AUTOMOTIVEID 864705

Oli Car Seats

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Industry: Automotive
Year: 2022
Country: France

Summary

Citroen explore the lightweighting and sustainability of interiors with BASF. This is achieved through the colour coding of materials that aid end of life re-cycling.

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Technology Details

Printer Technology: SLS (Industrial)
Printer Category: Powder Bed Fusion
Material: TPU
Material Type: TPU
Feedstock Form: Powder
Finishing: Coated

Process Steps

Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion

1
Step 1Printing
Technology
SLS (Industrial)
Material
TPU
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Application Profile

Cost per Part

€€€€

€100–€499.99

Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.

Complexity

Complex

Requires specialised knowledge and deeper analysis.

Project Scale

Prototypes / Samples / One-Offs

Product Type

Component

Project Field

Research

Sustainability Rating

★☆☆

Can depend heavily on virgin fossil fuels, produce harmful emissions, and yield non-recyclable materials. Involves high energy consumption during material manufacturing. As an AM material, requires some re-processing after use. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.

User Level

Professional

Key Advantages

Material Optimisation

Points of Interest

Lightweighting

Recognition

Press

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