In the development of the automobile industry, a sense of luxury and technology are the core directions of the entire industry. Since the release of the BMW i7 last year, crystal ambient lights that integrate crystal interiors and ambient lights are rapidly being learned by the entire industry. The crystal texture creates a comfortable usage scene, and the intelligent control of the ambient light highlights the technological experience.
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1. Advantages of BMW crystal ambient light material-PUR
The crystal ambient light of the BMW i7 is called the Interaction Bar crystal interactive control panel. The crystal material of the entire center console extends to both sides of the door, forming an enveloping design. From the material point of view, this "crystal" is actually not the crystal we directly recognize, but an imitation crystal material with a crystal texture - BMW uses polyurethane PUR material. The advantages of this material are:
1. Good permeability, resulting in products with strong ridges and high gloss.
2. The softness and hardness of the material can be adjusted and will not be broken by impact.
3. The middle layer and surface can be 3D shaped
4. Has self-healing effect
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In addition to the above performance advantages, its overall cost is relatively not very high.
In addition to PUR, crystal effects can also use acrylic PMMA, polycarbonate PC, glass
2. PUR atmosphere light molding process
From the perspective of the molding method, this kind of crystal ambient light polyurethane PUR adopts an in-mold spraying processing solution: it is called ColorForm in-mold painting technology here at KraussMaffei, and it is called ReactPro polyurethane in-mold spraying technology at Yizumi. For molding solutions, Kurz has the IMD PUR process. While each may have its own special features, the overall picture is pretty much the same.
● In the first step, a thermoplastic matrix is generated during the injection molding stage;
● In the second step, the mold is coated with polyurethane (PUR) or polyurea (PUA) as the surface material. After demoulding, the final finished component with a perfect surface can be directly used for installation.
克劳斯玛菲的ColorForm模内上漆技术
3. Crystal Ambience Light Manufacturer
It is understood that the manufacturer of BMW crystal ambient lights is Taizhou Techniplas. The following editor will take stock of the manufacturers currently producing this product or similar crystal effect ambient lights in the industry.(names not listed in order). Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area or join the group to add.
1. Taizhou Techniplas
Taizhou Teco Plastic Technology Co., Ltd. is a foreign-invested enterprise. WEIDPLAS is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered and technically complex plastic components and systems for the automotive and bathroom industries. Its headquarters and engineering technology center are located in Rapperswil, Switzerland. The company has production bases in Switzerland, Germany, Brazil, China and the United States.
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WEIDPLAS is part of the TECHNIPLAS Group, which owns a number of professional plastics companies headquartered in North America and mainly provides parts for the automotive and truck industries. TECHNIPLAS Group has 11 production sites and 11 technical and sales centers with approximately 2,000 employees worldwide.
2. Qisu Tiaisi
The full name of Qisu Tiaisi is Qisu Tiaisi In-mold Technology Co., Ltd. It is a joint venture established by Tianjin Qisu Technology Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Tiaisi Plastic Products Co., Ltd. The company has a world-class R&D team and has gathered a large number of international senior talents. It is able to provide services in all aspects such as product styling design, mass production feasibility assessment, production process research and development, production material control, production tool customization and mass production product production. We provide customers with one-stop service throughout the entire process and are the only professional R&D manufacturer in China engaged in the development and production of in-mold spraying products.
Photo taken by Aibang team at the 2023 Chinaplas Exhibition
The crystal automotive interior strips exhibited by Qisutiaisi at the Chinaplas 2023 adopt a one-step in-mold spraying process, photographed by the Aibang team
Qisu crystal atmosphere lighting strips, source Qisu Technology official website
3. Valeo
Valeo is an automotive parts supplier headquartered in France. It is an industrial group specializing in the design, development, production and sales of automotive parts, systems and modules. The company's business involves original supporting business and after-sales business, providing supporting parts to all major automobile manufacturers in the world, and is the world's leading auto parts supplier.
Valeo Intelligent Interactive Ambient Lighting: Three-dimensional effect, highly technological ambient lighting, creating an enveloping intelligent experience.
4、Sunny Seiko
Ningbo Sunny Precision Co., Ltd. is one of the core suppliers of automotive intelligent functional parts in the world. It is committed to the research, development and manufacturing of three major series of intelligent mechanical components, intelligent lighting and intelligent imaging.
Sunny Precision was established on April 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province. It was successfully listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange on February 22, 2023 (stock code 831906).
Sunny Seiko has been deeply involved in the field of automotive functional parts for more than 20 years. It continues to build optical, mechanical, electrical and computing design and development capabilities and full-process development systems with ingenuity, realizing full-system turnkey projects from development to manufacturing and digitization of the entire value chain. operations, intelligent production scheduling, flexible automated production and full-process digital logistics management.
With its leading R&D technology, manufacturing technology, quality management and global supply capabilities, Sunny Precision has established good cooperative relationships with many domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers.
5. Anrui Optoelectronics
Wuhu Anrui Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. was established in 2010 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanan Optoelectronics. It is headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui and has four production bases in Wuhu, Anhui, Hechuan, Chongqing, Taizhou, Zhejiang, and Birmingham, UK.
Anrui Optoelectronics, as an emerging automotive lighting manufacturer in China, has three main businesses: LED light source and automotive lighting system business under the brand "ANRUI"; and "ANGELLOR" under the brand Development of automotive electronic products and active safety software focusing on image processing.
6. Changshu Automobile Decoration
Jiangsu Changshu Automobile Accessories Group Co., Ltd. (CAIP) was founded in 1996 and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2017 (code 603035). Established joint ventures with Germany's Paige, Spain's Antolin, Austria's Greiner, Canada's Magna, Germany's WAY Group, etc., committed to becoming a core supplier of valuable products to vehicle companies, providing customers with "from the project Engineering development and design, to mold inspection tool design and manufacturing, equipment automation solutions, product testing and verification, and cost optimization solutions" integrated service capabilities.
Changshu Automotive Trim exhibited crystal trim products at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show. The material is PC+polyurethane. Adopt injection molding + polyurethane reaction injection molding. It has the advantages of short molding cycle and self-healing of the epidermis.
The crystal interior displayed by Changshu Automotive Decoration at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show
7. Kunshan Golden Luck
Kunshan Jinyun New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise founded in July 2004. The company specializes in the design and production of high-end automobile interior parts and new materials, the development of new technologies, and its technical quality is an international leader. The product market covers domestic and foreign markets. It mainly designs and produces automobile leather and wood steering wheels, high-end real wood interior parts, automobile Electroplated interior parts, instrument panels and other related ancillary products are currently the core suppliers of famous automobile brands "Mercedes-Benz", "General Motors" and "FAW".
Photos related to Kunshan Jinyun were taken at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show booth
Kunshan Jinyun other crystal decoration strips
8. Star Optoelectronics
Jiangyin Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., formerly Duarte Industrial, specializes in the development, design, and manufacturing of lens modules and automotive interior and exterior ambient lighting assemblies.
Since the establishment of the Ambient Lighting Division in 2018, we have been committed to focusing on the research and development, production, and sales of various types of ambient lights for automotive interiors; we adhere to the principles of quality first, customer satisfaction, pursuit of efficiency, and continuous improvement; our products cover dashboards, deputy Instruments, map pockets, footlights, cup holders, door panels/dashboards/sunroof ambient lights, etc.
In addition to the above-mentioned PUR crystal products, PC, PMMA and other materials also have better crystal effects, such as the products Antolin exhibited at the Beijing Auto Show.
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In the future, cars will become the second intimate private space outside of home. Car interior lighting has become a design element that cannot be ignored. Ambient lights are in the market introduction and growth stage. How to design ambient lights better and perfectly realize people's needs? Car interaction requires the joint efforts of OEMs, car lighting factories, interior decoration factories, material manufacturers, controllers, films, light guide materials and other companies. Now Aibang has a WeChat group for automotive ambient lights, Geely, BYD, Great Wall, Changan , Dongfeng, Yanfeng, Ruibo Optoelectronics, Guangzhou Xinchen, Yilan Auto Parts, Wenzhou Jincheng, Covestro, Kurz, SCHOTT and other companies have joined. Friends from upstream and downstream of the industry chain are welcome to join the group to discuss and seek progress together. .
The original article was posted on the WeChat official account "Smart Car Club."Car crystal ambient lighting is becoming popular, with an inventory of 8 suppliers
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