A spokesperson for the American Pricipia Partners Consulting Company, an internationally renowned forecasting agency, said that the automotive industry is one of the world's largest industrial high-performance material application markets, with a market potential of more than 2 billion euros. At present, the automotive non-woven materials market is growing by more than 7% per year, faster than the global growth in the number of cars. This market is the main driving factor for the rapid growth of this case. Automobile manufacturers replace traditional materials with innovative high-performance materials. These lightweight high-performance material solutions are also widely used in the manufacture of electric vehicles.
It is understood that non-woven materials are often 15% to 30% lighter than traditional materials, which can reduce the weight of the car by more than 2kg. In the entire life cycle of the car, the use of non-woven materials can save 55kg of carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, if it is considered that 13 million cars are registered in the EU every year, the use of non-woven materials will save 800000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. This is equivalent to a reduction of 250000 passenger cars. In addition, in addition to the lightweight and more environmentally friendly properties of non-woven materials, these materials also ensure that manufacturers can create a variety of products through different fiber combinations, denier (titer), chemical additives, finishing, calendering, advanced processing, back coating and color. Automotive interiors made of non-woven materials are mainly used in the following 3 aspects.
Acoustic panels. Hybrid electric vehicles are an important development direction of future automobiles, but due to power constraints, the number of kilometers traveled by this type of vehicle is much different from that of fuel vehicles. Although the car bottom sound-absorbing panel does not account for a large proportion of the weight of the entire car, it is a "heavyweight" part of the movable interior of the car. If the car bottom sound-absorbing panel can be technically improved, it will be Lightweight development has a pivotal significance. The use of natural fibers to prepare recyclable sound-absorbing panels will certainly become the mainstream of the market for non-woven sound-absorbing materials for vehicles in a very short period of time. Because the sound-absorbing material prepared by the environmental protection process of natural raw materials will not produce any environmental pollution, which is the basis for the development of automobile lightweight.
Seat fabric. For a car, the frequency of use of the seat is definitely the highest among the car interior parts. People get on and off the car repeatedly, and there will be no less than 50000 back and forth friction. Therefore, the seat fabric needs to have sufficient abrasion resistance. In addition, the car seat fabric should also have 29 performance indicators such as dust removal, dirt resistance, flame retardant, moisture-proof and waterproof, good color fastness and antibacterial properties. It's hard, but who can do it, who will have the new market.
Headliner trim material. The canopy interior materials must not only have the effects of heat insulation, sound insulation, sound absorption, and head protection for passengers, but also have a unique interior design. Therefore, when designing canopy materials, manufacturers will carefully study the different injury indicators that driving accidents may cause to various parts of the human body. In other words, although it seems to be a whole canopy material, it needs to use different interior materials according to the different contact parts with the human body.
The application of non-woven materials in automobiles continues to expand, also because the material is easy to handle during the assembly process. Tailored to function, processes such as thermoforming, embossing, coating and printing can be used to make cars safer, more attractive, longer lasting, more cost-effective and more sustainable.
China International Industrial Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition (CINTE)As one of the most high-profile industrial textiles and nonwovens exhibitions in China, it comprehensively covers 16 application fields of modern textile technology. The CINTE2018 will be held from September 4 to 6 at the New International Expo Center in Shanghai, China. As an important branch of the industrial textile industry, automotive textiles will pass on the industry's most advanced production technology, the most effective marketing methods, and the most popular market brands through this exhibition, which are more comfortable, safe and healthy. The interior materials made of non-woven substrates will be displayed to the industry through this exhibition. At the same time, the heads of domestic and foreign car companies will also be present, looking for the most cost-effective new products, the organizer will create an open communication platform to help both parties sit down calmly to discuss each other's needs and difficulties, and jointly seek the intersection of the interests of both parties.
