Producing low wash out high performance conductive fuel lines for hybride cars and beyond with Rilsan^® PA 11

The rapid electrification of the automotive industry comes with many technical challenges. One of them is, when Hybrid vehicles run on the Electric “zero emission” mode, fuel remains stagnant within fuel lines for several days or weeks. This increases the extraction of components from the plastic tube. “Low washout” solutions were developed, but these tend to swell more in contact with fuel than traditional fuel Lines. This constitutes a major challenge for conductive fuel lines as tube swelling has a detrimental effect on conductive performance. 

Carmakers are looking for competitive “low washout” conductive solutions for use in hybrid vehicles, to solve this issue and help accelerate the growth of environmentally virtuous vehicles. This is why Arkema has developed a material platform allowing tier suppliers and car makers to build tailor-made conductive solutions (4 or 5 layers) with a limited number of grades.

We tell you more about it in our case study to download below:

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