2016 preview | Polymers and additives Right: DSM
says its Arnitel HT is suitable
for hot charge air ducts
are transformed into filaments by its partner Polymaker and are claimed to show good temperature stability and toughness. Applications include lighting and other areas that depend on good strength even with exposure to high temperatures. ❙
www.covestro.com
Croda Europe will be placing the main emphasis of its K display on its latest anti-scratch additives, which are claimed to reduce scratch width, depth and visibility without negative impact on parts such as low visible bloom, low odour and maintained gloss. The range includes products for a variety of polymers and applications ranging from high gloss surfaces to transparent parts. Incroslip SL and IncroMold K are designed for use with polypropylene impact copolymer and Incroslip G for polypropylene homopolymer applications. The range also includes products for transparent polymers including PC and PMMA, where the additives are said to provide good anti-scratch performance with no negative impact on clarity. Croda Europe will be co-exhibiting with the Coatings
& Polymers division, which will be showcasing its range of bio-based building blocks and speciality additives designed to improve flexibility, water resistance, impact strength and colour stability in high performance engineering plastics, elastomers and foams. ❙
www.crodapolymeradditives.com
DSM will be showing the latest additions to its ForTii range of PA4T-based resins, as well as the latest applications for its Akulon PA6, EcoPaxx PA410 and Arnitel TPC families. ForTii grades are high flow, easy processing resins with good mechanical, electrical and thermal proper- ties, which has seen them adopted for a wide range of surface-mount electronics applications such as DDR4 and USB Type-C connectors. The company is now initiating a push into metal replacement applications with the introduction of the MX series. ForTii MX grades are pitched at displacing alumini- um in die cast applications. The company says replacing die cast parts with injection moulded plastics typically yields a cost saving of 20-30%; using ForTii can lift this up to 50%.
DSM says it sees potential for ForTii MX in structur-
ally loaded parts such as housings, covers and brackets in the automotive powertrain, air and fuel systems, chassis and suspension, as well as in industrial, pumps, valves, actuators, home appliances and fasteners. One recent example is the use of the resin by Chinese air compressor manufacturer Guan Xiang for the housing of a new portable pump for automotive flat tyre repair
78 COMPOUNDING WORLD | September 2016
kits. This provided a weight saving of more than 50%. Applications on show include flexible hot charge air
ducts for turbocharged engines in Arnitel HT thermo- plastic copolyester (TPC). With a continuous operating temperature of 180°C, the flexible and oil resistant resin allows a single material part to replace a hard-soft multi-material combination in some applications (although DSM points out its Diablo heat stabilised PA offers continuous service temperature of more than 200°C). DSM says Arnitel HT will launch shortly on a high volume European vehicle fitted with ducts manufactured by Spanish automotive components group Cikautxo, part of Mondragon. DSM will also show a Samsung Galaxy Gear S2
smartwatch using a strap injection moulded in Arnitel and a full range of potable water connectors and tap parts moulded in 50% glass reinforced EcoPaxx Q-DWX10 PA410. ❙
www.dsmep.com
ExxonMobil will be focusing its K2016 display on its recently introduced Exceed XP mPE resins. Targeted at high performance packaging and construction films requiring high resistance to mechanical damage, the Exceed XP products use a new proprietary catalyst and are intended to build on the company’s existing Exceed mLLDPE product line by providing improved toughness, sealability, and processing performance. In packaging applications, the Exceed XP resins are
said to offer improved mechanical performance to allow downgauging by up to 30%. In construction and agricultural film applications, producers can increase outputs by up to 33%, the company says. The company will also show its new Enable 40-02 mPE, which has been developed for production of collation films where it is claimed to allow up to 25% downgauging against a typical 80 micron 3-layer LDPE/ LLDPE/LDPE construction. According to ExxonMobil, this can be achieved with similar gloss and better clarity. ❙
www.exxonmobil.com
Finke will target its plastics colorants and decorative additives display on two key areas: special effect pigments and laser marking. It will also show the results of a
www.compoundingworld.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108