https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/SEM Services Capabilities Overview Brochure.pdf
Industrial Design • Research methodologies • Brainstorming/problem solving • Concept sketching • Ergonomic development • 3D CAD modeling • Photo rendering & 3D prototyping • Color, material, & finish selection • Design for manufacturing Part/Tool/Process Design Optimization Prototype Capabilities • Over 10 injection molding machines ranging from 50–550 tons: - Customer prototype molding - Materials sampling and evaluation • Fully automated continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) injection-overmolding cell - Prototyping combinations of injection molded discontinuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics with CFRTP inserts • Full suite of auxiliary support equipment including: - Material drying - Water and hot oil thermolators for mold heating - Ultrasonic welding for inserts - Secondary & post operations • 150-ton compression molding presses • Profile extrusion • Over 20 molds at varying geometries to validate structural, application, and functional performance.
Material Data Sets • A number of material characterization data sets are available in .udb, moldex 3D, and SIMPOE format Mold Filling Simulation (see examples below) • Serves to validate part design (e.g., gate location, fill/pack/warp/cool) & material solution • Evaluates component design viability with preferred Avient material solution • Fiber analysis determines fiber orientation and length • Predicts part quality and manufacturability (shrink, warp, weld line location) FILLING PART QUALITYFIBER ORIENTATION Finite Element Analysis (FEA) • Virtually simulates how an application will perform in real-world conditions with a high level of precision • Able to represent a variety of problems, test methods, models and outputs to evaluate the design, process and material combination for validation or optimization FEA Simulation Capabilities • Static - Displacement/rotations - Stress and strains - Contact pressure - Reaction forces/moments - Factors of safety • Vibration - Eigen frequencies - Harmonic response ○ Harmonic displacement, acceleration and stress Software Used • Autodesk Moldflow • Simulia/Abaqus • MSC Cradle • CAD/CAE - MSC Apex - SolidWorks • Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) support By leveraging mold filling simulation, data software, and physical simulation capabilities, we can help inform your decision-making process.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-09/SEM Services Capabilities Overview Brochure.pdf
Industrial Design • Research methodologies • Brainstorming/problem solving • Concept sketching • Ergonomic development • 3D CAD modeling • Photo rendering & 3D prototyping • Color, material, & finish selection • Design for manufacturing Part/Tool/Process Design Optimization Prototype Capabilities • Over 10 injection molding machines ranging from 50–550 tons: - Materials sampling and evaluation • Fully automated continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) injection-overmolding cell - Prototyping combinations of injection molded discontinuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics with CFRTP inserts • Full suite of auxiliary support equipment including: - Material drying - Water and hot oil thermolators for mold heating - Ultrasonic welding for inserts - Secondary & post operations • 150-ton compression molding presses • Profile extrusion • Co-extrusion film and wire & cable • Over 20 molds at varying geometries to validate structural, application, and functional performance.
Material Data Sets • A number of material characterization data sets are available in .udb, moldex 3D, xChange data cards, and SIPOE format Mold Filling Simulation (see examples below) • Serves to validate part design (e.g., gate location, fill/pack/warp/cool) & material solution • Evaluates component design viability with preferred Avient material solution • Fiber analysis determines fiber orientation and length • Predicts part quality and manufacturability (shrink, warp, weld line location) FILLING PART QUALITYFIBER ORIENTATION Finite Element Analysis (FEA) • Virtually simulates how an application will perform in real-world conditions with a high level of precision • Able to represent a variety of problems, test methods, models and outputs to evaluate the design, process and material combination for validation or optimization • Dynamic - Acceleration - Impact - Break/no break - Transmitted force - Energy absorption • Thermal Mechanical - Temperature Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - Heat path - Dominant heat transfer - Temperature mapping - Coupling with mechanical simulations FEA Simulation Capabilities • Static - Displacement/rotations - Stress and strains - Contact pressure - Reaction forces/moments - Factors of safety • Vibration - Eigen frequencies - Harmonic response ○ Harmonic displacement, acceleration and stress Software Used • Autodesk Moldflow • Digimat • Simulia/Abaqus • MSC Cradle • CAD/CAE - MSC Apex - SolidWorks Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) Support By leveraging mold filling simulation, multiphysics simulation, and the understanding of the link between design, process and material, we can help inform your decision-making process for product development.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/ISO 9001 - NL027324 Current.pdf
Standard ISO 900 1:2O15 Scope of supply c o II +t (u U t-r- '.F t- (u () (n rU '- c) l cu q) t_ l m Design, development, marketing & sales and related application support of UHMWPE, Ultra-High-Motecutar-Weight PolyEthytene fibers and UniDirecfionat sheets.
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Avient Protective Materiats (Heerten) Eisterweg 3, 6422 pN Heerten, The NetherIands Design, devek:pment, marketing & sales and related apptication support of UHA4WPE, Uttra - High -Motecutar-Weigh t PolyEthytene fibers and UniDirectionat sheets Site Address Scope @ EIT:TilU rE:I:.TETCI c o t rrl +,t (u U tr-rf. r- +-t r_ o CJ V) CU '(- (.) f co (.) t_ f m Appendix awarded to Avient Protective Materials Urmonderbaan 22 6167 RD Geleen The Netherlands This certificate arso concerns berow mentioned organization(s) and site(s).
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Maxxam™ FR Polypropylene Solutions provide cost savings and improve data processing capabilities
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/Sustainability ESG Disclosures_Antimony Trioxide.pdf
ATO has also been found to be useful as a catalyst for PET manufacture, as a frictional additive in automotive brake linings, as a clarifier for glass, as an opacifier for enamels, as a coating for titanium dioxide applications, and as a stabilizer for certain pigments.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/case-study/polycase-launches-revolutionary-polymer-based-ammunition?rtype[]=1124
The Avient team used their extensive knowledge and experience working with high-density polymers to develop a specialized Gravi-Tech™ high-density polymer composite that met PolyCase’s needs and fit the profile of their proprietary injection molding process.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/case-study/polycase-launches-revolutionary-polymer-based-ammunition?ind[]=21537
The Avient team used their extensive knowledge and experience working with high-density polymers to develop a specialized Gravi-Tech™ high-density polymer composite that met PolyCase’s needs and fit the profile of their proprietary injection molding process.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/case-study/polycase-launches-revolutionary-polymer-based-ammunition
The Avient team used their extensive knowledge and experience working with high-density polymers to develop a specialized Gravi-Tech™ high-density polymer composite that met PolyCase’s needs and fit the profile of their proprietary injection molding process.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/achieve-sensory-branding-goals-packaging
Some manufacturers are choosing polymer-metal composites that provide the equivalent weight of metal, but also allow for the design freedom provided by thermoplastics.
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