Two-Shot Window Lift Carrier Plate

With a goal of reducing mass, processing and assembly time, and providing greater assembly flexibility, the team replaced the previous metal-intensive assembly comprised of 21 component produced in 16+ processing / assembly steps with a plastics-intensive, 10-component unit produced in 10 assembly steps.  Two-shot overmolding of high-molecular-weight POM with a Shore D 25 polyester-based TPE enables integrated down-stop and glass anti-rattle bumpers to be molded in while adding a glass-guidance feature.  The result delivers design flexibility, weight and cost savings, simplified assembly and a reduction of process steps.

OEM/Vehicle Ford Motor Co. 2013MY Ford Escape System Supplier Hi-Lex America Inc. Material Processor Hi-Lex America Inc.

Material Supplier Ticona Engineering Polymers Resin Celcon M25 & Riteflex 425 POM & TPE-C Tooling/Equipment Supplier MPP Corp.

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