The modern vehicle contains a remarkable quantity of welded plastic. From instrument panels and door liners to air management systems and fluid reservoirs, thermoplastic assemblies perform structural, functional, and aesthetic roles throughout the vehicle. Many of these components share a common manufacturing characteristic: they are too large, too geometrically complex, or too demanding in performance terms to be reliably joined by any other plastic welding method. Vibration welding is the process that makes them possible.
