Nuts-and-bolts ID: CVG’s composite overhead storage bins for trucks
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p”We replaced an injection-molded plastic and metal assembly with a composite design and achieved significant part consolidation and weight savings,” is one of those sentences that, when uttered at a gathering, will cause an industrial designer’s ears to prick up while others slink away in search of more fruitful conversation. /p
pThose are the words of Pat McAllister of A HREF=”http://www.cvgrp.com/” Commercial Vehicle Group/A, an Ohio-based company tasked with redesigning overhead storage cabinets in trailer-truck sleeper compartments–nuts-and-bolts ID that, while it won’t make an appearance at the Salone, is the bread and butter of many a workaday industrial designer./p
pAn A HREF=”http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/lightweighting-a-heavyweight” article/A in the sexily-named Composites World discusses the project in-depth, covering manufacturing, tooling and materials details concerning IVCR (Improved Vinyl Clad Rigid) and RIM (Reaction Injection Molding). /p
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pI learned at least one new thing, that they use magnets embedded in molding surfaces to hold metal parts co-molded into non-metallic materials in place; so put aside your design snobbery and see how the other half works A HREF=”http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/lightweighting-a-heavyweight” here/A.br /
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