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Polyamide airbag housing weighs less, costs less to make.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)(Brief article)
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Advanced Materials & Processes
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October 1, 2007
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A polyamide passenger airbag housing for vehicles based on the Volkswagen Golf platform weighs less than half as much as the original steel housing and costs less to make, says Quadrant CMS, Belgium. The housing is molded from impact-modified polyamide 6 with 40% glass-fiber reinforcement. For this particular airbag housing, four metal bushings are molded ...
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Passenger airbag housing.(AUTOMOTIVE)
Advanced Composites Bulletin;
December 1, 2007 ;
345 words
......Moulding & Systems NV (Quadrant CMS), Belgium, working in close...developed a polymer passenger airbag housing for the new Fiat 500 automobile...humidity and -35[degrees]C. Quadrant CMS has been working as a development...Development Engineer at Quadrant CMS, Wim ...
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Multiple airbag housings for Citroen C5.(AUTOMOTIVE)
Advanced Composites Bulletin;
March 1, 2008 ;
237 words
...Quadrant Creative Moulding and Systems (Quadrant CMS), Belgium, working in cooperation with...location of the housing. However, by using Quadrant CMS' ten years of experience in this application...market. Project Development Engineer at Quadrant CMS, Wim Vlaeminck, added that the ...
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Multiple airbag housings for Citroen C5.(APPLICATIONS)
High Performance Plastics;
March 1, 2008 ;
236 words
...Quadrant Creative Moulding and Systems (Quadrant CMS), Belgium, working in cooperation with...location of the housing. However, by using Quadrant CMS' ten years of experience in this application...market. Project Development Engineer at Quadrant CMS, Wim Vlaeminck, added that the ...
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German Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Steering Wheel Airbag Housing
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 12, 2007 ;
288 words
......Mullheim, Germany, have developed an airbag housing on a motor vehicle steering wheel with...present disclosure, an insert for an airbag housing on a motor vehicle steering wheel is...membrane having an edge that faces the airbag housing and is provided with a surrounding...
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PP tap for beverage container.(APPLICATIONS)
High Performance Plastics;
February 1, 2007 ;
228 words
......beer-tap system, injection moulded by Quadrant CMS (Creative Moulding & Systems), Belgium...due to the number of parts required. Quadrant CMS says it was necessary to employ high-precisi...processes. For further information, contact: Quadrant CMS, Galgenveldstraat 10, B-8700 ...
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The perfect tan hinges on reinforced polymer.(Materials engineering)
Machine Design;
July 7, 2005 ;
Hoffman, Jean M.;
188 words
...Belgium-based design house, Quadrant CMS selected Akulon Ultraflow K-FG12 to...color masterbatches. We worked with Quadrant CMS designers to find the best combination...Plastics, (812) 435-7539, www.dsmep.com Quadrant CMS, 51- 42 32 11, www.quadrantcms.cam Royal...
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Polyamide replaces magnesium in passenger airbag housing.(METALS POLYMERS...
Advanced Materials & Processes;
January 1, 2007 ;
103 words
......new Audi Q7 has reportedly been replaced by polyamide Ultramid B3ZG8 from BASF, Germany. This is Audi's first passenger airbag housing made of plastic for its high-end models. Ultramid B3ZG8 contains 40% glass fibers and has also been impact-modified. As...
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Michigan Inventors Develop Airbag housings Manufacturing Process
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 6, 2006 ;
289 words
......Clarkston, Mich., have developed a method for manufacturing a modular airbag housing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The modular airbag housing is constructed from a plurality of pieces, including a plurality of plates...
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STRIP SHOW IS GREEN, NOT OBSCENE.
Automotive News;
April 19, 1999 ;
KISIEL, RALPH;
280 words
......one of the participating suppliers, replaced the passenger airbag housing with a molded nylon part. The current Stratus uses a three-pie...development, occupant restraint systems. The replacement nylon airbag housing weighs less, and 25 percent of its content is recycled nylon...
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Michigan Inventors Develop Airbag Assembly Manufacturing Method
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
January 11, 2007 ;
331 words
......second portion of the sheet of hinge material is secured to the airbag housing and an airbag housing is secured to the panel. The hinge material may be secured to the airbag housing such that a third portion of the sheet of hinge material forms...
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South Korean Inventor Develops Horn Switch Assembly
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 12, 2006 ;
288 words
......horn switch is disposed between an airbag housing and an airbag cover. According to the...switch terminal, is disposed between an airbag housing mounted in a steering wheel and an...vertically slidably attached to the airbag housing." An abstract of the invention, released...
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Japanese Inventors Develop On-Vehicle Airbag Apparatus
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
August 8, 2006 ;
285 words
......developed an on-vehicle airbag apparatus that includes an airbag housing having a weakened portion, which is breakable. According...Trademark Office: "An airbag is stored in a folded state in the airbag housing so that the weakened portion is broken upon inflation. An...
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Injection moulding process developed for too-viscous...
British Plastics & Rubber;
March 1, 2007 ;
246 words
...DEVELOPMENT work with a high performance PET from Quadrant CMS has enabled a critical pump part to switch from machined...injection moulding process. The result has been that Quadrant CMS is now able to mould the parts for Micropump in a 16...
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Belgium-based Quadrant CMS, a European design, molding, assembly, and...
Machine Design;
June 16, 2005 ;
40 words
...Belgium-based Quadrant CMS, a European design, molding, assembly, and logistics company, selected Akulon Ultrafow K-FG12 polyamide 6 (PA6) from DSM Engineering Plastics to mold the hinge assemblies of a consumer market full-body tanning solarium for Philips.
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Visteon shows full cockpit
Automotive Industries;
October 1, 1998 ;
Sorge, Marjorie;
174 words
......parts. The cockpit has a magnesium support structure that brings together the mechanical and electrical component mountings, airbag housing, heatsinking and electrical shielding. Flat-wire technology reduces the number of connectors, and combined with distributed...
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