Research & Design

Nylacasts Automotives’ Research & Design team work closely with engineers, designers and clients to gain a deep understanding of customer requirements in order to be truly innovative.

Nylacast Automotive have full in-house complimentary Research & Design Centres in Leicester & Changshu.

Through our Research & Design facilities, Nylacast are able to offer continuous new material development and innovation based on market & customer requirements, supported by an experienced Automotive based Engineering team with full CAE abilities including:

• Higher Tensile Modulus Materials (increased torque)
• Good Flexural Modulus (for shock loading)
• Extended Temperature Range (for under hood applications)
• Lower Co-Efficient of Friction (lower power motor)
• Custom formulation of materials for ever more demanding applications

Nylacasts full Chemical & Physical Testing Facility offers:

• Certificate of Analysis & Compliance
• Product quality testing & materials testing
• Bench Testing of samples
• Customised testing
• Tensile, Crystallinity, Hardness testing
• All carried out to international standards: ASTM/ISO/IEC