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There is still a need to catch up in terms of ion leaching and hydrolysis resistance of the materials used to date for fuel cells. Specially developed PPS represent one possibility for this.

Material Improvements Make Fuel Cells More Reliable

Automotive

Brennstoffzelle

Brennstoffzellen

Technische Kunststoffe

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Getting Fuel Cell Vehicles Fit for Use

Ultra high performance polymers such as polyaryletherketones (PAEK) are typically not thermoformable for thick gauge applications because of their semi-crystalline nature.

Special Polymers Enable Thermoforming of PEKK Parts

Polyetherketon

Warmformen / Thermoformen

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Semi-Crystalline, and yet Thermoformable

Although fluoroplastics only make up a very small part of the overall plastics market, they are an indispensable component of many applications. These materials play a central role in today’s megatrends of digitalization, clean-energy generation and modern mobility concepts

Fluoroplastics Improve the Durability and Chemical Resistance of Products

Bauchemie

Baustoffe

Kommunikationsanlagen

Fluorkunststoffe

An Impact Way beyond its  Small Market Share

The injection-molding grade with a 10% carbon fiber-reinforcement can be used within a wide temperature range between –30 and +180°C.

Engineering Plastic for Automotive Parts in Contact with Hot Oil

Kunststoffhandel

Polyethersulfon

Optimized Sliding Friction Properties

Due to its high-performing properties polyetheretherketone thermoplastic polymer is being used more and more frequently in many products.

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)

Elektronik-Fertigung

Mikroelektronik

Elektronik

Kunststoff

Medizintechnik

Medizinprodukte

Delivering Efficiency Even in  Harsh Environments

The transformation from the combustion to the electric engine entails several imponderabilities for the plastics industry. In part, electric drives have completely different material requirements which are becoming specifically evident with the increasing use of appropriate vehicles.

Flame Retardancy, Heat and Tracking Resistance of Electric Vehicles

Elektromotoren

Elektromobilität

Polyamide

Elektronische Bauelemente

Leistungselektronik

Drivers of Electromobility

With senosan AM1800TopMatt AF film, Senoplast Klepsch & Co. GmbH, Piesendorf, Austria, is launching the third generation of matt surfaces onto the market. An advanced painting technique enables anti-fingerprint properties to be obtained. 

Senoplast at K 2019 

Avoiding Undesirable Finger Prints 

PEEK was invented a little over 40 years ago, and so is a relatively young high-performing thermoplastic polymer. Nevertheless, continuous development of products and processing technologies enables a range of advanced applications in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, energy, and food-and-beverage sectors, as well as the medical industry.

The High-Performance Polymer Opens up New Possibilities for Processing Methods  and Applications

The traditional markets for glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastics remain stable. Thermoplastic composites are gaining fast with 3D-printing and hybrid processing techniques. The fiber composite industry is tackling the recycling issue with pragmatic ideas.

The Manifold New Collection of Reactive Systems and Thermoplastic Composites

Glasfasern / -matten

Reaktionsharze

Kohlenstofffasern / -matten

Sekundärfasern

Fasern

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Aramidfasern

Harzsysteme für Composite-Herstellung

Phenolharze

Harzwerkstoffe

Harze, Epoxid

Duroplastische Werkstoffe

Duroplaste

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Fiber-Reinforced Plastics

Global consumption of fluoroplastics has continued to increase in recent years as consumer industries and applications in the chemical, automotive, electrical/electronics and semiconductor industries have developed strongly.

Dielectric Properties for Digitalization, Electro Mobility and Autonomous Driving

Fluoroplastics

The China market demand determines the global ABS growth. Despite the actual market slowdown, further growth is expected in coming years.

Superior Surface Properties Combined with Engineering Plastics Properties  Going Aesthetics

Polyacrylate

Polyacrylnitril

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)

New developments by the raw material producers are responding to current application trends. Requirements are changing due to the advent of networked and semi-automated electric vehicles and the different mobility infrastructure. Products for digitalization and energy and resource efficiency are also moving center stage.

New Mobility Forms and Digitalization Are Shaping the Development of Engineering and High-Performance Plastics

Oberflächenbeschichtung

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, Kunststoff

Hybridwerkstoffe

Polyacetale

Oberflächentechnik

Filamente für additive Verfahren

Oberflächenveredelung

Polycarbonat

Werkstoffe für additive Verfahren

Technology Made Easy

Thanks to a patented plastic alloy based on nanotechnology, PPS compounds can be created that are tracking-resistant, even at very high voltages. These compounds prevent the undesired process of carbonization that can lead to an electrical short on the material surface. The PPS is especially suited for high-voltage applications in electric vehicles.

Toray Develops PPS with CTI 600 Volts or Performance Level 0 for Electrical Applications

Abdeckmassen (Elektronik)

Polysulfone / Polysulfide

Werkstoff

Immune to Electrical Breakdown

Solid lubricants such as PTFE offer advantages over oils, greases or silicones in conveying systems. Research on low friction and wear was conducted on a lubricant system with POM core and PTFE surface layer. The second part of this article describes the influencing factors, material properties, and processing of such a compound material.

Slide Modification of POM with PTFE Microparticles (Part 2)

Polyoxymethylen

Tribologie

Gleitmittel für Kunststoff

Friction-Free Covering Layer

Transparent plastics are used in medical technology for disposable articles such as catheter accessories, blood/plasma separators, thorax drainage sets, and medical filter and device housings. Since they are being exposed to increasingly aggressive solvents, disinfectants and drugs (for example new cancer drugs), these plastic articles have to be comprehensively tested for their chemical resistance. 

Chemical and Environmental Stress-Crack Resistance of PMMA-Based Compounds in the Medical Environment 

Compound

Maintaining Clarity Long-Term 

A gap exists between growth in equipment sales and numbers of manufactured parts. Most likely, a lot of experimentation is still going on. A symposium provided insights into projects, problems and prospects for additive manufacturing. 

Additive Manufacturing ¿ Between Growth Euphoria and a Sense of Reality 

Additive Fertigung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Putting 3D Printing to the Test 

At the start of the year, Toray opened a European R&D center near Munich, Germany, dedicated to automotive applications. From specially manufactured carbon fibers and engineering plastic compounds to battery elements such as separator foils, a wide portfolio is on offer from a single source. Kunststoffe spoke to Toray Group managers about their evaluation and strategy. 

With a New R&D Center, Toray Is Setting its Sights on the European Automotive Industry 

Faserverarbeitung

Japanese Multi-Material Specialists 

The future of automotive technology will primarily be electric: innumerable control elements in the interior with aerodynamic add-on parts and a variety of sensors in the exterior, moved along with electric drive, charging and storage elements. Plastics offer important properties for this, but these must become even more specific. 

Engineering Thermoplastics Shape the Electrification of the Automobile 

Kfz-Antriebsstrang

On the Road with High Voltage 

Although fluor-homopolymers already have high performance properties, they are difficult to modify selectively. This is due to the extremely stable chemical bonding of the polymer, which impedes the cohesion to additives. A new type of filler strengthens the bond between particles and plastic. 

New Filler Linking Enhances the Properties of PTFE Compounds 

Additive

Füllstoffe für Kunststoffe

Verstärkungsstoffe

Strong Cohesion 

After two years of research, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, is presenting prototypes of the first particle foam based on polyethersulfone (PESU). The foam is characterized by its combination of properties: high-temperature resistance, inherent flame retardancy - and its extreme light weight coupled with great stiffness and strength, according to BASF. It is therefore particularly well suited for complex-shaped components in cars, airplanes and trains, which require good mechanical properties together with the ability to withstand high operating temperatures or to meet stringent flame-retardant requirements. 

Prototypes with Unique Combination of Properties 

Schaumstoffe und Vorprodukte

Particle Foam Based on Polyethersulfone 

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 

Thermoplaste

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Down to the Smallest Detail 

Water treatment systems are not generally synonymous with aesthetic design. However, for the softliQ water-softening unit from Grünbeck, a new look meant unimagined market success. The trick was a luminescent green ring of a specially matched compound. In personal discussions in Höchstädt, Germany, the product developers and compounders explained how color and transparency can be cost-effectively combined.  

How a Glowing Green Translucent PMMA Ring Became a Building Systems Sensation 

Haustechnik

Produkt- / Formteildesign

Produktentwicklung(sprozess)

Compoundeure

A UFO Lands in the Home 

Evonik Performance Materials GmbH, Essen, Germany, recently opened a new stretching and polishing facility for stretched polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in the German town of Weiterstadt to respond to the emerging trend toward larger aircraft windows in aerospace design. The products are currently qualified in accordance with the standards MIL-P-25690 for the U.S. market and EN 4366 for the European market. 

Evonic Enables New Design Options for Aircraft Glazing 

Stretched Plexiglas in New Dimensions  