What Are The Main Materials Used For Vacuum Forming Of Vehicle Interior And Exterior Decoration?

Vacuum formed products generally have the characteristics of large area, high height, and thick material, and are mainly formed by vacuum formed molds. These types of plastic products are mostly used in various fields of people's daily lives, such as automotive interior and exterior, transportation, building materials, packaging, medical equipment, household appliances, etc. With the rapid development of transportation networks, the demand for buses is constantly increasing, and the requirements for the safety and comfort of buses are also constantly improving. The beauty and luxury of car interior parts have become one of the important symbols of high-end luxury buses.
The main material used for vacuum forming of vehicle interior and exterior is ABS board, with a small portion of parts made of PMMA board and HEPE board. The inner panels on both sides of the driver's cab, top inner panel, rear inner panel, as well as some electrical box cover plates and other cover plates of the bus are all made of thick ABS sheet metal vacuum formed.
The color and texture of the car interior plastic parts need to be confirmed first, because the color and texture of the interior decoration are very important. When passengers get on the car, the first thing they feel is the environment inside the car. There is still a trend to replace ordinary ABS sheets with composite ABS sheets. Composite ABS sheets are a new type of sheet that adds a layer of TPU material on top of the sheet. It is a special co extrusion process that adds a layer of TPU film on the surface of the ABS sheet during the ABS board making process. The products made of this material have both excellent mechanical properties of ABS and high wear and tear resistance of TPU. The cost of this material is 2-3 times that of regular materials. Due to the high cost, the application of such materials is subject to certain limitations.
Characteristics of TPU: Wear resistance. When the material is frequently subjected to mechanical effects such as friction, scraping, and grinding during use, it can cause gradual surface wear. Therefore, the wear resistance of the material is very important. TPU plastic raw material has excellent wear resistance, more than five times more wear-resistant than natural rubber, and is one of the materials for wear-resistant products. Generally speaking, TPU has high tear resistance, and its tear strength is very excellent compared to some commonly used plastics. Main application: Mainly used in automotive interior parts. In the packaging field, it is mainly used for packaging parts and accessories that require high cleanliness, such as engine, gearbox and other power system parts.