Automotive
KOSEL
USE OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS IN VEHICLE SUSPENSION
There are a large number of thermoplastic materials on the market, but their functionalities have never come close to competing with "thermoset" rubber materials in terms of performance in the field of light vehicle anti-vibration in products, such as suspension and shock absorber silentblocks. One of the major handicaps of thermoplastic materials is their lack of stability in anti-vibration performance in the working range of the passenger vehicle, since their performance values when compared with extreme working temperatures, both hot (+80ºC) and cold (-40ºC), vary by at least one order of magnitude, although they present interesting data at 23ºC. This makes it impossible to use such materials as anti-vibration solutions in components with cyclic load stresses.
CIKAUTXO, a leading company in the development and production of rubber and plastic components for various applications, promotes KOSEL, a project in which the expert mobility engineering company, EDAG, and the LEARTIKER Technology Centre have collaborated.
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