PLASTICS & COMPOSITES THE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE Sandra McClelland Member Company Chair, American Chemistry Council Plastics Division’s Automotive Team Business Development, Solvay Specialty Polymers
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PLASTICS & COMPOSITES
THE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE
Sandra McClelland
Member Company Chair, American Chemistry Council Plastics Division’s Automotive Team
Business Development, Solvay Specialty Polymers
Plastics Division Auto Members
• Creating New Material Technologies
• Enabling Future Automotive Innovations
• Sustainable Solutions
https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6RyBHG51VQ?rel=0
Plastics:
Advanced Plastics
Weight savings,
parts consolidation
Improved safety helps
protect occupants
Unique, flexible
vehicle designs
© Ford
VISION:
By 2030, the
automotive industry
and society will
recognize plastics
and polymer
composites as
preferred material
solutions
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Roadmap Priority Actions
Technology Development Center
Generic Cost Models
Material Properties Database
Design Guidelines
Material and Component Models
High-Speed Manufacturing Center
Joining Techniques
Engineered Materials with Improved Properties
Education and Training
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Technology Solutions Needs:
• Pre-competitive tech center
Solutions:
• Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI)
o Technology, Tooling and Training
© Ford
Needs:
• Advance High Speed Manufacturing
• Reduce / Eliminate Retooling
Solutions:
• IACMI
• Fiber Orientation Detection Tool - ORNL
• Design Without Retooling
• 3D Printing for Tooling
Automotive glazing injection molding
machine. Courtesy of Bayer
Manufacturing, Tooling & Assembly
Education and Training
Needs:
• Training classes
• Degree programs at universities
Solutions:
• CCS
• Kettering
• New degree programs
• Benchmarking globally, e.g. BMW
Lightweight seating foam. Courtesy of BASF
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48.7mpgCar
bon fiber
demand to
reach $28
billion by
2024
-49.7mpg
Carbon fiber demand to reach
$28 billion by 2024
The Future Is Now: Electric
Powertrains
© Volkswagen
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48.7mpgCar
bon fiber
demand to
reach $28
billion by
2024
-49.7mpg
Carbon fiber demand to reach
$28 billion by 2024
The Future Is
Now: 3-D
Printing
© Local Motors
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48.7mpgCar
bon fiber
demand to
reach $28
billion by
2024
-49.7mpg
Carbon fiber demand to reach
$28 billion by 2024
The Future Is Now:
Autonomous Vehicles
© Volkswagen
© Ford
© Rinspeed
Learn More at www.plastics-car.com
Thank you!
© BMW
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