NEWS | NPE REVIEW PolyOne talks about shielding
PolyOne spelled out more of the thinking behind its recent decision to license the Electriplast long fibre electrically conductive technology developed by Integral Technologies at NPE, as well as displaying a number of recent additions to its colour, effect and high performance portfolio. According to Michael
Garrett, President of Special- ty Engineered Materials at the company, shielding is going to be a major concern for manufacturers in the future. This is already evident in the automotive sector, he said, where the trend towards more com- prehensive ADAS (Auto-
mated Driver Assistance Systems) technology is seeing the volume of electronic devices, connec- tors and cabling in each vehicle expand rapidly. Integrity of ADAS data communication is going to be a vital issue, according to Garrett. “You don’t want those signals interfering. The important thing is that the right signal gets through and the wrong signals don’t.” While Garrett acknowl- edges that PolyOne has its own expertise in both conductive and long fibre compounds, he says Integral has specific process and application IP it can benefit from. “We do not want to
suffer from ‘not invented here’ syndrome,” he said. The license arrangement
with Integral Technologies allows PolyOne to use the Electriplast technology in electrical shielding applica- tions in all countries except South Korea, where elec- tronics moulder Chang Rim has a pre-existing relation- ship with Integral. The PolyOne deal is a major step forward for Integral Technologies, according to CEO Doug Bathauer, who acknowledg- es that commercialisation of its technology has been much slower than it had anticipated. “We were years ahead of the market…but with EVs and ADAS you need a lot of shielding; the market has come to us,” he said. “We know what applica- tions are there; this is a metal replacement market.” While Integral has
EVs and autonomous vehicles are key shielding applications
secured a handful of projects to date – mostly automotive applications – he said that as a small technol- ogy operation it lacked global scale. “I’ve been pretty vocal about needing a partner,” he said. “We
Michael Garrett, President of Specialty Engineered Materials at PolyOne
needed someone with long fibre expertise and polymer expertise. We have all of this with PolyOne.” Bathauer said that while the focus with PolyOne for the moment is on automo- tive, the license agreement covers all shielding applica- tions. “There are opportuni- ties in all enclosures; in computers and solar inverters. In many applica- tions we will compete against cast aluminium, so weight saving is a big factor, or against plastic with an extra [production] process.” �
www.polyone.com �
www.electriplast.com
Colour-optimisation sells for Coperion
Coperion showed its new colour masterbatch-optimised STS Mc11 extruder at the show and took an order for two machines equipped with SP100 strand pelletisers from a US customer before the end of the second day. The STS Mc11
is the first Coperion
machine to be designed specifically for colour masterbatch producers. Features include placement of all electrical and water circuits beneath
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the barrel, allowing simple access for cleaning between runs, while a wide feed throat is included to better handle the premixes typical of the sector. The company also showed its
FluidLift ecoblue pneumatic conveying system. Primarily designed for high volume movement of polyolefin resins, which suffer from high rates of pellet attrition, the technology is said to reduce dust and streamer formation by
50-98% and energy use by 17-35%. The reduced attrition is achieved by
controlling the relative humidity of the conveying gas medium, which Coperi- on said is done so conveyed product is not compromised. The increased humidity enables the pellets to be moved at lower pressures and veloci- ties, minimising the friction between particles and the conveying pipe walls. �
www.coperion.com
www.compoundingworld.com
PHOTO: POLYONE
PHOTO: POLYONE
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