As vehicle electrification accelerates, metal design is not always the optimal solution as it lowers complexity but increases curb weight. To maintain optimal driving experiences, there is a need to decrease the parts weight to compensate for increased battery weight.
To achieve lightweighting , you may extend your toolbox with engineering materials. Plastic solution eases logistics and transportation and allows less secondary operations (no milling/drilling, painting, corrosion protection) with lower energy consumption, less waste streams in production and less hazardous production steps. In the meantime it offers scalability for higher production numbers.
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Designing in plastics is not straight forward; many influences determine the best suitable materials. Envalior has capabilities to support in every stage if the development process: Advanced part design and CAE calculations, material choice, cost assessment, mold lay-out and prototype/pre-series molding assistance.
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You can also simply ask our Lightweighting experts.
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