THE USE OF TEXTILE FIBRES IN PADDING CAR DASHBOARDS – STUDY CASE

Abstract

The paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of using textile fibres for the dashboard padding of cars. The car dashboard had throughout time a constant evolution in relation to the use of new technologies and materials, offering users not only a good visibility on the tool panel and a good ergonomics on the commands, but also a good protection in case of impact by integrating the airbags and by using soft, deformable materials, for an eventual contact with the passengers. The metal structure has gradually been replaced with reinforced fibre glass, with plastic such as ABS and PVC, the outer layer of the dashboard being able to be covered in polyurethane foam with a finishing made of PVC foil or leather in case of the luxury vehicles and PVC in case of the medium level ones. The Romanian car producer Dacia brings for the first time textile fibres for the padding of the central panel of the dashboards of the models Logan and Sandero, which will represent the topic of a study case.

Keywords

• textile fibres
• car dashboard
• textile insertion
• technology