Construction Equipment

Telene® is tough enough to withstand gravel impacts and weather conditions in any construction zone, anywhere. Its stability over time makes it ideal for products that last for decades.

Construction equipment

Telene® is tough enough to withstand gravel impacts and weather conditions in any construction zone, anywhere. Its stability over time makes it ideal for products that last for decades.

When using steel for body parts, designers are limited to conventional multipart designs, whereas Telene® allows for one-piece manufacturing with reduced weight, encapsulation of fasteners and vibration resistance.

Telene® is also easy to paint, allowing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to easily differentiate products for the rental market or different equipment models.

When using steel for body parts, designers are limited to conventional multipart designs, whereas Telene® allows for one-piece manufacturing with reduced weight, encapsulation of fasteners and vibration resistance.

Telene® is also easy to paint, allowing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to easily differentiate products for the rental market or different equipment models.

Applications

01

Hoods

Articulated dump trucks, earth movers, and excavators are constantly bombarded with gravel, asphalt, and road chemicals. PDCPD has the manufacturing flexibility to allow engineers to create large, complex structures (such as a hood) in a monoblock or modular design.

Benefit of Telene® for Hoods:

  • Impact & Vibration Resistance
  • Design Versatility
  • High Surface Quality
  • Weight savings up to 30% (up to 30% vs metal sheet)
  • Competitive Cost
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02

Bonnets

Damage tolerance and high HDT are two reasons that makes PDCPD a material of choice to design and manufacture backhoe loader bonnets. PDCPD allows engineers to create large, complex bonnets in a monoblock design.

Benefit of Telene® for this application:

  • High Surface Quality
  • Weight savings up to 30% (up to 20% vs standard Composite Material; up to 30% vs metal sheet)
  • Vibration & Impact resistance
  • Good vibration behavior
  • Design Versatility
  • Competitive Cost
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03

Engine Covers

While steel is a backbone of the construction industry, it has significant limitations. The inconsistencies of steel fabrication, excessive weight, and inherent vibration and noise led construction equipment manufacturers to search for an alternative for enclosure panels surrounding the engine/generator package used to power their portable light towers, mini-excavators, and trench haulers. Our design challenge was to demonstrate how threaded inserts could be encapsulated into the design and how significant variations in thickness were possible using DCPD. The new design was viewed as a significant upgrade because it eliminated dent and corrosion concerns, reduced noise during operation, and enabled easy access to the engine and other systems.

Benefit of Telene® for this application:

  • Design Versatility
  • Impact & Vibration Resistance
  • Weight savings up to 30% (up to 30% vs metal sheet)
  • High Surface Quality
  • Competitive Cost
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Why Telene®?

 

Telene® is proven to be the ideal solution for construction vehicles. Partnering with our molding partner, we demonstrated how the low viscosity and high flow characteristics of Telene® filled complex mold elements such as threaded inserts and intricate part geometries — eliminating the need for complex and costly multi-part steel fabrication with the use of a single molded part.

Telene® is innovative chemistry that gives industrial engineers the freedom to transform a good design into something great!

Why Telene®?

 

Telene® is proven to be the ideal solution for construction vehicles. Partnering with our molding partner, we demonstrated how the low viscosity and high flow characteristics of Telene® filled complex mold elements such as threaded inserts and intricate part geometries — eliminating the need for complex and costly multi-part steel fabrication with the use of a single molded part.

Telene® is innovative chemistry that gives industrial engineers the freedom to transform a good design into something great!

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