Automotive signaling lamps   Industry Automotive Material Stanyl® TW200F6 - PA46-GF30   Processing Technology Injection Molding Description Enabling high speed manufacturing and durability Automotive signaling lamps consist of two main components: the lamp bulb itself and a socket (holder), mostly metal, in which the bulb is placed. Philips Automotive Lighting specified DSM's Stanyl TW200F6, a glass fibre reinforced PA46 for its new generation automotive signaling lamps. The high performance-signaling lamp is a technological breakthrough enabling signaling lamps to last a car's life. Philips identified the key material parameters for this application to be: - High heat, peak temperatures of 220 ºC - High strain at break for fixation of lamp bulb - High continuous use temperatures (lasting a car life) - Low creep, giving a secure fixation of the lamp over the car's life or 850.000 km. The choice for a polymer instead of a metal socket was the consequence of the desired design. The socket is designed so that the bulb is fixed by means of a snap-fit construction enabling high speed manufacturing of the new lamp. Stanyl TW200F6, with its high strain at break, meets this important functional criterion. OEM DCX