air-intake

Chevrolet, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), is equipping its 2017 Silverado 2500HD with a functional bonnet scoop and a new patented air-intake system.

In one of the regions, the company is using a chemically coupled PP/glass compound developed a couple of years ago by Borealis Polymers, Mechelen, Belgium, specifically for air-intake manifolds and other parts exposed to high temperatures and loads.

The new module consists of an air-intake manifold, an engine cover, and an air-filter housing.

This report is focusing on new developments based on synthetic media, on cellulose/melt blown composites, on the new Power Core[TM] material from DONALDSON, a new generation of unique needled felts and other materials currently being used for air-intake filters for automotive applications worldwide.

It is reportedly the only system with a single large (60-mm) air-intake pipe and exhaust pipe instead of multiple smaller (10-mm) pipes.

An air-induction tube developed by Polaris Industries All-Terrain Vehicles uses material and processing innovations that are said to enhance engine air-intake performance and reduce costs.

Knight Engineering of Lancaster, which manufactures a high-performance air-intake system for compacts, is coordinating the modifications.

This included the use of impact copolymers for battery cases and fender liners, random copolymers for washer-fluid reservoirs, and filled homopolymers for air-intake and heater ducting.

The new material was used recently to make 20 air-intake manifolds by Rapid Prototype Co.

A new vibration welder from Branson Ultrasonics will join reduced-density nylon 6 air-intake manifolds made with Trexel Corp.

booth 2542), plans to show vibration welding of a complex air-intake manifold from two halves injection molded of glass-reinforced nylon 66.

The air-intake manifold on a highend European car may be one sign of a renaissance for phenolics.

Beyond front-end carriers, Dow envisions using the LESA adhesive system to bond integrated air-intake manifolds, doors, tailgates, and fender modules.

A new air-intake design allows much more effective internal bubble cooling for small blown-film dies, says Brampton Engineering Inc.

The latest example of this application is a 30% glass-filled nylon 46 air-intake manifold for the Ford Transit minivan in the U.