SMC Automotive Body Parts

Sheet & bulk molding compound (SMC BMC) materials have the most important application market that is the automotive market. It doesn’t mean only the vehicles like trucks or cars, but include almost all moving facilities like vans, buses, agriculture vehicles, forklifts, and other moving facilities. SMC BMC materials are widely used for producing body panels like bumpers, air deflectors, front panels, step panels, roof panels, and so on. They are also used for inner parts like ash tray, valve covers, engine covers, etc. SMC BMC materials are used so well because they have very high strength to weight ratio which suits the topic and policy of weight reduction of all kinds of vehicles, to reduce fuel consumption. Automotive industry is the biggest market for SMC BMC materials. This industry relies on SMC BMC materials for the below properties of the materials.

*High strength to weight ratio

*Design flexibility

*Low cost

*Smooth and paint possible part surface

*Chemical resistant

*Reducing noisy

*Long serving life