Creative use of plastics in cars
By: published by Verein Deutscher Ingenieure : VDI-Gesellschaft Kunststofftechnik ; English translation by M.S. Welling.
Contributors: VDI-Gesellschaft Kunststofftechnik.
Publisher: VDI-Verlag
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Düsseldorf
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Plastics in automobiles.
Notes: Translation of: Kunststoffeinsatz im Automobilbau.
Table of contents: title: Fibre reinforced plastics as load-bearing structural parts of the carbody / Hans-Günther Haldenwagner and Siegfried Schäper; title: Plastics in the cooling system of cars and commercial vehicles / Rainer Renz; title: Plastics in the engine compartment / Rudolf Fernengel; title: Plastics usage in the automatic transmission of Daimler-Benz cars / Günter Walter; title: Plastics exterior body panels for the Pontiac Fiero / Westly S. Zaydel and Ronald A. Rogers; title: Experience with painted thermoplastic components / Paul Dragovic; title: State of the art of painting glass fibre reinforced polyester components / Wolfgang Heck; title: Electron beam curing on a mass production scale / Walter Kühhirt, Wilhelm Baulmann, and Wolfgang Reglitzki; title: The future of plastics usage in cars has already begun / Derek Gentle; title: Development and production application of a plastics leaf spring, example Corvette / Helmut Frommann and Bruce Kirkham; title: High performance composites in vehicle construction / Herbert Heissler, Dieter Muser, and Horst Wurtinger.