2016 preview | Polymers and additives
Right: Modern Dispersions will launch new automotive blue-tone
masterbatches
a pigment but as a functional filler, due to its ability to increase UV stability. The blue-tone carbon black masterbatch can be used in a wide range of resin systems including PE, PP and TPOs. Typical usage levels range from 5-8% by weight depending on the total polymer system in the final product. The company adds that the new blue-tone masterbatches have found commercial use in a range of interior applications at leading US automakers. ❙
www.moderndispersions.com
Palsgaard is to launch Einar, the new branding for its 100% vegetable-based functional additives for the polymer industry. The range includes the company’s existing antistatic and antifogging products for the pololefin films sector as well as two new dispersing agents – Einar 101 and 102. Aimed at masterbatch producers, these have been shown to help with the dispersion of colorants and are said to allow processors to achieve higher color strength and yield compared to current industry-standard waxes.
www.palsgaard.dk
Polyplastics will introduce a number of additions to its Duracon range of POM resins, including new grades targeted at high sliding applications. The new additions include PE-alloy products targeted at bearing applica- tions and non-alloy grades for gears. Alloy-type products include Duracon POM NW-02 and POM SW-01, which are targeted at bearing applications in the office automation and automotive market. Duracon POM LW-02 is a high durability non-alloy grade designed for gears running against unfilled resins such as ABS and HIPS. Duracon POM JW-03 is a durable non-alloy grade offering higher dimensional accuracy. ❙
www.polyplastics.com
Right: Xiran IZ is the latest heat booster
from Polyscope
Polyscope will launch the latest addition to its Xiran range of styrenic heat boosters. The styrene maleic anhydride copolymer producer will also show the latest developments in its high performance compounds range, including a new high dimensional stability PP. Xiran IZ, a terpolymer of styrene, maleic anhydride and n-phenylmaleimide, lifts the thermal performance of styrenic polymers such as PS, SAN and ABS. The new grade has a Tg of 198˚C and can be exposed to high processing temperatures. It offers very good miscibility in styrenic polymers but also in PMMA – the company says recent modifications to its manufacturing processes allows it to enhance the heat resistance of transparent polymers. In packaging and aircraft disposable applications, for
example, the new additive allows the Tg of PS products to be lifted from a typical 98˚C to more than 100˚C, the company says, allowing use in microwaveable service. In the compounds sector, Polyscope says its glass
reinforced Xiran SG ABS is now specified in 28 automotive sunroof frame applications, where it offers good flow performance and dimensional stability together with Tg values up to 175˚C. It is now turning its attention to modification of PC/ABS blends and to PP with a high heat resistant glass reinforced product marketed as Xiloy. The company says that Xiloy is more than a maleic anhydride modified PP. It is aimed at applications where PP has displaced ABS, including exterior parts (ABS requires painting) and in instrument panels. “We started out in IPs but that is a market dominated by PP. We now have an opportunity to go back into that,” says Polyscope Engineering Plastics Business Unit Director Ferdi Faas. “It is part of our strategy of exploring what we can do with SMA where there is a specific need.” ❙
www.polyscope.eu
Radici will launch its new Radilon Aestus T high temperature-resistant PPA product line at K 2016. The new products are aimed at applications in automotive, water/plumbing, beverage dispensing equipment and
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