today’s digitized world, that happens with increasing frequency.
When we talk about Imagine the Future, one of the core ideas we’re expressing is our concern for sustainability. That’s why we have integrated green design into our business.
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