Injection moulding has changed the whole game for the automotive industry since the 1950’s. Cars before the 1950’s used to be manufactured with heavy metal components that required much more time and were less efficient.

Car doors, under the hood components,dashboards, door panels, bumpers,  were less tolerant of heavy loads and were hard to make due to their complex dimensions.Design of the cars were limited to up to few ideas since it was hard to generate a certain finish to the cover of cars.

Color combinations and surface finish of the cars were also limited since moulding metal sheets was not easy. From part production to fully assembled cars, the process was tiring and very time consuming.

After 1950, few components started being made with plastic materials like Polypropylene (PP),Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC),Polyurethane (PU),Polycarbonate,Polyamide (Nylon), Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) / Acrylic), and Polyethylene. Till 2000, many interior and exterior parts were being made out of plastic including front grilles, bumpers, step bumpers, headlights, fenders, and even side mirrors, roof lining, dashboard, door handles, center consoles, and dashboard.

These materials had high tolerance, heat resistance, and many more other benefits that we will look forward to in our blog.

Injection moudling took care of the complex part and components manufacturing and delivered more agile, strong product, heart resistant that 

Here are some advantages of having injection moulding in the automotive sector:

• Accuracy: Injection moulding has worked tremendously on increasing the accuracy of the tool design and manufacturing resulting in the less error formation.

• Mass Production: Since a lot of car parts were hand made, they used to consume a lot of time and human effort in preparation. There were a very limited number of parts that were being manufactured everyday. After injection moulding has entered into the game, the number of parts produced has grown Immensely resulting in more cars being produced in a day. 

• Speedy and efficient production and assembly process: Fewer errors in the part production process and fast designing process has resulted in a fast assembly line. 

• Variations: Cars now come with matte, gloss and rough surfaces and 1000+ options in colour. People are now having fun with the colours and variations of their cars and buying a bunch of cars just to have a variety at home.