Autoneum shows Prime-Light floor insulator at Zurich expo
June 24, 2015 - Switzerland
Autoneum, the global market and technology leader in acoustic and thermal management solutions for vehicles, is showing its latest innovation, Prime-Light, an advancement of ultra-light technology for inner dashes and floor insulators for vehicles, at the ongoing International Automotive Acoustics Conference in Zurich, Switzerland.
Prime-Light shows excellent shapeability, is light weight, and has a high acoustic performance. Compared with previous versions of ultra-light, Prime-Light components can be pressed into a wide variety of different shapes and sizes. This way they adjust optimally to the individual body-in-white shapes and take account of increasingly complex production processes in vehicle construction. Thus, Prime-Light can now also be applied in vehicle models where Autoneum’s ultra-light technology could not be used so far, the company said on its website.
With 30 cent weight reduction compared with previous models, Prime-Light-based inner dashes and floor insulators save more than two kilos of weight in average. Automobile manufacturers and end consumers equally benefit from this weight reduction: If, for instance, the weight of a vehicle is reduced by 100 kilograms by means of lightweight materials, this leads to a 0.55-liter reduction per 100 kilometre driven in gasoline consumption and almost 13 grams fewer of CO2 emissions (based on overall consumption of 5.5 litres per 100 kilometres in average).
Prime-Light-based inner dashes and floor insulators consist of thermoplastic cotton felt compounds in which the share of recycled materials amounts to up to 50 per cent depending on the application-specific composition. In order to achieve the greatest possible acoustic protection, Autoneum already models and analyzes the ideal density and thickness of these components during the design phase of new vehicle models. (GK)
Prime-Light shows excellent shapeability, is light weight, and has a high acoustic performance. Compared with previous versions of ultra-light, Prime-Light components can be pressed into a wide variety of different shapes and sizes. This way they adjust optimally to the individual body-in-white shapes and take account of increasingly complex production processes in vehicle construction. Thus, Prime-Light can now also be applied in vehicle models where Autoneum’s ultra-light technology could not be used so far, the company said on its website.
With 30 cent weight reduction compared with previous models, Prime-Light-based inner dashes and floor insulators save more than two kilos of weight in average. Automobile manufacturers and end consumers equally benefit from this weight reduction: If, for instance, the weight of a vehicle is reduced by 100 kilograms by means of lightweight materials, this leads to a 0.55-liter reduction per 100 kilometre driven in gasoline consumption and almost 13 grams fewer of CO2 emissions (based on overall consumption of 5.5 litres per 100 kilometres in average).
Prime-Light-based inner dashes and floor insulators consist of thermoplastic cotton felt compounds in which the share of recycled materials amounts to up to 50 per cent depending on the application-specific composition. In order to achieve the greatest possible acoustic protection, Autoneum already models and analyzes the ideal density and thickness of these components during the design phase of new vehicle models. (GK)