products | Polymers and additives ANTIMICROBIALS
Water storage tank benefits from anti-bacterial protection
Addmaster is supplying its Biomaster antimicrobial additive to Polypipe to produce an anti-bacterial lining for its Rainstream RXL high-volume water storage tanks. These are designed to harvest rainwater for re-use. Biomaster is described as
a safe, effective and perma- nent antimicrobial additive based on silver ion technol- ogy. It has been indepen- dently tested to ISO 22196:2011 and has been proven to reduce the growth of harmful, pathogenic bacteria such as legionella, listeria,
TECHNICAL COMPOUNDS Velox offers Repol FR compounds
Velox of Germany is offering new flame retardant grades of polypropylene and polyamide produced by the Spanish compounder Repol. The Dinalon and Dinaplen grades incorporate glass and mineral reinforcements and they are
PROCESSING AIDS Ter Hell takes on SureFlo additives
Ter Hell of Germany has been appointed the exclusive European distributor for the SureFlo processing aids produced by the US company Flow Polymers. The additives are already being successfully used in America to improve the
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efficiency of injection mould- ing, extrusion, blow moulding and thermoforming processes. In injection moulding
applications, for example, SureFlo has been shown to deliver significantly faster mould filling and therefore
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reduced cycle times, combined with lower filling pressure. In addition, it is claimed that
SureFlo can optimise the surface properties of plastic products and improve the homogeneity of polymer blends. The additive can be
used in virgin and recycled polymers, including polyole- fins, styrenics and engineer- ing plastics, plus it has proved its performance capabilities in masterbatches. ❙
www.tergroup.com ❙
www.flowpolymers.com
www.compoundingworld.com
halogen- and phosphorus-free. Offered in a range of RAL
colours, the low-density compounds are already being used in industrial and electri- cal engineering applications. Examples include PA 6 grades with 30% glass fibre reinforce-
ment and rated at V0, which are available in natural or grey colours, plus a natural- coloured PA 66 grade with the same glass loading and FR rating. ❙
www.velox.com ❙
www.repol.com
campylobacter, MRSA,
e.coli and pseudomonas on the inner surface of the water storage tank by up to 99.9%. The Rainstream RXL tank’s
modular design allows any storage capacity to be created and it features an integral pre-storage filter. ❙
www.addmaster.co.uk
PACKAGING APPLICATIONS
Tosaf adds permanent slip to films
Tosaf has launched a new additive that offers both hot and permanent slip for packaging films. The company’s Combined Slip Antiblock SB6484PE achieves a coefficient of friction below 0.2 when used at a dosage of just 5%. Suitable for use in both
cast and blown film process- es, the additive does not contain volatile components and has been developed to withstand heat, glue and printing. Optimal results are achieved in multi-layer films with an outer layer of about 5 microns, although the permanent slip can also be used successfully with single-layer films and with films that have a larger external layer thickness. Tosaf says the additive
offers improved performance in all types of films for food packaging, adding that producers of lamination films or films for metallization will find it especially beneficial. ❙
www.tosaf.com
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