Lightweight recycled polymers for the Auto industry using cellulose fibre

汽车工业正在努力减轻车辆重量，并希望使用更多的可回收聚合物。每使用一公斤聚合物，可节省2公斤的重量（替代金属）。这反过来又在车辆的使用寿命中节省了750升燃料。与此同时，回收的聚合物价格稳步上涨，使回收的化合物变得昂贵。再生聚合物化合物有望以较低的成本满足原始规格，但通常含有更多的成分，成本更高，以使它们达到相同的性能规格。我们的想法是使用有机纤维和矿物填料的新组合来创造一系列新的PP化合物，以达到所需的性能。使用高性能、低成本的有机纤维可以降低成本和化合物密度，显著降低比成本，同时满足所需的性能。

The automotive industry is striving to reduce vehicle weight and desire to use more recycled polymers. For every kg of polymerused, 2kg of weight (replaced metal) is saved. This in turn saves 750 litres of fuel over the life of the vehicle. Meanwhile recoveredpolymer prices steadily increase making recycled compounds expensive. Recycled polymer compounds are expected to meetvirgin specifications at lower cost yet generally contain more ingredients at higher cost to enable them to achieve the sameperformance specification. Our idea is to create a new range of PP compounds using a novel combination of organic fibres andmineral fillers to achieve the properties required. Use of high performance, low cost organic fibres can reduce cost and compound density, providing a significant reduction in specific cost, while meeting the required properties.