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Asahi Kasei has the latest technology and products which are expected to be adopted for automotive industry including 4-wheeler (passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle and tractor), 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler in India.
Comfortable Seat
Prevent Spreading Fire
Sound Absorbing
Weight Reduction
Eco-friendly Tyre
PA66, POM, mPPE, Polypropylene

Comfortable Seat

Cubit™ - 3D knit fabric for car seat

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Challenge
  • Realization of breathability and cushioning
  • Reduction of space
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Insight
  • Body pressure dispersion by MF
  • Surface stiffness of 3D knit structure
  • 3D mesh structure
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Result
  • Reduction of fatigue on long time driving
  • Feasibility of shin sheet
  • Recyclability (PET 100%)

Product Feature of Cubit™

1. Good Cushioning - The knit fabrics realize good cushioning in a state pulled with a frame because knit fabric makes moderate elasticity and extensibility of vertical and horizontal.

2. Pressure dispersion in thickness direction – The knit structure supports weight on a large area that take advantage of recoverability of monofilament yarn connecting front and middle yarn.

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Durability (Comparison of PTT with other polyesters)

Number of Compressions PTT PET PBT
Blank (0 times compression) Automotive_image03 Automotive_image04 Automotive_image05
250,000 compressions Automotive_image06 Automotive_image07 Automotive_image08
State Almost unchanged Crumbling Crumbling

* PTT is a flexible, spring-like hard-to-set material.


Prevent Spreading Fire

LASTAN™ - Flame Resistant fiber (non-woven fabric, woven fabric)

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Challenge
  • Increase in electronic equipment
  • Strengthening of safety measures
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Insight
  • Focus on excellent fire resistance and ease of handling
  • Spun lace non-woven fabric, needle punch felt
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Result
  • Prevent spreading fire when ignited
  • Lightweight
  • Various forms

Product Features of LASTAN™

1. Firing special acrylic fiber in an atmosphere of 200 to 300 C – the highest level of flame retardancy.

2. Non-woven fabric 50 g/m2, 80 g/m2, felt 100 to 400 g/m2. Custom-made products available.

3. Easy sheeting and cutting. Adhesive processing, aluminum processing available.

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Sound Absorbing

Precise™ - A multi-functional non-woven fabric which has a fine fiber layer.

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Challenge
  • Sound-absorbing performance isn't enough.
  • Sound-absorbing frequency isn't suitable.
  • Current coustic materials are heavy and thick.
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Insight
  • PreciseTM is multiplied to current acoustic materials such as felts and ulethanes etc.
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Result
  • Improve sound absorptivity.
  • Can controll Sound-absorbing frequency
  • Can make acoustic materials thinner and lighter.

Product Features of Precise™

1. Precise™ Improves sound absorbing performance. Make acoustic materials thinner and lighter.

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2. Precise™ changes the peak of the spectrum by selecting a type.

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3. Precise™ can be used for various acoustic materials.

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Weight Reduction

Continuous Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide Resin

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Challenge
  • Increasing demand of light-weight automobiles.
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Insight
  • Metal replacement by high performance composites
  • Multi functionalization by combination with other materials
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Result
  • Weight reduction of various parts like framework, sheet, impact absorption and insulationg parts.
  • Reduction of parts and processing engineering

Product Features of Continuous Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamide Resin

1. Weight reduction and parts reduction:
Steel bumper beams require post-processing such as bending or welding to another component. Integral molding using Continuous Glass Fiber can reduce not only weight, but also the number of processes and parts.

Glass fiber reinforced resin Steel
Secondary process
(welding)
None Required
Component
integration
(1) Shock absorbing component (rib structure)
(2) Bracket
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Structure Automotive_image17 Automotive_image18

2. High strength, high modulus, high impact resistance:
Continuous Glass Fiber has comparable strength, rigidity, impact resistance, and durability to metal.

Continuous glass fiber
(Vf 47%) reinforced
PA66
Short glass fiber reinforced PA66 Hi-ten steel
SS400
Aluminum alloy
A5052
Specific Gravity 1.8 ℃ 1.6 ℃ 7.8 ℃ 2.7 ℃
Tensile Strength 470 MPa 237 MPa 490 MPa 250 MPa
Young’s modulus 24 GPa 16 GPa 200 GPa 80 GPa
Charpy impact strength
(with notch)
136 kJ/kg @120mm 14 kJ/kg @120mm - -
Shock absorption
(high-speed surface
impact test)
41.2 kJ/kg @120mm 34.2 kJ/kg @120mm 9.1 kJ/kg @120mm 2.6 kJ/kg @120mm

3. Excellent NVH:
Sound absorption and insulation characteristics obtained by combining the resin with polyamide foam SunForce™ (AM). The combination of the two materials further improves impact resistance. Furthermore, changing the thickness of the foam material can change the sound absorption frequency band.


Eco-friendly Tyre

TUFDENE™ - S-SBR (Solution Styrene-Butadiene Rubber)

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Development Roadmap of TUFDENE™

1. Improve overall tyre performance by functionalization technology.

2. Continuous S-SBR has an advantage of wear resistance and handling properties due to higher MW.

3. Asahi Kasei’s new 5th generation (both end) functionalization to further enhance wear resistance and rolling resistance (RR).

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Functionalization of TUFDENE™

Non-Functionalized Functionalized (3rd & 4th Gen.) Both End Functionalized (5th Gen.)
① Poor silica dispersion
② Energy loss of free end
① Improve silica dispersion
② Energy loss of free end
① Improve silica dispersion
② Free end connect to silica
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Both End Functionalization of TUFDENE™ (5th Gen.)

1. Lower Payne Effect: Improve Rolling Resistance

  • Reduce Energy Loss
  • Better Silica Dispersio
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2. AFM (Atomic Force Microscope): Improve Wear

  • Reduce Energy Loss
  • Reinforce Interface
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