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Glass Mat Reinforced Thermorplastic (GMT) refers to a novel, energy-saving and lightweight composite material that uses thermoplastic resin as a matrix and glass fiber mat as a reinforced skeleton. It is currently an extremely active composite material in the world. The development of materials is regarded as one of the new materials of the century.
Application of GMT materials in the automotive field
GMT sheet has high specific strength, can produce lightweight parts, and has high design freedom, strong collision energy absorption, and good processing performance. It has been widely used in the automobile industry abroad since the 1990s. With the increasing requirements for fuel economy, recyclability and ease of processing, the market for GMT materials used in the automotive industry will continue to grow steadily.
At present, GMT materials are widely used in the automotive industry, mainly including seat frames, bumpers, dashboards, engine hoods, battery brackets, pedals, front ends, floors, guards, rear doors, car roofs, luggage Brackets, sun visors, spare tire racks and other components.
Seat frame
Ford Motor Company’s 2015 Ford Mustang sports car’s second-row seat backrest compression molding design was designed by Tier 1 supplier/processor Continental Structural Plastics using Hanwha L&C’s 45% unidirectional glass fiber reinforced glass fiber mat thermoplastic composite material (GMT). ) And Century Tool & Gage's mold, compression molding, successfully met the challenging European safety regulations ECE under the condition of maintaining luggage load.
This component requires more than 100 FEA iterations to complete, eliminating five parts from the earlier steel structure design, and saving 3.1 kg per vehicle in a thinner structure, which is also easier to install.
Rear anti-collision beam
The anti-collision beam of the Hyundai new Tucson 2015 model is made of GMT material. Compared with steel products, the weight is lighter and the cushioning performance is better. It reduces the weight and fuel consumption while ensuring safety performance.
Front module
Mercedes-Benz selected Quadrant Plastic Composites GMTexTM fabric-reinforced thermoplastic composite as the front-end module component in its S-Class luxury coupe.
Underbody guard
The underbody protection made by Quadrant Plastic Composites with high-performance GMTexTM is applied to the Mercedes Off-Road Special Edition.
Tailgate skeleton
In addition to the usual advantages of functional integration and weight reduction, the GMT tailgate structure also realizes the formability of GMT products that cannot be achieved with steel or aluminum, and is applied to Nissan Murano, Infiniti FX 45 and other models.
Dashboard frame
The new concept of GMT manufacturing instrument panel frame has been used on several models of the Ford Group: Volvo S40 and V50, Mazda 3 and Ford C-Max. These composite materials can achieve a wide range of functional integration, especially by including the vehicle beam in the form of thin steel pipes in the molded part, and compared with the traditional method, the weight is greatly reduced without increasing the cost.
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