additives feature | Conductive carbon blacks Omsk aiming at thermoplastics
The largest producer of carbon black in Russia and the CIS – Omsk Carbon Group – is scheduling the launch of a new reactor in Omsk for the end of 2014. The company offers specialty grades of carbon black for thermoplastics com- pounds under the trademark Omcarb. Omsk Carbon Group says that the new
reactor will enable it to organize the production of new pigment blacks (Omcarb P-series) with moderate surface area values and modest structure, having good dispersibility in polymer com- pounds, and to expand the product range of electroconductive grades (Omcarb C-series). In September, Omsk Carbon Group
issued a statement saying it is “continu- ing effective reforms of its own global distribution network.”
The company has representative
offices in the USA, Germany, Romania, Turkey, and Canada, the latter being its most recent addition. Explaining this latest move, Timofey Kucherenko, executive director of Omsk
line of conductive compounds is RTP Company, which has added new grades specifically designed for extrusion processes and applications. They are produced on dedicated lines designed to provide high and uniform carbon black dispersion. Physical properties and surface appearance are
RTP has developed carbon black compounds for flexible and rigid extrusion applications
often compromised if the conductive carbon is not highly and consistently dispersed, RTP says. “In addition, thin extrusions require that carbon loadings are accurately controlled to maintain consistent conductivity over the entire extruded product.” The company says it has compounds engineered to meet these demands.
Carbon Group, said that the company has actually been delivering products to Canada for many years. “We opened this office to further expand our opportunities and customer service,” he said. ❙
www.omskcarbongroup.com
“We have installed specialized manufacturing equipment globally to address the application demands of our extrusion customers,” says Neil Hardwick, marketing manager for conductive products. He says that some of the most popular applications for flexible conductive extrusion compounds include vacuum hoses, ESD tubing, wire and cable, and geomembrane films. Common applications for rigid extrusion compounds include industrial pipes and ESD packaging sheets.
More information The Conductive Plastics 2015 conference will take place in Düsseldorf, Germany on 29 June – 1 July. This new AMI event will cover electrically and thermally conductive plastics, examining the latest additive technologies, compound formulations, processing guidelines, design optimisation, and end-use applica- tions. For information on participating in the conference as a speaker, delegate, sponsor or exhibitor, visit
http://bit.ly/CP15AMI.
Click on the links for more information: ❙
www.akzonobel.com ❙
www.cabotcorp.com ❙
www.orioncarbons.com ❙
www.imerys-graphite-and-carbon.com ❙
www.grafe.com ❙
www.rtpcompany.com
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