| Polymer |
Application |
Characteristics |
Advantages |
| Polycarbonate
(PC) |
•Office
Equipment |
•Weather
Resistance
•Mechanical Properties |
•Reduced
Warpage
•Improved Dimensional Stability
•Reduced Anisotropy |
| Polyphenylene
Ether (PPE) |
•Office
Equipment
•Computer Parts |
•Close
Dimensional Tolerances |
•Reduced
Warpage
•Reduced Shrinkage
•Improved Dimensional Stability |
| Acrylonitrile
- Butadiene - Styrene (ABS) |
•Office
Equipment |
•Weather
Resistance
•Mechanical Properties |
•Reduced
Warpage
•Improved Dimensional Stability
•Reduced Water Absorption
•Reduced Water Permeability |
| Engineering
Polymers: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Polybutylene Terephthalate
(PBT) |
•Electrical
Parts
•Automotive Parts |
•Heat
Resistance
•Chemical Resistance
•Mechanical Properties |
•Reduced
Warpage
•Isotropic Properties
•Improved Dimensional Stability
•High Weld Strength
•Impact Strength
•Colour Flexibility
•Will not React with Polymer at High Processing Temperatures
|
| Polypropylene
(PP) |
•Automotive
Parts |
•Weld
Strength
•Weather Resistance
•Heat Resistance
•Isotropic Mechanical Properties |
•Reduced
Warpage
•Improved Dimensional Stability |
| All
Polymers |
•In-Situ
Barrier within the Component |
•Multi-Barrier
Layer in
Sub Surface Region |
•Reduced
Water / Fluid Absorption
•Chemical Resistance
•Wear Resistance |
| Glass
Reinforced Composites Gel Coats |
•In-Situ
Barrier within the Structure |
•Multi-Barrier
Layer in
Sub Surface Region |
•Reduced
Water / Fluid Absorption
•Chemical Resistance
•Wear Resistance |
| Polyurethane |
•Reaction
Reinforced
Injection Moulding (R RIM) for Automotive
Parts |
•Close
Dimensional Tolerances
•Isotropic Mechanical Properties
•Fatigue Resistance
•High Quality Surface Finish
•Low Thermal Expansion Coefficient |
•Dimensional
Stability
•Isotropic Mechanical Properties
•Impact Properties
•High Elongation
•High Toughness
•Good Surface Finish
•Reduced Thermal Expansion Coefficient |