Fire retardants | additives feature
thinner to accommodate new designs and reduce weight, and as power increases, materials need to meet a tougher flammability standard. LUX9610, launched in early 2011, and LUX2614 and LUX2114, both introduced in October, meet UL Yellow card listing at 1.5 mm in all colours, and are halogen-free. They also provide high relative thermal index (RTI) values of up to 125/115/125 to support the higher temperatures that are seen in LED lighting.
Formulating for fire resistance PolyOne GLS Thermoplastics Elastomers launched new additions to its OnFlex HFFR (halogen- free flame retardant) 300 TPE series earlier this year. The OnFlex HFFR 310 and 320 product lines were developed to provide an alternative to traditional PVC jacketing and insulation for consumer electronic applications. HFFR 310 is designed for cable jacketing and HFFR 320 is for flexible power cord insulation, according to Charles Page, global TPE product man- ager. “Our focus is on power cords, cables and connec- tors for the consumer electronics market,” he says. Both TPE product lines are available in black and
colourable grades and boast an excellent balance of properties, including superior flexibility, kink resist- ance, good mar and chemical resistance and tempera- ture resistance to 105o
C.
RTP is currently developing a new line of DecaBDE- free/RoHS-compliant PP flame retardant compounds
that it says will offer comparable cost and lower specific gravity compared to existing Deca-BDE products. Fedor will not comment on the chemistry used, but he does note that the company is working daily on developing new products that
combine other technologies in conjunction with flame retardants to meet the require- ments of niche applications, such as wear- resistant, conductive and/or reinforced compounds.
More information AMI’s next Fire Retardants in Plastics conference takes place in Denver, Colorado, USA, on 14-15 June 2012. Click here for more details.
www.amiconferences.com
Click on the links for more information: ❙
www.rtpcompany.com ❙
www.riotintominerals.com ❙
www.mpi-chemie.com ❙
www.ampacet.com ❙
www.albemarle.com ❙
www.greatlakes.com ❙
www.icl-ip.com ❙
www.clariant.com ❙
www.luh.de ❙
www.perstorp.com ❙
www.nasa.gov ❙
www.sabic-ip.com ❙
www.polyone.com
Sabic is developing special FR grades to meet the demanding requirements of LED lamp applications
Dose Your Liquids Safely And Easily With Hifax CA7153 S
Working with liquid additives or chemicals can present numerous hazards. Minimize these challenges with Hifax CA7153 S from LyondellBasell. It’s a polypropylene copolymer sold in highly porous granule form. It’s used by customers as a carrier or support polymer for liquid additives such as peroxides, polyisobutylene and pigment paste, which are physically absorbed into the porosity through simple dry-blending. By doing so, masterbatch producers or compounders incorporate liquid additives into free-flowing granules, making them easier to handle, dose, mix and disperse – which can help improve producers’ compliance with the health, safety and environmental standards.
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