1. Smart Surfaces & Interactive Systems
- Touch Sensing Layer: TPU films can integrate capacitive touch sensors for applications in steering wheels, center consoles, and door trim panels, enabling gesture control, sliding volume adjustments, and enhancing human-machine interaction.
- Flexible Display Protection: As a protective layer for automotive flexible OLED screens, TPU provides impact resistance, scratch resistance, and transparency, while adapting to curved screen designs.
2. Acoustics & Vibration Control
- Acoustic Foam: TPU foam materials are used in door panels and engine compartment sound insulation pads. Their microporous structure absorbs high-frequency noise while offering waterproof and mildew-resistant properties, extending service life.
- Active Suspension Damping: Integrated with hydraulic systems, TPU elastomers serve as core components in dampers, absorbing road impacts through material deformation to improve ride comfort.
3. Battery Pack & Thermal Management
- Thermal Runaway Protection: TPU coatings form flame-retardant, high-temperature-resistant barriers over battery modules, delaying thermal runaway propagation and enhancing safety.
- Liquid Cooling Plate Sealing: TPU seals in battery liquid cooling systems resist electrolyte corrosion, ensuring zero coolant leakage to maintain battery efficiency.
4. Aerodynamics & Lightweighting
- Spoilers & Diffusers: TPU composites are injection-molded into lightweight spoilers that reduce aerodynamic drag while maintaining strength, extending vehicle range.
- Shape-Adaptive Body Components: TPU enables shape-memory deformation under heat or electrical signals, used in active grille shutters and adjustable mirrors to optimize aerodynamics.
5. Biocompatibility & Health Tech
- Antimicrobial Interior Components: TPU surfaces coated with silver-ion or photocatalytic layers inhibit bacterial/mold growth, ideal for high-contact areas like seats and armrests.
- Health Monitoring Integration: TPU elastomers embedded with biosensors monitor driver heart rate and body temperature in real time, alerting for fatigue risks.
6. Sustainability & Circular Tech
- Bio-Based TPU: Synthesized from plant starch and bio-based polyols, this material reduces fossil fuel reliance and carbon emissions, complying with EU REACH regulations.
- Closed-Loop Recycling: TPU waste is chemically recycled (e.g., via pyrolysis) into monomers for reuse, achieving 100% closed-loop material utilization.
