Laminating Automotive Interior Trim: What are the Options for the Future?

New developments in automotive textile lamination enable convertors to lake a leap forward in meeting today's challenges. A combination of new adhesive technology and advancements in equipment design create new processes which:

• meet long term environmental regulations
• create recyclable laminates
• use only 10-20 gsm of resin, yet provide superior bonding
• eliminate costly ovens
• are capable of line speeds of 100 meters/min
• are crossweb and downweb consistent to within ±10%
• eliminate strike through from unmelted adhesive
• meet automakers' standards for temperature, humidity, and fogging resistance
• can be retrofitted to existing web handling equipment
• eliminate in-mold delamination problems in deep drawn areas