At the Fakuma-trade show, the additive manufacturer Quarzwerke is presenting fillers for plastics in electromobility, wind power and for films. They are intended to help processors manage the high requirements on the materials in these industries.

The fillers are based on different minerals

Batterien

Energiespeicherung

Elektromobilität

Mobilität

Füllstoffe, mineralisch

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Füllstoffe für Kunststoffe

Messe Fakuma

kunststoffe-international.com

Füllstoffe, allgemein

Windkraft

Energieerzeugung

Erneuerbare Energie

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

Folien

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

Additive

Fillers Improve Batteries and Wind Power Plants

Borealis and Topas Advanced Polymers have started collaboration on the development of a new class of engineering materials for capacitor film applications that will bridge the current performance gap between standard polymers and high-end plastics.

Higher-performance film capacitors are a crucial element in all power transformation systems that bring about the green-energy transition in a cost-efficient way

Technik Trend

New Class of Engineering Material for Film Capacitor Applications

This year, for the first time, the SKZ is organizing the conference „Plastic Films in Mobility“. Kunststoffe international asked Dirk Pophusen, the conference director, about the new features and the highlights of the event.

The front module of the BMW iX is a highly integrated component. Among other things, foil technology is used for the manufacturing.

Folientechnik (IMD, IML, FIM, u.a.)

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Spritzgießen

Streifinger, Florian

Films, BMW and China

In October 2008 the plant and equipment manufacturer Kuhne GmbH hosted the first “Kuhne Autumn Week“. The very latest developments in blown and flat film manufacture were presented to an international audience at their headquarters in Sankt Augustin, Germany. A range of informative presentations by guest speakers rounded off the in-house exhibition. Alongside issues relating to specific materials, aspects of measurement and control technology were discussed. 

Blasfolienextrusion

Extrusion: Spotlight on Film 

Until now, materials and processes have been colored holograms in large print runs. This could all change thanks to a new holographic photopolymer. A specially developed polycarbonate film with application-oriented material properties has proved a suitable carrier material for this photopolymer in the high-security holograms sector. 

Polycarbonat

Full-color Photopolymer: 3-D Image Holograms in Large Print Runs 

The current range of packaging films extends from shrink wrapping film via synthetic paper through films made from biopolymers. From these materials packagers can themselves design a packaging unit to suit their needs. This survey points out the possibilities, including advantages and disadvantages, that the various materials and their associated processing methods afford for the production of an economical and attractive package. 

Film Design: Packaging with the Right Film 

It is not possible to detect flaws on surfaces with complex texture patterns, e.g. artificial leather, using commercially available film inspection systems. By incorporating texture analysis algorithms into the film inspection system, comprehensive quality control is now also possible for these products. 

TQM / Null-Fehler-Strategie

Film Inspection: Focus on Textured Films 

Moisture regulating packaging and antimicrobial active films protect food and keep it fresh longer. Films especially designed for these requirements have been tested for effectiveness, and the results indicate promise of success. 

Functional Films: Active Packaging Functions 

Packaging films fulfil so many complex requirements that they can suitably be called high-tech products. Intelligent extrusion and automation systems guarantee cost-efficient, flexible film production for virtually all applications. 

Simulation Verpackung

Extrusion

Thickness Reductions in FFS Films Document the Progress Made: Advances in Packaging Film 

Hygiene is one of the most important demands made on the production facilities when it comes to the production of foodstuffs. faigle Kunststoffe GmbH, Hard, Austria, has therefore developed a wrapping film made from a polyethylene (grade: PAS-PE) with added steriones. This film is used in prefermenting cabinets to guarantee hygienic conditions for raw bakery products. 

Protective Steriones 

Wrapping film made from a polyethylene 

In-Mold Labeling with three three-dimensionally molded films and two plastic components for a part measuring 380 x 250 x 50 mm: A project involving the radio/CD control panel of Ford’s C-Max placed high demands on moldmakers and film technology. The result can now be seen in automobile showrooms. 

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

KFZ-Zulieferer

In-Mold Labeling: Three Films, One Part – and a Quartered Mold 

In the manufacture of plastic products such as film, quality assurance is essential. To make material testing during the manufacturing process as efficient and reliable as possible, Zwick GmbH & Co. KG, Ulm, Germany, has developed a robotic testing system with extended test chamber. Designated roboTest F, the unit is part of the Allround line. The feed for the tensile test takes place via a magazine holding up to 200 samples. The magazine itself consists of a support structure and a circulating chain with clamps, which hold the material samples. The clamps differ according to the sample type and form. It is thus possible to test film and textiles of different sizes with the same system. 

Testing Film and Textiles 

Robotic testing system 

August Mink KG, Göppingen, Germany, has introduced spreading rollers suitable for narrow webs and installation in very confined spaces. The type BSW-PP rollers are intended for use with web widths of up to one meter – a size often encountered in production of incontinence briefs. They do not require a separate drive and are almost wear- and maintenance-free. 

Crease-free Smoothing 

spreading roller type BSW-PP 

New tasks lie ahead for polycarbonate films inside vehicles. The latest design ideas aim to create in the car interior a personalized, stylish ambience that creates a good atmosphere and offers high levels of comfort. This calls for large parts featuring numerous integrated functions and a flowing, intact surface characterized by depth of gloss. 

Polycarbonate Film: Custom Interior Design 

With the help of a computer simulation it is possible to visualize the effects of the targeted positioning of functional materials and different sealing media on film flexural strength. Results for specimen systems show that ionomers, which have stiffnesses that can be adjusted within broad limits as well as very good sealing properties, offer a wide range of opportunities to reduce the thickness of such multi-layer films without at the same time having to accept a loss in flexural strength. 

Multi-layer Packaging Films: More Flexural Strength for Thin Films 

Borealis and Topas Advanced Polymers have started collaboration on the development of a new class of engineering materials for applications that will bridge the current performance gap between standard polymers and high-end plastics.

The EPN (ethylene-propylene-norbornene) material now in development will increase the temperature resistance of film capacitors significantly – by 20°C to 35°C – in comparison to capacitors made of standard polymers. This will close the current gap between conventional polymers and costly high temperature plastics by enabling the use of polymeric film capacitors at endurance temperatures of up to 140°C. Combining the highest electrical purity with superior homogeneity, the new material should be designed for the production of ultra-thin and highly consistent films in the range of 2 to 6 microns gauge. Provided the appropriate processing parameters are in place, the new material is targeted to be suitable for use on BOPP (biaxially oriented polypropylene) film processing machines.

Higher-performance film capacitors are a crucial element in all power transformation systems that bring about the green-energy transition in a cost-efficient way. The new material class now being jointly developed by Borealis and TOPAS Advanced Polymers will be used in electric mobility units, particularly when higher endurance temperature resistance and consistent frequency control is essential, such as in electric vehicles and high-speed trains. It will also help address one of the major challenges of the green-energy transition by enabling the large-scale provision of more cost and energy-efficient capacitors for inverters that transform HVDC power generated from renewable sources on and offshore, such as from windfarms or photovoltaic arrays, into HVAC and back – with minimal energy loss.

Borealis AG  

https://www.borealisgroup.com

2021-10-05 Borealis+Topaz

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