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similar appliances, but which also meet individual OEM requirements that go beyond international standards. Appliance makers producing and selling in global markets can therefore simplify their supply chains by specifying the same material for a connector, wherever the appliance is sold.” The company points out that while performance
requirements for appliance connectors are increas- ing, there are important regional differences in the standards that are applied. As a result, connectors fitted to equipment sold in one regional market are often made in a different material from those on equipment sold into another market. “What would simplify logistics considerably for global manufac- turers who purchase and market worldwide are connector materials that meet all the relevant industry requirements, wherever they end up,” it says.
DSM now offers several materials that achieve the highest UL 94 flammability rating, V-0, at a thickness of just 0.4mm, which also enable end products to pass the IEC 60695-11-10 glow wire test without igniting at 850°C, and which also have a relatively high CTI of 400V. DSM is already offering four grades of Akulon SafeConnect that
meet these requirements together with varying customer specifications, as well as one grade of EcoPaXX PA410. Further grades are under devel- opment and evaluation.
Crosslinkable polyamides As an alternative to high heat thermoplastics (and thermosets), compounder Eurostar EP recently added specialty radiation crosslinkable polyamide compounds to its Starflam portfolio. It says the grades are well suited for demanding electrical
Above: Two plaques (L: crosslinked, R: non-cross- linked) made from Eurostar EP’s Staramide RF006K were subject to a 1kg hot pin test at 350°C
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