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    LANXESS and Tianjian Longwei develop plastic gearbox side covers

    • Last Update: 2021-12-27
    • Source: Internet
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    Sinochem News Network News on December 13th, Lanxess announced that it has cooperated with Hebei Tianjian Longwei, an auto parts manufacturer, to develop the first gearbox made of polyamide 6 (PA6) for the world's well-known SUV and pickup manufacturers.
    Side cover
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    This plastic side cover will make the injection molding design more flexible and free, break through the design restrictions of die-cast products, and help reduce the weight of the car


    Xu Junjie, project manager of LANXESS's high-performance materials (HPM) business unit, said that metal replacement for automotive under-hood systems (UTH) is one of the core R&D businesses of LANXESS's HPM business unit
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    Since the introduction of plastic injection technology decades ago, the use of plastics in UTH and other fields has grown rapidly


    In the past 3 years, polyamide 66 (PA66) material has been in short supply worldwide
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    In this regard, the LANXESS HiAnt? team, which provides customers with comprehensive services at all stages of component development, proposed a solution—to replace PA66 with PA6



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