12.11 Plastic Panel Information and
Repair
12.11.1 Description and Operation
12.11.1.1 Description and Operation
The current interior and exterior cover part materials are mainly
modified PP, ABS, PC + ABS, PVC (artificial leather material),
all of which are thermoplastic materials or modified
thermoplastic materials. Some interior and exterior non-cover
part materials are POM, PA type and HDPE type materials.
Thermosetting plastics are rarely used in interior and exterior
parts. Only the ashtray is made from thermosetting plastics.
Thermosetting plastics are mainly used in electrical and
electronic structural components. ideally the thermoplastic
components are repaired with a hot iron welding, but usually
the thermoplastic components are replaced. Thermosetting
plastics can be repaired with epoxy resin, or other more rigid
two-component repair materials. This chapter is only a brief
introduction to its repair practices and repair is not
recommended.
Plastic Types:
Thermosetting plastic is defined as a type of plastic that can be
cured or have insoluble (melt) properties when heated, such as
phenolic, epoxy plastics. Thermoplastic is defined as a type of
plastic that can be repeatedly hardened after heated and soften
after cooled within a specific temperature, such as
polyethylene,
PTFE
and
etc.
Thermoplastics
and
thermosetting plastics can be either hard plastics or soft
plastics.
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