Fuel Economy and Weight Reduction
On the road to improving fuel economy.
Your job is to increase fuel economy. Ours is to provide you with innovative vehicle weight reduction and mass reduction solutions to help you achieve that goal. 3M offers several unique solutions:
3M™ Glass Bubbles are essential to vehicle weight reduction. Made from high-strength, low-density additives made from a water-resistant and chemically stable soda-lime-borosilicate glass, they are used in a variety of automotive applications, including thermoplastics, sheet and bulk molding composites (SMC/BMC), underbody coatings, structural foams and auto body fillers designed to:
3M™ Automotive Sealing Tapes may be used to attach body- or door-mounted seals in place of mechanical fasteners, resulting in:
- Vehicle weight reduction of about 2.5kg for improved fuel economy
- Sealing out noise, water and air intrusion
Watch a video about robotic installation of taped body-mounted door seals.
Thinsulate™ Acoustic Insulation provides exceptional acoustic performance and can help reduce sound transfer through the pillars and channels leading to and from other parts of the vehicle. Because it is so light, it has potential to help vehicle weight reduction and improve fuel economy. Thinsulate Acoustic Insulation is naturally:
- Hydrophobic
- Lightweight
- Compressible
- Conformable
3M™ Structural Adhesives provide composite bonding across structural, semi-structural and non-structural applications. Highly efficient composite structures are enabled through products that have:
- Easy application
- Gap fill and non-sag properties
- Exceptional durability and structural performance
