The Invisible Difference™: Saflex Advanced Acoustic Glazing Technology Reduces Vehicle Weight

Take a good look at a vehicle's glass and you'll see the solution to several critical issues that are highly important to automakers: Vehicle weight reduction, increased fuel economy, decreased CO2 emission and reduced Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH).

Global environmental regulations, such as the Kyoto Agreement, the European ECE and the new U.S. CAFE standards, set stringent CO2 emissions standards for the automotive industry to meet by 2012. As a result, OEMs are faced with making significant vehicle design changes in a tight timeframe; all without sacrificing the comfort and quality consumers expect.

Now is the time to look to the vehicle's glass, a proven NVH solution, as a solution for fuel and emissions savings as well.

An expert at multi-tasking, Saflex Q series acoustic interlayer:

• Saves up to 10.5 kilograms of weight per vehicle
• Creates a fuel savings of 11.5 liters per vehicle per year
• Reduces CO2 emissions by 28.2 kilograms per vehicle per year
• Provides a significant reduction in interior cabin noise and creates a quiet and comfortable environment for passengers that they equate with a high-quality vehicle – up to 3 decibels with the acoustic windshield and up to 8 decibels with the acoustic windshield and acoustic side laminates

As automakers rush to make lighter-weight vehicles to meet stringent fuel-efficiency standards, as well as emissions regulations, Saflex Q series acoustic interlayer creates a drop-in solution that can contribute significantly to reducing a vehicle's weight.

While typical weight-savings solutions require expensive retooling, vehicle glazing made with Saflex Q series can be swapped-out for a vehicle's existing glass: No expensive retooling; no R&D costs to develop new weight-savings materials.

These achievements speak volumes for the many benefits of Saflex Q series acoustic interlayer, an NVH, weight-saving, fuel-saving, CO2-emision-saving solution that made its name by being quiet.

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