The increasing demand for improved fuel efficiency and light weighting in automobiles has resulted in many auto component manufacturers opting for engineering plastics across the automobile design value chain. Helping this cause further is the process of plastics extrusion, which has remained the preferred process for designing automotive parts over the last many years. PPAP Automotive Limited has been a leading supplier of injection moulded parts for many OEMs in India, for a wide variety of sealing systems, and interior and exterior parts. ATR met Anil Sharma, Deputy General Manager, Manufacturing, PPAP Automotive, at their Noida plant to understand the extrusion process for vehicle applications.
PPAP’s core competence is in polymer extrusion and injection moulded products. The company provides complete solutions to its customers starting from product design to delivery of the finished product. The company has a design centre, tool manufacturing, special purpose machine manufacturing, and laboratory and testing facilities.
PPAP works closely with its technology partners in providing cost effective solutions to its customers. The company’s experienced engineering, design and manufacturing teams are capable of designing and manufacturing products based on customer specifications, using design software like Unigraphics and Catia. Simulation software like Moldflow and extrusion software like MARK is used to validate the design in order to achieve first time right.
MANUFACTURING PROWESS
PPAP has the capability to extrude materials of up to four different levels of hardness, according to customer specifications, alongside the ability to process engineering polymers like PVC, PP, ABS and TPO. Today, most of the toolings and machinery required for polymer extruded parts is manufactured in-house. Some of the products manufactured here include inner and outer belt moulding, door trim, windshield moulding, roof moulding, slide rails, glass run channel and other special profiles. These products are used as sealing systems in automobiles and to enhance the aerodynamics of the vehicle.
The company focuses on acquiring the latest technology like servo controllers, electric machines, QMC and magnetic platen to provide higher quality, cost effective products to its customers. These machines have been sourced primarily from the leading manufacturers like Toshiba, JSW, Fanuc, Mitsubishi, Toyo, Nissei etc.
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