Gravi-Tech REC recycled grades enable visual surface effects and aesthetics including metallic finish, cool touch and color variation, suitable for applications in packaging and consumer goods such as cosmetic caps and closures, perfume caps, spirit bottle caps and luxury boxes. High density polymer-metal composites are an ideal alternative to lead and other traditional metals

Gravi-Tech BIO bio-based grades enable visual surface effects and aesthetics including metallic finish, cool touch and color variation, suitable for applications in packaging and consumer goods such as cosmetic caps and closures, perfume caps, spirit bottle caps and luxury boxes. High density polymer-metal composites are an ideal alternative to lead and other traditional metals

Kalas expands offerings by reducing heavy metal in wire, cable Kalas’ first course of action was to find substitutes for jacketing and heavy-metal-free (HMF) color concentrates that would deliver the same performance properties as its existing materials while meeting Underwriters’ Laboratories standards. They also switched from color concentrates containing heavy metal to RoHS-compliant OnColor™ color concentrates.

Take, for instance, using FEA for a metal-to-plastic conversion. If you are used to designing in metals, you might be surprised when a polymer’s technical data sheet does not translate into part performance you anticipated. Many metals can approximate linear elastic behavior, but polymer behavior is not so easily simplified to one modulus, making it more challenging to predict performance based on a data sheet.

Complēt™ R nylon 6 long fiber composites provide stiffness, strength, and toughness performance on par with standard nylon 6 long fiber formulations using virgin resin, giving these materials the structural capability necessary to be used as an alternative to metals. Using these composites as a metal replacement also fosters significant weight reductions along with the time and cost savings benefits of single-step injection molding.   Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint

Design freedom, metal replacement and Thermally Conductive Formulations provide powerful solution for Elausa Electronics Metal replacement, design improvements and Complēt™ long fiber technology provide powerful solution for Bettcher Industries Bergamid™ polymer formulations and GLS™ TPEs replace metal and provide comfort and usability for Swiss soldiers pocket knife

Complēt and OnForce composites have structural characteristics that provide stiffness, strength, and toughness, making them ideal alternatives to metals. Using these composites as a metal replacement also fosters significant weight reductions along with the time and cost savings benefits of single-step injection molding.  Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint  

Article Rethinking Materials for Automotive Aftermarket Parts Making the switch from metal to plastic using long fiber thermoplastic. Article Metal Replacement Why consider plastics in lieu of metal?

Learn more about enhanced modeling and design technology capabilities to more accurately predict long fiber reinforced thermoplastic performance in structural metal replacement applications Provides structural performance that can go head-to-head with metals at a fraction of the weight

Cesa Cor anticorrosion concentrates are used to protect ferrous and most non-ferrous metals from the deteriorating effects of corrosion. The design and lightweighting benefits of thermoplastics with the conductive performance of metal