SHOW PREVIEW | FAKUMA 2018 – MATERIALS
force down-gauged steel and aluminium in vehicle body in white (BIW) structures. Vydyne R433H has improved energy absorption
over traditional glass-filled PA66, reducing noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) and absorbing impact energy from crashes, says the company. “The BIW accounts for nearly half the weight of a vehicle,” says Vikram Gopal, Ascend’s Senior Vice President of Technology.
Ascend will also highlight its new manufacturing
Right: BASF extends its Ultramid Deep Gloss PA technology to coloured variants
facility at Tilburg, in the Netherlands. The acquisi- tion of the Britannia Techno Polymer compounding operation this summer gave Ascend its first European manufacturing base. �
www.ascendmaterials.com
Below: Covestro’s automotive front end concept is a seamless black panel in which the PC film is backlit
BASF announces the extension of its Ultramid Deep Gloss PA range to include coloured grades. It will also show new additions to its PPA portfolio and colorants from its Color Solutions division for use with recycled resins. Previously only available in black, the new coloured Ultramid Deep Gloss products offer the same benefits in terms of resistance to scratch- ing, chemical and UV resistance without the need for coating. They also reproduce mould surface details faithfully, allowing a contrasting mix of light and shadow to be created. “This opens up versatile possibilities for car interior design,” says Xaver Hopfenspirger, Project Manager for Ultramid Deep Gloss. Ultramid Advanced T1000 is a new group of compounds based on PA 6T/6I. The new com- pounds offer the highest strength and stiffness within the Ultramid family and display constant mechanical properties up to 120°C. The semi-aro- matic chemical structure also means the T1000 products offer high resistance to moisture and
aggressive media. The new Ultradur PBT grade B4340ZG3 has been launched for automotive applications such as cable harness connectors. BASF says it has improved mechanical properties and increased impact strength, offers increased stiffness and resistance to external loads. �
www.basf.com
Covestro’s offering in Friedrichshafen includes continuous fibre reinforced composite materials and PC blends for use in demanding new applica- tion areas such as electric vehicle batteries and light guides. It will also highlight its materials for additive manufacturing (3D printing), showing a complex shock absorber manufactured using three different additive manufacturing techniques – FFF, SLS and SLA - using a combination of PC filament, TPU powder and liquid PU. An automotive
front-end concept ex-
plores what cars of the future may be like without the the classic radiator grille. Covestro says the front section of cars will be
characterised by three-dimensional, jointless and glass-like surfaces. The concept being shown at Fakuma is film-insert-moulded using Makrolon AG PC, Makrofol PC film and silicone hard-coating. �
www.covestro.com
ELIX Polymers will introduce its CC (Chemical Compliance) product line at Fakuma. The grades are intended for applications where specifiers are concerned about regulatory aspects. These include toys, cosmetic containers, and products that come into contact with food. CC grades are supplied with additional guarantees on regulatory compliance and are supported with a package of extended verification and stewardship services. The specialty ABS supplier will also feature
recent product introductions, including plating grades for automotive and sanitary parts, specialty grades for consumer goods that offer laser-marka- bility and high flow, and special ABS grades optimised for 3D printing using FFF/FDM tech- nologies. �
www.elix-polymers.com
FKuR will show its latest biodegradable injection moulding compound – Bio-Flex S 7514 – plus examples from its range of part bio-based TPE and PP grades.
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