MEF™
MATERIAL:Moldable PolyEthylene Foam
SPECFICATION
A polyethylene foam with low specific gravity, MEF™ reduces the total weight of a vehicle. This contributes to fuel consumption improvement and vehicle emission reduction. Furthermore, since MEF™ is a foam, it can reduce the use of raw materials, contributing to resource saving.
Burning MEF™ does not generate chlorine gas, black smoke, or other harmful emissions. Thus, it can be thermally recycled in commonly used incinerators for plastics.
Furthermore, MEF™ is crack-resistant and generates few particles, compared with other types of foams. It can thus suppress the generation of microplastics.
We give full consideration to the sustainability of MEF™ in manufacturing processes.
MEF™ is a sustainable material that will be needed in the era to come.
CONTENT
MEF™ is light in weight and excels in flexibility, shock absorption, and durability. Also, MEF™ has a high degree of freedom of molding and generates little squeaking noise as well as abrasion-causing dust. Therefore, MEF™ is suitable for returnable containers and cushioning materials (logistics materials) used for transporting various parts, including automotive components.
High flexibility
Foam molded products made of MEF™ are characterized by light weight, flexibility, and crack resistance. Therefore, parts can be made thinner, enabling flexibility of designs of molded parts. MEF™ is an option for reducing the weight of current parts or expanding usable space in the vehicle. Another merit is that MEF™ excels in maintaining its strength in low-temperature environments compared with other types of foams, such as polypropylene.
Low rubbing noises
As the surface friction resistance of foam molded products made of MEF™ is low, they have abrasion resistance and can reduce rubbing noises. Since MEF™ can help reduce rubbing noises generated by the friction between the foam molded product and other parts, MEF™ can be used without other materials as an effective means of reducing unwanted noises in vehicles.
High durability
When a parts manufacturer delivers various parts to a vehicle manufacturer, delicate parts with complicated shapes must be handled with care. The use of cushioning materials made of MEF™, which is flexible as well as crack-resistant and which has excellent shock absorption, protects the delicate parts from impact during transportation. Furthermore, since MEF™ has excellent compression recovery properties, cushioning materials made of MEF™ can be used repeatedly.
Effective measure against rubbing noises
To deal with unwanted noises generated in places where a part comes in contact with another vehicle part, sometimes manufacturers take measures such as attaching a different material (nonwoven fabric, etc.) to the foam material in secondary processing. Compared with other foam materials, MEF™ rarely generates rubbing noises and can be used without combining it with another material. Therefore, MEF™ can simplify the process of reducing unwanted noises.
Using MEF™ for returnable boxes
As MEF™ is flexible and crack-resistant, it is suitable for repeated use. Furthermore, very few particles are generated by friction. Therefore, MEF™ reduces the possibility of inclusion of foreign objects in the parts which are being transported. On the strength of these merits, MEF™ is best suited to be used for returnable boxes for parts.