Dashboard
Applications > Automotive > Interiors
Dashboard | ||
A dashboard (also called dashboard, instrument panel (IP) or instrument gauge) is a control panel located directly in front of the driver of the vehicle, which shows the instrumentation and controls for the operation of the vehicle. The typical layout of the car's instrument panel has a temperature and fuel gauge, a speedometer indicator and an indicator called a rev counter. The most basic panels will have a speedometer and a fuel gauge. Very basic panels may not have a rev indicator, although using a vehicle that does have a rev counter may be beneficial to learn to drive, as it can be a useful tool to prevent the car from stopping. |  | |
| Board components | ||
The board consists of a frame that can be in ABS, ABS / PC or polypropylene, a front lens in polycarbonate or PMMA, a card with silk-screen symbols, a "dash light" in polypropylene with 40% titanium dioxide, which disperses visible light efficiently, which imparts whiteness, brightness and opacity when incorporated into a plastic product, the electronic card and finally a closure cap usually in polypropylene 20 or 40% talcum. |  | |
| Frame | ||
The frame can be made in ABS / PC or ABS. PC / ABS resins are amorphous mixtures that combine the most desirable properties of both resins; the excellent processability of ABS and the superior mechanical properties and heat resistance of polycarbonate. ABS resins are also amorphous with excellent scratch resistance to UV rays and have a very high gloss. Both products have a wide range of colors and colorability, you can also apply the techniques of In Mold Decoration, 2K molding, printing), excellent processability, high flow also for thin walls. |  | |
| Lens | ||
In general, the lenses are made of PMMA or polycarbonate (PC), which have good optical properties and maintain the characteristics of climate change. Thanks to its transparency, white light penetrates up to 92%. Both products have very little bi-refringency, very important especially for the instrument panel, excellent scratch resistance and very good resistance to UV rays. |  | |
| Card with serigraphy symbols | ||
Silkscreen printing is a technique of artistic printing of images and graphics on any support or surface by using a fabric, by depositing ink on a support. In this way, the different symbols, the speed notches and the writing on the card with different colors are printed. Silkscreen printing with UV technique compared to previous screen printing, improves colors, adds brightness to images, allows overprinting in large formats, protects against atmospheric agents. |  | |
| Dash light | ||
In general, the "Dash light" of the board is made of 40% polypropylene loaded with titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide provides a brilliant opacity and is a material that responds to photographs, its value lies in its interaction with light. Disperses visible light efficiently, which imparts whiteness, shine and opacity when incorporated into a plastic product. |  | |
| Closure lid | ||
The closure lid can usually be in ABS or polypropylene with 20/40% talc stabilized by heat up to 400 hours at 150 ° C, sealed all with a SEBS seal, in some models there is a cooling fan for the Electronic plate and to prevent the entry of dust. |  | |