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Bio-TP Seal® material and engineering6Bio-TP Seal®THE CITY CAR BECOMES SECOND NATUREDeveloped by Total, Bio-TP Seal ® is part of thelegitimacy of the city car. By giving the car alightweight, robust structure, this innovative polymermakes green mobility a reality, within the reach ofboth manufacturers and their clients. This resin,designed to be rotomoulded, is testament to theneed for control over the whole life cycle of thematerials involved in the car.Bio-TP Seal ® has not been designed by chance.A major player in the production of hydrocarbons,Total is aware of the limitations of its reserves and theincreasing risks of dependence on non-renewablematerials. The pressure on energy and other resourcesmeans that they have to achieve the maximum value foreach unit consumed.Biomass or metal ?Bio-TP Seal ® makes the car part of a renewable logic.By combining an increasing amount of polylactic acid(PLA) (from biomass such as beet and maize) withpolyolefins, car manufacturers have access to a greenchemical product, so reducing their dependence onfossil products. It is an alternative to metal chassis,which are heavier to produce and tow. A Bio-TP Seal ®chassis weighing 85 kg would be three times theweight if it were made of metal.Bio-TP Seal®, makes the car part of a renewable logic.By combining an increasing amount of polylacticacid (PLA) with polyolefins, car manufacturers haveaccess to a green chemical product, so reducing theirdependence on fossil products.MAIZEPLABEET
Bio-TP Seal® material and engineering7This material offers greater cost control throughoutits life cycle. No welds, no production waste and,completely recyclable, Bio-TP Seal ® has reinventedthe city car and its production process. Capable ofproducing an entire chassis in a single moulding cycle,it reduces the number of parts to be assembled. Thecity car embodies a new simplicity with a lightweightconstruction. It also meets the expectations ofmanufacturers who have to comply with the increasingnumber of legal requirements on recyclability.PLAPLA - more than green added valueBy adding polylactic acid (PLA) to a polyolefin structure, Total has inventedBio-TP Seal ® .PLA is a plant-based plastic; the monomer it contains is lactic acid. PLA hasbeen used in high-tech industries such as surgery for around twenty years,and it is currently being used increasingly in the automotive, electronics andpackaging sectors.Integrating PLA into a polyolefin structure is not about fashion. It offers sustainablealternatives to fossil-based plastics, but above all this combinationoffers novel mechanical properties.
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