Some Considerations Relative to Use of Sheet Molding Compound for Automotive Exterior Body Panels

720061

02/01/1972

Event
1972 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Fiberglass-reinforced thermoset materials offer significant advantages to the automotive body design engineer. Parts manufactured from this material possess substantially different properties than zinc or steel parts. These differences must be recognized by the part user so that necessary action may be taken to assure satisfactory part performance.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/720061
Pages
8
Citation
Tudor, W., "Some Considerations Relative to Use of Sheet Molding Compound for Automotive Exterior Body Panels," SAE Technical Paper 720061, 1972, https://doi.org/10.4271/720061.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1972
Product Code
720061
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English