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title: "IFP-R3: Optimized production process for inner dashes and floor insulators"
date: 2018-12-19T09:58:42+01:00
author: Daniela Pistor
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To support automobile manufacturers in the production of lighter, quieter and more fuel-efficient vehicles, Autoneum has optimized its process for the fabrication of lightweight inner dashes and floor insulators. The fully automated “IFP-R3” production system is based on the Rotating Injection Fiber process developed by Autoneum. The basic material, a felt-fiber blend, is continuously injected into a component mold located in a rotating drum to create stable in-termediate products which are subsequently converted into acoustic components.

Compared to the previous model, the “IFP-R3” line has two additional feeding systems for the felt-fiber blend that allow a significantly higher production output while simultaneously reducing manufacturing time by 50%. Thanks to the line expansion, large felt mats can be processed into inner dashes and floor insulators that are particularly suitable for all-terrain vehicles and SUVs. With this system, Autoneum is making a decisive contribution to the weight and noise reduction of these globally sought-after vehicle models. As a result of the system adjustment, Autoneum also achieves a better environmental performance of the production process, as fewer fiber scrap is generated and can additionally be reused in the component production.

“IFP-R3” is already operational in various plants of Autoneum and the joint venture company UGN in North America and will in future be implemented at other Autoneum sites in Europe and China.

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     [  Media Release IFP-R3 (PDF) ](https://autoneum.com/content/content-images/Documents/181219_Media-Release_IFP-R3.pdf)
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     [  Photo „IFP-R3“-Anlage ](https://autoneum.com/content/content-images/Image/Wordpress-Import/2018/12/IFP-R3.jpg)
 
 

 

 

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