Heavyweight Vehicle Interior Solutions
Polypropylene resins for a range of interior parts
When you do not have flash installed, you can get it here!Dashboards
Dashboards are key components of a vehicle's interior design, influencing a consumer's experience in the truck. In turn, this consumer experience plays a vital role in customer satisfaction and brand profiling. The interior needs to visually appeal to the consumer, reflecting the use of high quality of materials.
In order to meet the quality perception demands of consumers, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) require materials with high aesthetic performance, including:
Haptics,
Low gloss,
Scratch resistance,
Colours.
Added to these aesthetic requirements, OEMs must also deliver on performance, designing interiors that have low thermal expansion and no emissions, fogging or odour.
As production costs are another key consideration in choosing interior materials, OEMs typically select materials that provide ease of processability and reduced scrap rates.
Choosing the right materials for your interiors
Borealis' Daplen™ range of polypropylene (PP) resins for dashboards offers:
Excellent scratch resistance,
Low gloss,
High quality perception of the surfaces,
Good processibility and low scrap rate,
Good impact behaviour.
In addition, we work in close co-operation with the OEM and Tier 1 and can offer state-of-the-art CAED engineering support.
Learn more on our product grades for dashboards or contact us for additional information on how Borealis can help you.
Door Panels
Door panels are key components of a vehicle's interior design, influencing a consumer's experience in the truck. In turn, this consumer experience plays a vital role in customer satisfaction and brand profiling. The interior needs to visually appeal to the consumer, reflecting the use of high quality of materials.
In order to meet the quality perception demands of consumers, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) require materials with high aesthetic performance, including:
Haptics,
Low gloss,
Scratch resistance,
Colours.
Moreover, the door panel plays a crucial role in protecting occupants in the event of frontal and side impact incidents. Side door claddings must resist splintering upon impact or side impact from airbags. This necessitates excellent mechanical properties which also help meet the demands of crash tests.
For the comfort of passengers, very low values regarding emission, fogging and odour are required.
To cope with cost pressure, the automotive industry needs to find ways to increase productivity at reduced scrap rates, as well as reducing development times.
Daplen™ brings excellent scratch resistance and mechanical properties
Our Daplen range for door systems offers:
Excellent scratch resistance,
Low density - lower material costs and less weight,
Good haptic (surface feel),
Excellent mechanical properties,
Low emission and fogging,
High productivity, low scrap rate,
Less diversity in materials for the entire door cladding system.
In addition to our polypropylene (PP) resins, we also work in close co-operation with the OEM and Tier 1 and can offer state-of-the-art CAED engineering support.
Learn more on our product grades for door panels or contact us for additional information on how Borealis can help you.
Interior Trims
Interior trims include centre consoles, pillar trims, and seat claddings.
To enhance the appeal of a truck's interior trim, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) select materials that provide the same gloss, scratch resistance and colour effect for all visible components in the interior.
The main materials requirements for interior trims include:
Excellent scratch resistance (MAR nail scratch test),
Low gloss,
High dimensional stability,
Wide processing window.
These material properties will enable OEMs to produce components and parts for their interior trims which are consistent in surface quality, ensuring an excellent overall optical effect and a high standard of performance.
In addition to aesthetic performance, these applications must be able to resist different mechanical stresses. From a safety perspective, the material's balance of impact resistance and stiffness helps parts to achieve industry crash test requirements.
Answering to the challenge of quality interior trims
Our Daplen™ range of polypropylene (PP) resins for interior trims offers:
Excellent scratch resistance,
Low density (weight saving),
Good haptic (surface feel),
Excellent mechanical properties,
Low emission and fogging.
Borealis also works in close co-operation with OEMs to provide state-of-the-art CAED engineering support.
Learn more on our product grades for interior trims or contact us for additional information on how Borealis can help you.
Cooling Box
For the convenience of truck drivers, an electrical cooling box is often installed in the cabin so that the driver can keep food and beverages fresh.
Through the rotational moulding process, it is easy to create good insulation cooling box applications. A foamed polyurethane core in the box walls is combined with a polyethylene (PE) skin layer. The core can also be foamed by using our Borecene™ line of products together with blowing agents. The polyethylene foam is heavier than polyurethane, but is a preferred alternative for recycling reasons.
The outer skin of cooling boxes is coloured and requires a very good surface finish to comply with the high standards in modern cab designs. Our Borecene product range has an inherent natural whiteness compared to conventional polyethylene materials, and therefore in coloured form it adds an attractive brightness to the preferred colour.
Find out more on our product grades for coooling boxes in heavyweight vehicles.
Tool Box
For easy access to service tools and equipment, a tool box is often installed in heavyweight vehicles. The flowability of our Borecene™ rotational moulding grades makes it possible to easily design tool boxes to fit any vehicle type. Moreover, the functional integration of several different components is also possible.
Learn more about a Borecene plastic solution that resulted in an award winning design and cost savings in vehicle assembly by consulting our product datasheet.