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Formed
Components
Overview
Shawmut’s Trim Components division is the
country’s leading innovator in the development and production
of molded and die-cut soft components for automotive interiors.
Leveraging its broad spectrum of forming, heat-sealing, RF welding
and cutting processes, Shawmut’s Trim Components division works
with foam, vinyl, fabric, non-woven, and rigid-formable substrates
to design and manufacture fabric-wrapped components optimized
to fit any panel design or optimized to perform in any customer
fabrication process.
An automotive supplier since 1973, Shawmut’s
Trim Components division has extensive experience and expertise in automotive
quality and delivery requirements and is QS 9000 certified.
Products
Soft Molded Bolsters
With its extensive history in the production of
textile inserts for automotive interiors, Shawmut’s Trim Components
division designs and builds molded inserts from laminated-textiles,
vinyl, foams, nonwovens, and films. Molding processes have been
designed for maintaining exacting tolerances relative to the industry
and it has a lengthy history of succeeding with difficult formed
bolster applications.
| Performance
Specifications |
 Soft
feel flexible, yet formed substrates available with
nonwovens/urethane,
or closed cell PE or PP foam |
| Insert
designs for heat activated adhesive, or rear load inserts |
Wood
filled polypropylene substrates for molded inserts with
impact
durability |
| Product
Examples |
| Lincoln
LS |
Formed Back Carpet designed to be installed in Low Pressure
Injection Mold tool. |
| Denali/Cadillac |
Bolster designed to have soft feel, preformed for easy assembly,
with heat activated adhesive to bond during regular processing
without additional spray adhesive. |
| GMT800
Carpet |
Heat cutting and sealing of carpet fiber edges prevents fraying
and “balding” of carpet fibers that might interfere
with customer processing |
Rigid Molded Components
Shawmut works with wood-filled polypropylene substrates, such
as Greenwood, to deliver rigid textile and vinyl-covered insert
parts for applications such as the Ford Freestar sliding door
inserts. The parts are produced on fully automated presses that
form, cut and laminate parts in a single operation.
| Performance
Specifications |
| Rear
load insert |
| High
impact durability |
| Finished
edge treatment |
Sun Shades
Die cut headliner material ready to load in customer sunshade
assembly.
Child Seats
Heat seal patterns on seat fronts, as well as a heat seal/cut
edge that provides durability to withstand up to 30 machine washings.
Die-Cut Textile
Inserts
Competitively priced die-cut inserts utilizing Shuttle or Roll
Feed presses for high volume, or CNC cutting systems for superior
material utilization. With or without embroidery.
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Products
Soft Molded Bolsters
Rigid Molded Components
Sun Shades
Child Seats
Die-Cut Textile
Inserts
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