Materials and manufacturing processes remains an essential component of industrial design education. But for many students and young designers, they are still unsure of their comfort with these complex issues and how they affect their designs.
Design and Advanced Materials As a Driver of European Innovation
In recent years advanced materials have emerged and are having a major impact on the products around us. Coming from science and technology advanced materials can outperform traditional materials as they for instance can be tougher, can withstand higher temperatures, and can be tailored into new shapes.
Choosing sustainable products and materials
The increasing availability of product environmental information provides an opportunity for consumers to choose more sustainable products and for designers to be rewarded for selecting more sustainable materials. Here are some tips on how to do this.
Biomimetics as a tool for the development of new materials
Biomimetics is on everyone’s lips and it is now difficult to imagine a future where it does not play a key role in the development of our society. The development of new materials is not unconcerned with this new discipline, though we must be aware of what we can obtain (and what we cannot) from imitating nature.
Materials for the Carbohydrate Economy
One of the most significant future transformations in the material sphere will be the development of a carbohydrate economy. This will be a global economy based primarily on renewable material feedstocks—as opposed to our current economy, which is founded largely on fossil fuels.
Mystic Vehicle of Contemporary Technology
If you carefully observe designed objects around you, perhaps you may find the unspoken process of their birth. Their ingredients and parts should come from somewhere in this globe, and mixed and combined together in a factory of somewhere, through hands and ideas of somebodies.
Iran, France Sign MoU to Produce Car Rubber Parts in Iran
Iran and France signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to produce automotive rubber parts in Iran in an agreement that is set to turn domestic producers into parts suppliers for French carmakers.
The agreement was signed by Mehdi Nekoumanesh, head of Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI), and the president of Union des Syndicats des PME du Caoutchouc et de la Plasturgie (UCAPLAST), Denis Vaillant, Shana News reported.
UCAPLAST is an independent employers’ organization which represents all small and medium-size French enterprises in the rubber and plastics industry.
The MoU calls for sharing expertise of UCAPLAST member companies with Iranian manufacturers.
Affiliated to the Ministry of Science, IPPI oversees activities of 20 knowledge-based companies which produce rubber parts for automobiles.
The businesses are expected to sign an auto parts and supplies contract with the French automaker Citroen. The French company already has a joint production deal with Iran’s second-largest automaker SAIPA.
According to the deal, Citroen is required to export 30% of vehicles or auto parts manufactured under the JV through its international sales network.
The IPPI-UCAPLAST arrangement will enable local auto parts suppliers to make products that meet Citroen standards.
The MoU was signed on the sidelines of 11th International Exhibition of Plastics, Rubber, Machinery, and Equipment (Iran Plast 2017) held Sept. 24-27 in Tehran.
Easy Exports
For selling vehicles and components in the EU and countries under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation 10, companies must have the E-mark certificates for their products.
However, according to the Head of the Bureau Veritas automotive department in Iran, Mehdi Parvini plastic automotive parts used in vehicles’ interior are exempted and do not need the certificates.
Obtaining E-mark certificates is an arduous and time-consuming exercise and seen as a hurdle to automotive exports from Iran. Therefore, it would be easier for Citroen and other French auto companies operating in Iran — namely Renault and Peugeot — to export plastic automotive parts produced in Iran through their international networks instead of exporting vehicles or engine parts.
Outdated technology used by Iran’s supply chain are seen as a hurdle in the way of expanding the local automotive industries and implementing local carmakers joint venture contracts with foreign firms.
Law stipulates that in all new agreements signed with foreign companies at least 40% of the vehicle parts should be manufactured in Iran. However, foreign carmakers are reluctant to comply for more reasons than one.
The IPPI-UCAPLAST deal should contribute to the implementation of the new JVs with foreign firms because plastic parts have an obvious share in the production of vehicles.
Pre-applied Butyl Sealant
Pre-applied Butyl Sealant
For better insulation properties, we can add / inject Butyl to trims, and seals such as door weatherstrips, trunk seals, trim seals, rubber edge trims, door sealings, edge protectors, edge protection sealing profiles can be provided with pre-applied butyl sealant at an additional cost to provide an improved grip and a positive seal with excellent heat reistance.
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Cooper Standard opens new facility in Canada
SHERBROOKE, Quebec—Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. celebrated the grand opening of a new, 138,000-sq.-ft. site in Sherbrooke dedicated toward its Industrial Specialty Group.
The $10 million project consolidated three existing ISG facilities, bringing 250 employees under one roof. The site will produce extruded EPDM rubber sealing products for the non-automotive industrial, commercial and specialty vehicle markets. The site also will house a new enterprise resource planning system and provide employee skill enhancement programs.
North America President Bill Pumphrey said during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept. 21 that the $3.47 billion automotive supplier sees significant opportunities in the non-automotive sectors.
Sherbrooke Innopole worked closely with Cooper Standard during the completion of the project, which took two years.
ISH is a dedicated group within Cooper Standard that serves the power sports, marine, agriculture, construction, commercial vehicle and recreation vehicle markets.
Based in Novi, Mich., Cooper Standard is a leading automotive supplier with four core product focuses—rubber and plastic sealing, fuel and brake lines, fluid transfer hoses, and anti-vibration systems with 30,000 employees in 20 countries.
About Closed Cell Sponge Rubber
Closed cell sponge (or foam) is one of the two major categories of sponge material (the other category is open cell sponge). Closed cell sponge is a type of expanded rubber. Closed cell sponge is created when the bubbles produced during the manufacturing process are completely encompassed within the liquid raw material used to make the sponge. When the liquid sets, the gases are entirely encapsulated within each individual bubble, creating a solid yet lightweight structure.
Closed cell sponge is an extremely versatile material from which a variety of products can be fashioned. Because it is particularly good at keeping out moisture and water, closed cell sponge is very effective in applications where a watertight seal is required.
Closed-cell sponge does not have interconnected pores. As a result, closed cell sponge has a higher compressive strength than open cell sponge due to its structure. Closed cell sponge also possesses a higher dimensional stability, low moisture absorption coefficient, and higher strength compared to open cell sponge.
Closed Cell Sponge Applications and Products
At Hebei Shida Seal Group we make a wide range of products from closed cell sponge which service a diverse range of applications and uses. These include parts for automotive vehicle applications and general industrial use. Examples of products and parts that we have produced from closed cell sponge include: isolators, dual extrusions and weather stripping.
Closed cell sponge is an appropriate material to consider for any of the following types of applications:
- Thermal insulation
- Seals and gaskets which protect against the intrusion of moisture, UV light, or dirt
- Joint fillers and edge extrusions
- Packaging
Types of closed cell sponge material which we stock includes the following:
- Closed cell neoprene sponge rubber
- Closed cell EPDM sponge rubber
- Closed cell PVC/NBR sponge rubber
- Closed cell urethane sponge rubber
- Closed cell silicone sponge rubber
For further information on any of our closed cell sponge rubber products we can manufacture, contact our sales department at [email protected].