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Injection molding for interiors--including fabrics: plenty of interior components are injection molded. But some companies--such as VW--are using a process for trim pieces that both mold a component and cover it in fabric in a single molding process. And it is coming to the U.S. in the not-too-distant future.

Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Publication Date: 01-SEP-04 		Format: Online - approximately 787 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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"Our work cells are running in VW plants." That's Chris Gassel, Advanced Engineering, Polymer Technology, pgam advanced technologies, North American Operations (Auburn Hills, MI). He's talking about cells that are being used to injection mold interior parts for vehicles including the Golf. As everyone--inside and outside Detroit, vehicle manufacturers and consumers alike--knows, VW interiors are the touchstone. So when he talks about molding cells that pgam has engineered being used for VW interiors, it is of more than moderate interest. Especially since what he's talking about he has a version of right on the floor of the pgam facilities. The cells in Germany are in production. They're injection molding cells. They are injection molding A-, B- and...

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