Technical Paper
Advances in Joining Technology Relative to Vibration Welding of Carpet and Fabric to Interior Door Panels and Other Automotive Interior Components
1998-02-23
980996
Vibration welding has been acknowledged for decades as a viable, cost-effective alternative to the use of mechanical fasteners and adhesives in a range of automotive applications. These are primarily applications in which polymer parts are joined to like polymer parts to produce a weld which is more robust than that provided by other non-welding methods, such as hot melt adhesive. This technology and the equipment which supports it has enabled carmakers and Tier I suppliers to expand the use of state-of-the-art polymers into interior and exterior components which include those requiring a high level of structural integrity.
