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Syensqo unveils Ryton PPS M2000 FP for high-performance coatings in industrial and energy markets.

New coating products extend the Ryton PPS chemistry to powder coating applications with smaller HSE footprint in demanding industrial and energy markets.

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Hochleistungskunststoffe

For High-Performance Coatings

PTFE is heavily criticized. Igus is therefore developing alternatives to plastics containing PTFE. The developments show: It is also possible without the material.

As they are considered potentially harmful to the environment, fluoroplastics such as PTFE are being criticized. Companies such as Igus are therefore working on alternatives to these materials – with initial successes.

16:9

Fluorkunststoffe

Tribologie

Goodbye PTFE – Sliding Smoothly into the Future of Technical Plastics

Fakuma 2024 review: highlights in the materials sector

At first glance, the model looks like a standard skateboard. The exciting part is hidden inside.

Polyetherketon

Masterbatches

Polyoxymethylen

Farbstoffe und Pigmente

Messe Fakuma

Streifinger, Florian

Polyamide

Technische Kunststoffe

Polysulfone / Polysulfide

Additive

Sustainability Is Becoming  Less Important

3D printing facilitates and accelerates the manufacture of new products. Ensinger is an expert in high-performance plastics in this area.

High-performance plastics can be used in 3D printing to fulfil the highest requirements from batch size 1, for example for biocompatible trial bone plates and trial joint implants.

Filamente für additive Verfahren

Additive Fertigung

Fused Deposition Modeling Kunststoff, Glas, Karbon, Metall

Medizinprodukte

3D Printing with  High-Performance Thermoplastics

Instead of mechanically removing support structures in 3D printing, these can also be made from the water-soluble material polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).

A (black) 3D-printed cube (black) on a (white) supporting structure.  The supporting structure is what supports the strand tray of the component. 

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, Kunststoff

Polyvinylalkohol

Water-Soluble Support Materials

Due to the impending ban on PFAS, alternatives are being desperately sought. One such option could be an organosilicon coating.

The polymer coating produced using the plasma process (left) has a very good water-repellent effect. The image on the right shows the result without the layer.

Beschichtungen

Halbleiterfertigung

Medizintechnik

Polymer Coating as an  Alternative to PFAS

The properties of the needle-shaped wollastonite in the Tremin 939 product range of HPF The Mineral Engineers have proven their worth in polypropylene systems.

Polymere, flüssigkristalline

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Improving Properties of Recyclates and Polymers

Brüggemann exhibited its formaldehyde-free Bruggolite products for the sustainable production of emulsion polymers at the American Coatings Show.

Redox

New Reducing Agents and Optimized Redox Techniques

E-cars have different material requirements than combustion engines. To meet these requirements, LCPs are increasingly replacing other plastics.

Sensortechnik

Sensoren

Secure Communication for  Electromobility

5G devices place additional demands on the plastics used. Liquid crystal polymers offer themselves as an alternative to the polymers used.

Elektronik

Implement 5G Devices with Liquid Crystal Polymers

Ensinger Sintimid is launching a new high-performance plastic named Tecasint 8591 for tribological applications in the space industry.

Ball bearing cages are among the typical Tecasint 8591 applications.

Self-Lubricating Material for Low Earth Orbit Satellites

Materials that are resistant to chemicals, mechanical stress and ion leaching are required for hydrogen production and use. PPS compounds meet the requirements.

Compound

Materials for the Hydrogen Economy

High-performance plastics offer very good properties. However, coloring these polymers is often associated with difficulties.

When coloring high-performance plastics, the choice of colorants is very important.

Farbkonzentrate (Batches)

Farbstoffe

Polyethersulfon

Color for the Top of the Polymer Pyramid

To an increasing extent, additive manufacturing is finding its way into series production. This was clearly shown at last year’s Formnext.

T-Crow night vision camera: except for the electronic components, the entire stand is produced additively. 

Verfahren für die additive Fertigung

Anlagen für die Additive Fertigung

3D-Druck-Anlage, pulverbettbasiert, Metall

Ehrhardt, Melanie

3D-Drucker (für FDM, FFF, etc.)

Print-Ready for Series Production

The temperature management of formative manufacturing processes has a significant effect on the mechanical material properties of some semi-crystalline thermoplastics.

Increasing the degree of crystallization and improving the mechanical properties of 3D-printed PEEK tensile specimens (right) by post-heat treatment in a high-temperature furnace (left).

Bei im FFF-Druck hergestellten Bauteilen ist der Kristallisationsgrad relativ niedrig. Durch Wärmenachbehandlung lassen sich die Bauteile jedoch optimieren.

Annealing of 3D-Printed High-Performance Polymers

Higher Crystallinity through  Post Heat Treatment

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

Elektromotoren

Elektromobilität

Higher Performance in Water

High-performance plastics such as polyetheretherketone (PEEK) offer many interesting opportunities for improving gears. However, precise statements about the relevant characteristic values are crucial for their effective use.

The mass balancer gear made of Vestakeep 5000 G is the first plastic gear used  in Mercedes-Benz transmissions. It replaces the metal gears previously used there. 

Designing Quieter, More Energy-Efficient Gears with PEEK

Zahnräder

Getting to the Heart of Wheels

The conditions in electric vehicles place high demands on the materials used. Therefore, automakers and suppliers must resort to expensive, high-performance plastics. For many applications, cost-effective alternatives are plastics whose properties have been greatly improved by means of treatment with high-energy electron beams.

Fig. 1. Crosslinked engineering plastics can be used for many different applications in electric vehicles.

Irradiation Crosslinking Replaces High-Performance Plastics with Cheaper Polymers

Kfz-Elektronik

Strahlenvernetzung

Electron Booster for Electric Vehicles

The rising voltages in electric vehicles are creating higher requirements on insulation materials. This is why PEEK is increasingly used for this purpose. A problem with this high-performance polymer used to be its adhesion to the secondary insulation material. An epoxy resin now promises to solve the issue.

Due to higher voltages, manufacturers are increasingly using PEEK as insulation material for electric motors.

Partner for PEEK

PEEK and Epoxy Provide Efficient Insulation for High Voltage E-Motor

Over the four trade-show days in November, Formnext 2021 transformed the metropolis of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, into an international innovation center of global additive manufacturing and modern industrial production. At the plastics side, some of the focuses were on the manufacture of voluminous parts, the use of injection molding pellets as a material basis, and the processing of high-performance plastics.

A high-strength carbon fiber-reinforced polyamide is printed on a plasma-treated stainless steel sheet.

Formnext 2021: Successful Relaunch as a Face-to-Face Show

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Anlagen für die Stereolithografie, Kunststoff

High-Performance 3D Printing

As a result of the Corona crisis, press manufacturer Wickert sees only a temporary slowdown in the growth forecasts for composite technologies. The company currently sees four trends in system engineering.

Composite press for research: for scientists at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Wickert developed a highly flexible four-column upper piston press which offers a high level of freedom and diversity in application

The Demand for Composites Will Keep Growing in the Future

Composite-Halbzeuge

Pressen

Duroplaste

Automatisierungstechnik

Naturmaterialien

Thermoplaste

Trends in Composite Manufacturing

The circular economy and more sustainable additives are the focus of AF Color’s Fakuma presence this year.

Biobased Additives and Orange for PA

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