Engineering thermoplastics are key structural materials, with gaining importance for the automotive industry. Reasons for that are e.g.:
- Weight reduction
- Inexpensively manufacturing via injection moulding
- Virtually unlimited freedom in design and color
- High level of integration
Plastics housings employed for electric/electronic systems are non-conductors of electricity and hence largely permeable to electromagnetic waves. It is thus necessary for these housings
to be made electrically conductive, unless no other measures be implemented, to ensure the electromagnetic compatibility. Beside subsequent-treatment procedures as metallisation e.g. electroplating, aluminisation and painting with conductive varnish, we are working on several options to integrate the function of electromagnetic shielding in our products.
