28 - Friday, September 13, 1991 - North Shore News

AUTOMOTIVES
Indy driver visits Grouse

Automakers exploring methods
for recycling of plastic parts

IN RECENT years. industry
has found numerous ways to
re-use a wide variety of mate-
rials, from soft drink cans and
newspapers to steel and used
engine off. And now, General
Motors engineers are working
to add plastic composite auto
parts to that list.

GM is the largest user of
such composites in the
automotive industry. One type,
called sheet molding compound
(SMC), is used to make large
exterior panels in the Chevrolet
Lumina APV, Pontiac Trans

SVX coupe
loaded with
features

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somewhat futuristic. Portions of
the dash are covered in what looks
like suede, but is in fact a pat-
ented, artificial substitute called
Escaine. Real leather covers the
anatomically-designed seats, arm-
rest, console, steering wheel,
shift lever and parking brake
lever. Instrumentation consists of
round, analogue gauges, and an
AM/FM _ cassette/CD player is
hidden behind a panei on the
wood-covered console.

The rear seats are surprisingly
comfortable for a coupe, with
sufficient legroom and headroom
for an average-sized person. The
rear side windows will even wind
down (electrically). The trunk,
while small, is adequate for a
coupe.

There are almost too many lux-
ury features to list, but a partial
list includes a driver’s side airbag,
eight-way electrically-adjustable
driver’s seat, sunroof, automatic
climate control, power windows,
central door locking with remote

Sport, Oldsmahile  Sithouette
(not sold in Canada) and the
Chevrolet Corvette,

To seevele SMC, GM's Ad-
vanced Engineering Staff is ex-
ploring the use of “pyrolysis,”
@ process also being evaluated
by the tire and cubber industry
for re-use of scrap Gres. In the
GM process, materials are
heated to J400°F in the
absence of oxygen. Rather than
burn, they break down into
materials that could be re-used
in new body panels, adhesives
or products such as concrete or
roofing shingles.

YOUR BABY NEEDS SOME T.L.C.2.

“The process may provide
an attractive alternative — for
SMC waste management, com-
pared with landfill and = other
disposal methods, such as in-
cineration,’* according to a
composites manager for the
Advanced Engineering Staff.

He says the results of GM's
pyrolysis tests are encouraging,
but that more evaluation is
needed before the technology
can be safely used. GM's goal
is to solve the question of SMC
waste management before it
becomes 2 problem.

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ROSS BENTLEY. driver of the
Spirit. of Vancouver, will appear
Sept. 18 at Grouse Mountain be-
tween Tham. and 3 p.m.

AN Vancouver resident, Bentley

put in a 13th place finish out of
2Deurs at this year’s Molson Indy.

The public are invited to meet
Bentley and to see his car which
will be on display.

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