2022 Volume 59 Issue 12 Pages 633-638
Powder slush molding, which is one of the molding methods in automotive industries for the skin layer of instrument panels etc., has been adopted for a wide range of vehicle models, especially for luxury cars.
Recently, making various efforts to achieve carbon neutrality is considered as an important activity in automotive industries and there has been an increasing demand on slush molding materials for weight reduction of parts by higher durability, energy saving by molding at lower temperature. Furthermore, since the skin scraps produced at slush molding process are discarded currently, establishing a recycling system is our mission in terms of the circular economy.
This article describes the contribution to the automotive industries by launching “MELTEX LF” comparing conventional materials and our recent activities to achieve carbon neutrality by recycling the skin scraps.
