Sekisui Pilon offers a wide range of specialized Polypropylene and Polyethylene foams to cater for the increasing trend towards light weight, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly materials that support the "all polyolefin" concept. That is, where all materials in a laminate (foam, fabric, supporting material) belong to the same polymer family and are therefore easier to recycle.

Sekisui Pilon specializes in the development, production, sales and marketing of physically cross-linked polyolefin foams. The company has the potential to manufacture customized products capable of meeting the requirements of automotive OEMs.

Automotive OEM Requirements

The trend towards lightweight materials combined with noise-reduction properties calls for specialised cost effective materials. Sekisui Pilon’s environmentally neutral, physically cross-linked, Polyethylene and Polypropylene foams are just such materials. Their unique combination of mechanical, chemical and thermal properties makes them the ideal replacement for traditional foams such as EPDM rubber, polyurethane and PVC.

Foam Benefits for Automotive Application:

• Product flexibility
• Wide density range: 25 to 200kg/m3
• Wide thickness range
• Flame retardant characteristics to meet FMVSS 302, and UL 94 HF – 1 requirement
• High property values at low densities
• Special vacuum forming and press moulding characteristics
• Thermal Stability

Main Functions of Automotive Applications

The main functions of Sekisui Pilon Polyethylene and Polypropylene foams include:

• Noise and Vibration absorption/deadening
• Sound Reflection
• Soft feel
• Smooth contour
• Sealing against noise, air, water, and dust
• Cavity filling
• Weight savings
• Cost Saving
• Impact protection
• Carrier function for adhesive allowing positioning of objects on uneven surfaces
• Thermal insulation

Special Softlon Properties for Automotive

• Low shrinkage values
• Good vacuum formability
• Good convertibility in LPM processes
• High temperature stability
• Inertness to most of the chemicals used in cars
• No hardening at low temperature
• Good ratio density/ performance
• Closed cell structure
• Low emission of volatile compounds (low fogging)
• Compression properties (different requirements may be obtained depending on foam grade)

Automotive Applications

• Interior Trim
• Gaskets
• Sun Visors
• Water Sheilds
• Motor Undersheild
• Carpet Backings

Downloads

• Automotive Brochure
• Automotive flyer

If you would like further information on how Sekisui Pilon products can assist with your application then please contact us.