UNIVERSITY “DUNAREA DE JOS ”

GALATI , ROMANIA
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN POLYMER PROCESSING
BOGHIAN GABRIEL MARCEL

HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIALS USED

IN AUTOMOTIVE DASHBOARDS

SUMMARY:

High performance plastics are playing an important role in

the automotive industry these days. The light weight of
plastics makes for more fuel efficient vehicles. It is estimat-
ed that every 10% reduction in vehicle weight results in a
PICTURE 1 5% to 7% reduction in fuel usage. Current economic and
environmental concerns make the creation of more fuel
efficient cars a top priority in the automotive industry.

One of the biggest improvement in automotive dashboards

are spiraled SWCNT,this material offers a bigger strenght
than the conventional materials.This material has many ad-
vantages,is more lighter and eco-friendly.
Another innovation consists in battery cell made from celu-
PICTURE 2 lose fibers impregnated with SWCNT and silver nano-parti-
cles.ths battery cand be maded and incorporated on dash-
board and car appliances,bringing lower power consumpri-
on,and can also be implementated in hybrid vehicles.

The hybrid vehicleVs are currently equipped with heavy

battery packs that wheight around 120 Kg.This innovative
battery sollution is maded to resist around 40,000 re-
charge/discharge cycles and helps in reducing the mass of
PICTURE 3 hybrid batteries improving thru fuel-efficinecy.