Borealis and Borouge announce the introduction of the new lightweight grades Fibremod WE380HP and Daplen EE058AI engineered to enable the automotive industry to achieve greater cost efficiency, higher performance and improved sustainability in vehicle components. 

Solutions for the Global Automotive Industry 

Thermoplaste

Polypropylen

Compound

New Lightweight Grades Fibremod and Daplen 

The better a thermoplastic flows, the wider is its processing window. A product innovation for easy-flowing materials is presented by Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Cologne, Germany, with Durethan BKV 30 XF, a polyamide 6 (PA6) with 30 % glass fiber content. It is over 17 % more easy-flowing than its predecessor and 62 % more easy-flowing than the standard material (Fig. 3). For approximately just as good mechanical properties, it is also claimed to achieve high-quality surfaces. There are also new developments in PA6 compounds that are reinforced with 30 % of a mixture of glass fibers and glass microspheres. Durethan BG 30 X XF, BG 30 X H2.0 XF and BG 30 X H3.0 XF, besides high flowability, also show an extremely low tendency to warp. According to the manufacturer, for a good mechanical property profile, the flowability is over 30 % higher than for a standard PA6. The target market of the thermally stabilized H3.0 grades, with a very low copper and halide content, are components for the electronics industry like plugs, connectors and fuse boxes. The H2.0 grade is specially targeted at component applications that are black pigmented and high thermally loaded. 

Lanxess 

Polyamide

Fluently to Success 

Thermosets offer high mechanical performance and, thanks to their low initial viscosity, permit the efficient series manufacture of composite parts by resin transfer molding. The main advantage of thermoplastics is that they can be thermoformed, welded and recycled. These advantages are now combined in a newly developed thermoplastic acrylic resin system, which offers new possibilities for the production of fiber-reinforced composites with short cycle times. 

Thermoformable Acrylic Resin Systems for Large-Scale Production  

Harze

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Combining the Best of Two  Polymer Worlds 

Nowadays, wearing comfort and minimum weight coupled with high strength, toughness, and durability are some of the most important requirements for sports and leisure articles – regardless of whether winter sports or racing bicycle, smart watches or drones. Novel polyamide formulations permit the design of lightweight and efficient sports and leisure equipment. 

Low Density and Outstanding Mechanical Properties but without Fiber Reinforcement 

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

High Performance without High Weight 

A low-warpage, flame-retardant PBT-ASA material has been developed for the housings of a battery management unit and two cell monitoring units. Both assemblies have recently been used in the lithium-ion battery systems of a small compact car. The material has low warpage and is flame-retardant. It also offers high chemical resistance, low emissions, and high toughness and stiffness. 

PBT Blend Developed for Battery System Components in Mass-Produced Electric Vehicles 

Steckverbinder

Gehäuse aus Kunststoff

Energiemanagement / Ladetechnik

Flammschutzmittel

New Plastic Housing Material for e-Power Units under the Hood  

Plastic compounds are becoming increasingly specialized and have to offer more and more functions simultaneously. Not only are the requirements regarding to technical characteristics getting stricter. Sustainability is steadily coming into focus as well, with bio-based or recycled material versions. 

Pushing Material Properties to the Limit, Combining Materials, and  Finding Alternative Raw Materials 

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Additive

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Down to the Smallest Detail 

TER HELL PLASTIC GMBH, one of the leading distribution and compounding companies for plastics raw materials in Germany, Europe and China. It is an important partner of well-known, global plastics manufacturers such as Azoty Tarnow, Chevron Phillips, Clariant, DSM, Evonik, Franplast, Momentive, Lucobit, Polimeri, Sabic, Samsung, Teknor Apex and Total Petrochemicals.

Ter Hell Plastic GmbH  

https://www.terhell.de

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Kunststoffhandel

Handel

Dienstleistungen

Polystyrol

Styrol-Copolymerisate

Treibmittel

Verarbeitungshilfmittel

Weichmacher

Wiederaufbereitung

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

geba Kunststoffcompounds GmbH  

https://www.geba.eu

Biokunststoffe

Compoundeure

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Pigmente

Polyacetale

Polyacrylate

Polycarbonat

Polyester

The RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers Business Area is adding significantly to its global production capacity with new construction and installations in North America, Europe and China.

The new plant in Mexico with an area of 20,000 m2 is part of the investment strategy in North America

16:9

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

Radici Increases Production Worldwide

Bipolar plates are one of the key components of fuel cells and redox flow batteries. They consist of plastics compounds highly filled with electrically conductive materials. To save space, cut costs, and reduce weight, there is increasing demand for the production of thinner plates without compromising robustness and service life. This can be achieved using modified polymers. With a new technology, bipolar plate films based on these modified polymers can be processed as coils.

The modified polymers enable films to be processed  as coils

Modified Conductive Compounds Make It Possible to Manufacture Bipolar Plates from a Bipolar Film Coil

Brennstoffzelle

Elektronik

Stromversorgung

Brennstoffzellen

Mobilität

Folien

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

Ultrathin Bipolar Plates for Fuel Cells

Compounder Mocom will be showcasing products made from 100  % post-consumer recycled materials (PCR) at the Fakuma.

Compounder Mocom will be showcasing products made from 100 % post-consumer recycled materials (PCR) at the Fakuma

Automotive

Messe Fakuma

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Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Made Entirely from PCR

Lehvoss will be coming to Fakuma with compounds for lightweight construction applications, including those intended to serve as metal substitutes.

Lehvoss will be coming to Fakuma with compounds for lightweight construction applications

Technische Kunststoffe

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Andere Werkstoffe

Replacing Metals with PPA Compounds

This time around, polymers distributor Albis will be focusing on sustainable products and will be presenting materials based on recycled products or renewable resources aimed at various industrial sectors.

Albis will be presenting materials based on recycled products or renewable resources

All Things Sustainable

Polymers distributor K. D. Feddersen will be presenting various new materials at the Fakuma trade-show which it will be sharing with other companies in the group.

M Vera bio-based compounds are also suitable for food contact

Elektromobilität

Wide Range of Materials at a Shared Booth

Kager Industrieprodukte GmbH, Dietzenbach, Germany, has developed a high-temperature two-component epoxy system with ceramic components for bonding plastics. Epoxy Aremco Bond 2310 achieves durable bonds that can withstand mechanical loads and is suitable for use with commodity and engineering as well as fiber-reinforced resins, especially when the bonded parts must withstand (changing) temperatures within a range of -55 to 165°C in use. According to information from the manufacturer, the adhesive exhibits high shear and tear-off strength after curing (tensile/shear strength of 334 kg/cm 2 ). The flexural strength is 840 kg/cm 2 . Contact resistance measures 3.0 x 1,013 W/cm and the dielectric strength is 16.4 kV/mm. In addition, the two-component adhesive is chemical-resistant and waterproof; autoclave applications are also possible. Very good adhesion is achieved when the surfaces are pretreated, for instance, by means of physical plasma treatment, chemical etching or flaming. Depending on the material pair, cure times range from two hours in a 65°C environment to 48 h at room temperature. This adhesive technology is ideally suited for high-strength joints such as those required in the automotive and aerospace as well as the electronic industries.

Armed against Heat 

Epoxy Aremco Bond 2310 

MCAM about its KyronMAX Structural Thermoplastic Compounds

The company presents new formulas of structural thermoplastic materials reaching 414 MPa tensile strength.

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM), Mesa, AZ/USA, expanded the product line of its KyronMAX structural thermoplastic materials with new resin formulations to meet the requirements of applications in the medical, oil & gas, aerospace, automotive, and recreation market segments.

The KyronMAX line is based around structural compounds which, according to the company, are the strongest compounds for the injection molding process in the world. These compounds can be used to replace steel in a structural component. The new materials are able to reach 414 MPa (60,000 psi) tensile strength.

Metal replacement, particularly in automotive components, has become a part of OEMs lightweighting and sustainability programs, Dave Wilkinson, Technology Director for MCAM, says. “We’ve done studies on the savings of using KyronMAX compounds to replace metal. When you start taking weight out of the material you get a massive CO2 reduction because you don’t need as much fuel to power the vehicle.” Additionally, KyronMAX technology enables very complex parts to be injection molded and retain the strength and mechanical performance of metal.

A bracket made of the new structural thermoplastic compounds

Produkt Mitsubishi 1.3.2021

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM)

With more than 80 years of experience, 30 branch offices in 20 countries, and a team of technical service experts, engineers, and application development managers, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials is the global, vertically integrated leader for researching, developing, and manufacturing of high-performance materials.

For more information visit: <a href="https://www.mcam.com/" target="_blank">www.mcam.com.</a>

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