BODY STRUCTURE
The automotive industry's drive to create a more refined, quieter vehicle has become as important to OEMs as performance and styling. Powertrain vibration and road noise resonate through vehicles creating unpleasant sounds that eventually enter the passenger compartment. MSC has developed a series of unique material solutions for use in Body-In-White applications that directly damp vibration before it has an opportunity to penetrate the interior of the vehicle.

Extensive acoustical testing reveals that a substantial reduction in passenger compartment ambient noise can be achieved by using Quiet Steel® in a dash panel. Quiet Steel® offers significant NVH benefits thereby allowing BIW structures engineers to remove traditional add-on treatments that can complicate assembly and cause paint contamination. By designing Quiet Steel® into the body structure itself, engineers achieve 100% damping coverage over a panel and eliminate costly alternative patches in the process. Today, MSC's Quiet Steel® is used on select dash panels at Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

In addition to improved acoustical performance, Quiet Steel® also offers potential weight reduction opportunities and associated cost savings. Quiet Steel® forms, welds and is 100% recyclable like standard steel. Quiet Steel® will soon find its home in other Body-In-White applications like wheelhouses, upper dash cowls, floor panels, back panels, package trays, and spare tire tubs. MSC's goal is to provide exceptional noise reduction while simultaneously reducing vehicle weight and costs for its OEM customers.

CHASSIS/COMPONENTS
MSC is delivering innovative solutions to stamped subsystem components such as power systems, electromechanical systems, and latching mechanisms to OEMs and Tier 1s. The objective is to isolate noise and vibration, reduce costs, and streamline processes. Quiet Steel® can be used in a variety of components to eliminate covers, minimize greases, and improve performance. MSC has the expertise to take an application from concept to production and is equipped to support the development of the solution through every phase in between. Quiet Steel® is proven effective at reducing Noise and Vibration in the following components, among others:

Power seat tracks
Window lift mechanisms
Power door systems
Fan and blower housings

POWERTRAIN
MSC's Quiet Steel® materials continue to be the material of choice for OEM engineers to reduce noise related to powertrain applications. MSC offers a variety of viscoelastic core materials that are designed to meet the specific NVH issue of each application. Quiet Steel® is currently used to reduce engine noise through:

Oil pans
Valve covers
Front covers
Engine covers
Baffles

MSC continues to develop new Quiet Steel® materials to address other specific engine issues. MSC, however, is more than a material provider. We leverage our NVH, engineering and testing expertise to identify and provide solutions to address complex powertrain NVH issues. Contact us today and let us show you our approach to improving powertrain-related NVH performance.

BRAKE MATERIALS
MSC has been the leader in Brake NVH Insulators for OE and Aftermarket applications since the early 1980s. In conjunction with General Motors, MSC first developed constrained layer insulators to solve brake noise occurrences on GM passenger car applications. Today, MSC offers a full product line of Brake Insulators designed to solve almost every Brake Noise issue. MSC's NVH solutions include constrained layer, multiple constrained layer and single layer constructions utilizing technologies such as silicones, thermosets, acrylics and even fluorocarbons.

MSC's materials are also used to solve Brake NVH issues beyond North America. MSC manufactures and stamps brake insulators in North America, Europe, South America, and Southest Asia. MSC's sales, marketing and technical resources are available to provide a solution for your brake NVH problems. Contact us today and let us show you our approach to improving brake-related NVH performance.

AUTO TRIM
MSC leads the coil coating industry in exterior automotive trim with our proprietary product, Dura Trim®. MSC, in conjunction with our development partner PPG Industries, developed this application specifically for the automotive market. Based on PPG's fluoropolymer resin, Dura Trim® comes in black and other dark colors including metallics. In addition, Dura Trim® is available in a variety of gloss levels ranging from 10% to 80%. For more information on our pre-painted metal and corrosion resistance solutions, please click here.

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