TOYOTA Commemorative Museum / Plastics in the Engine Room
The TOYOTA Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology was established by the Toyota Group companies in 1994 on the location of the first factory built by Toyota. The museum's Textile Machinery Pavilion and Automobile Pavilion present the development of Japan's industrial technology with exhibits of textile machinery, one of the core industries that helped build modern Japan, and automobile engineering, which continues to drive the country's development. (For more information, see the February 2012 issue of the PR magazine pla-topia.) http://www.tcmit.org/
Plastics in the Engine Room
Numerous plastics are used in the engine room. For example, laminated phenolic, urethane and epoxy resins are used as insulation materials in motor components such as starters and alternators. Plastic materials such as nylon have been used for a long time in fans that induct air into radiators.
Polyethylene and polypropylene are currently employed in battery cases.
