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Instrument Panel Skin Manufactured with 100% Recycled TPO Material
Technical Paper
2002-01-1262
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Desiring to push thermoplastic poly-olefin (TPO) technology to its fullest limits and to confirm our position as the leader in the manufacturing of environmentally friendly TPO instrument panels, we have designed a process to manufacture 100% recycled instrument panel skins. This closed-loop process begins with extruding 100% recycled TPO flake into sheet stock to be painted and vacuum formed. The painted sheet is vacuum formed and the offal is ground into regrind flake, ready to be extruded again, thus completing the closed-loop process.
This paper will describe a 100% closed loop recycling process for TPO instrument panels, discuss the intense validation process for recycled material and prove the robustness and durability of this interior solution.
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Spuck, B., Anim, J., and Heilers, M., "Instrument Panel Skin Manufactured with 100% Recycled TPO Material," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-1262, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-1262.Also In
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- “Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing of TPO Instrument Panel Skins” Kakarala Norm Anim Jacqueline Beasley Sam Clock Jason Spuck Brian 2000 SAE Congress Paper Number 2000-01-0023
- “Instrument Panel Skin Show Surface Manufactured with 100% Recycled TPO Material” Spuck Brian Anim Jacqueline 2000 SAE Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award Presentation