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Automotive industry and polymer blends
Author(s) -
Moro A.,
Chiolle A.,
Credali L.,
Foschini G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19880160110
Subject(s) - automotive industry , manufacturing engineering , point (geometry) , test (biology) , key (lock) , computer science , mechanical engineering , process engineering , materials science , engineering , mathematics , aerospace engineering , paleontology , geometry , computer security , biology
A key to the success of plastics in the automotive industry is the use of alloying technology which, relatively quickly leads to tailor‐made materials at interesting cost‐performance ratios. In this paper an overview of the various criteria used in the laboratory in testing alloys for auto parts is given and an attempt is made to point out the most significant determinations. The results obtained comparing the materials indicate how inadequate the standard methods are in describing the real behaviour of the items under operating conditions. Nonetheless, just making some modifications in test geometry leads to a sufficiently realistic correspondance between laboratory test data and item performance.