At K 2022, it was clearly shown that with suitable materials not only can CO2 emissions be reduced, but also advantages in component design achieved.

The Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei showed its concept vehicle at K 2022. The domed roof in particular could lead to a few changes in future automobiles.

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With suitable materials CO2 emissions can be reduced and advantages in component design can be achieved.

Automotive Highlights of K 2022

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Thermoplaste

Silikone

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

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Polyamide

Polymethylmethacrylat

Polycarbonat

Suitable Materials for Smart  Vehicle Design

DSM sells its Engineering Polymers business to Lanxess and the financial investor Advent. In return, the two companies are setting up a joint venture to which Lanxess is also contributing its PA and PBT business.

Lanxess is outsourcing its engineering plastics business to the joint venture.

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Lanxess and Advent to Buy DSM‘s Engineering Plastics Business

With the change from internal combustion engines to hybrid and electric vehicles, peak operating temperatures have dropped from 135 °C to 110 °C. At the same time, the number of operating hours compared to combustion engines has increased nine-fold. This has an influence on material selection.

A Comparison of PA66 and PPA for Electric Vehicles

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Antriebe

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Higher Performance in Water

PEX Pipe Blue is the world’s first pipe portfolio made from PEX with renewable feedstock accredited by mass balance accounting under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC PLUS) scheme.

The pipes are the world’s first variants to be made with ISCC Plus certified bio-based PE-X.

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Plastic Pipes with 90 Percent Smaller Carbon Footprint

A focal point of the Lanxess booth at the show this year will be materials for electromobility.

The demonstrator of a near-series- production housing for electric vehicle batteries is one of the highlights at  the Lanxess booth.

Demonstrator for EV Battery Housings

Engineering and high-performance plastics as alternatives to metals will be one of the highlights at Lehvoss’s booth.

The smartphone holder consists of recycled PA66 and has been reinforced with 50 % glass fibers.

Focus on Metal Substitutes

Electric vehicles can be charged not only at charging stations, but also wirelessly. Here, the energy exchange takes place between an induction coil positioned in the ground and a receiver coil mounted in the e-car.

Wireless charging could increase the range, and therefore the acceptance of electromobility.

Flame Retardant Polyamide for Inductive Charging Systems

No Cable thanks to Suitable Compounds

At K, Radici will present the Renycle product family. These engineering compounds have a variable proportion of mechanically recycled PA obtained from PIR and PCR.

Reducing weight and ensuring safety are the aims of compounds developed by Radici specifically for electromobility.

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More Comprehensive  Life Cycle Analysis

Due to the climate change, new fields of development and sustainability topics have come into focus along the added-value chain.

Polyamide continues to be one of the most important technical plastics in the automotive sector, where it enjoys widespread use. This not only applies for classical internal combustion vehicles, but in terms of volume will also be the case for electric vehicles.

Polyamides: Electromobility and Sustainability Boost Developments

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Dual Change with Polyamides

Ascend Performance Materials will focus on electromobility and sustainability at K. The company made this announcement at a press conference in advance of the trade show.

Wide Range of PA Innovations

Neste, Bugaboo, DSM Engineering Materials, and Fibrant partner to enable the first stroller portfolio made with bio-based materials

The majority of the Bugaboo Donkey strollers’ plastic parts are made using DSM Engineering Materials’ Akulon 100% bio-based B-MB polyamide 6, which in turn is made using bio-based feedstock from both Fibrant and Neste.

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Stroller Portfolio Made with Bio-Based Materials

Bio-Fed’s booth will be dedicated to the topic of bioplastics in all their facets, and will be run jointly with Akro-Plastic, AF-Color and parent company K. D. Feddersen.

Bio-Fed‘s K trade fair presentation is dedicated to the topic of bioplastics in all its facets.

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Organic – both Inside and Outside

Dupont is adding new, more sustainable grades to the Hytrel TPC-ET product family. Hytrel Eco B is based proportionately on renewable raw materials.

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TPC with up to 72 Percent Biomass Content

Woodly’s heat-sealed bags serves for food-to-go products on long-distance trains.

“We are excited about the opportunity to offer a wood-based and sustainable packaging solution to VR and also to the travelling consumer at the restaurant car. The fact that Woodly is now a part of long-distance public transport is a great milestone for us,” comments Jaakko Kaminen, Woodly’s CEO. 

Carbon-Neutral and Wood-Based Plastic Material

Long fiber thermoplastic compression molding is suitable for the production of components with large surfaces such as battery enclosures for electric vehicles. However, these components place high demands on the material used.

Large-area components, like the battery cover shown, can be produced very well using direct long fiber compression molding. Optimized materials such as PA66 Mobius NPD 555 FR GF50 from Invista  are ideal for the process involved.

Two resin grades developed for long fiber thermoplastic compression molding permit the substitution of thermosetting SMC molding materials.

PA66 for Flame Retardant Large-Area D-LFT Components

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Faster Process to Safe Battery Enclosures

PA6 Compound Made from 92 % Sustainable Raw Materials

With a glass fiber-filled PA6, Lanxess has presented the first product in a product family specially manufactured from sustainable raw materials. The materials for this come e.g. from the energy group bp.

In the future, Lanxess will use sustainably produced cyclohexane from energy group bp for plastics production. The two companies have entered into a strategic partnership for this purpose. The cyclohexane is to be used at Lanxess’ production site in Antwerp, Belgium, from the fourth quarter of this year. It will be used for the production of polyamide 6 (PA6). According to the company, the sustainable origin of the raw material is ISCC certified.

In the manufacture of plastics, Lanxess is increasingly turning to “circular” and bio-based raw materials. The specialty chemicals company’s latest product is Durethan BLUEBKV60H2.0EF. 92% of the raw materials used in this easy-flowing compound have been replaced with sustainable alternatives – that’s more than in any other prime quality glass-fiber-reinforced plastic.

The new plastic grade is the first product from Lanxess in the new “Scopeblue” series. The brand label identifies products that either consist of at least 50 % circular (recycled or biobased) raw materials, or whose carbon footprint is at least 50% lower than that of conventional products.

Bio-Based Raw Materials and Recycling Material

One of the raw materials used in the production of this polyamide-6-based high-performance plastic is cyclohexane from sustainable sources – meaning cyclohexane that is either bio-based, recycled bio-based or produced by means of chemical recycling. The material is also strengthened with 60% by weight of glass fibers comprising industrial glass waste instead of mineral raw materials.

“This high-strength, high-rigidity structural material can be deployed wherever its purely fossil-based equivalent Durethan BKV60H2.0EF has traditionally been used in series production – so in automotive construction for the production of car front ends, brake pedals and oil pans,” says Dr. Guenter Margraf, Head of Global Product Management at HPM.

Mission to Use 100 % Sustainable Raw Materials

But developers are setting their sights on more than 92 % sustainable raw materials. “We’re currently working on increasing the content of sustainable raw materials in this compound to 100 %,” says Margraf. This requires ammonia synthesized with carbon-neutral hydrogen. Over the medium term, the specialty chemicals company is also planning to replace the additives used in its plastics with sustainable equivalents.

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Polyamide 6 compound made from 92 % sustainable raw materials

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