QuietShield has been introduced as part of a headliner assembly provided by Grupo Antolin on the 2010 Buick LaCrosse luxury sedan.
Automotive manufacturing plants receive many parts for delivery to the assembly line in cardboard containers and other packaging. Some of these containers are made of recyclable materials, others are not. In both of the cases, when empty, the automaker pays to transport cardboard packaging and other refuse to a recycling center or landfill. The QuietShield provides customers a new solution to these problems.
The company collects the recyclable by-products at the manufacturing plant and shreds, combines with other recycled materials, and forms into a web and bonds in manufacturing process. The manufacturing process was developed by Federal-Mogul’s engineering experts, drawing on their expertise in the development and manufacture of high performance textile-based protection products. The padding can be used by automotive manufacturers and other industries to fabricate linings and sound deadening padding where noise isolation is required.
Producing acoustical padding from materials that would otherwise be discarded represents an economically-viable and environmentally-friendly solution, reducing landfill utilization and waste disposal costs, said Ramzi Hermiz, senior vice president, Vehicle Safety and Protection, Federal-Mogul. We expect QuietShield, and innovative products like this, to have a larger presence on vehicles and many other applications in the future.
QuietShield GRN is another solution provided by Federal-Mogul’s Systems Protection group. These solutions provide protection against abrasion and mechanical damage, noise, vibration and thermal conditions, as well as reduce emissions.
Federal-Mogul is a US-based supplier of products for automotive, light commercial, heavy-duty and off-highway vehicle, as well as power generation, aerospace, marine, rail and industrial applications.
