Unlike PVC, these materials are made without phthalate plasticizers, offer high clarity in some cases, bond to a variety of substrates, and can be customized for color and hardness. Specialty TPEs formulated for high clarity, without plasticizers, to improve high service temperature performance, and to meet biopharmaceutical needs for weldability and low extractables Customized Versaflex™ TPE formulation to balance mar resistance, flow, and laser marking whiteness and clarity

Since maintaining a good melt flow can sometimes be challenging with effect pigments, our team of material experts from Avient Design can provide support to reduce new product design errors by linking design with manufacturability and to speed up the design process. Options for black, white and color markings are available on opaque but also transparent plastics. Sortable Black Colorants Black plastic can be challenging to detect by infrared sensors during the sorting process resulting in the plastic being directed to waste instead of the relevant recycled polymer stream.

Circular Plastics Alliance Circular Plastics Alliance is an initiative under the European Strategy for Plastics and aims to boost the EU market for recycled plastics. Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE)

The impact-modified PA6 grade offers minimized scratch appearance compared to painted plastic and improves corrosion resistance when replacing painted metal parts. Processing Guidelines Base Resin PA6 Barrel Temperatures °F °C Rear Zone 440–470 227–243 Center Zone 450–480 232–249 Front Zone 460–490 238–254 Nozzle 470–500 243–260 Melt Temperature 470–500 243–260 Mold Temperature 120–180 49–82 Pack and Hold Pressure 50–75% of Injection Pressure Injection Velocity 0.5 in/s–3 in/s 13 mm/s–76 mm/s Back Pressure 50–100 psi 3.4–6.9 Bar Screw Speed 30–70 rpm Cushion 0.25 in 6.35 mm Drying Parameters 2–4 Hours @ 180°F 2–4 Hours @ 82°C Moisture % Allowable 0.08–0.18%* Screw Type General Purpose Screw Screw Compression Ratio 2.0:1– 2.5:1 Screw L/D 20:1 Non-return Check Valve Free Flow Check Ring Nozzle Type Reverse Taper Clamp Pressure 2–3 Tons/in² Barrel Capacity 30-80% of barrel should be used * Avient suggests measuring moisture using a Karl Fischer method or Vapor Pro® moisture analyzer that titrates only for moisture. Processing Guide 3 Start Up & Shut Down Recommendations Purge Compound 2–3 melt flow PP or purging compound.

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Novel TPE materials that can overmold onto various engineering plastics also were reported elsewhere (2-4). They have good flow characteristics suitable for injection molding applications. These TPEs also possess good flow properties suitable for injection molding applications.

Plastic molding technology gives you the ability to add weight directly into customized and complex forms. A cut-out view shows the hard plastic substrate and the overmolded soft-touch TPE. The image shows the result of a fill analysis that predicts the polymer flow in the mold.

FISCHBACH, Luxembourg – Collaborating with customers to replace metal in LED lights earned PolyOne recognition at the inaugural Polymers and Plastics Innovation Awards, presented by the Society of Plastics Engineers Benelux Division. The awards competition identified winners of innovative plastics materials in eight categories. The winning parts are on display this week at POLYTALK 2014, a plastics industry summit organized by trade association Plastics Europe in Brussels.

Comptek, SilCoTec, Gordon Composites and Polystrand, including whether such businesses will be accretive, retain the management teams of acquired businesses, and retain relationships with customers of acquired businesses; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends, including at the increasing rate, which will be subject to, among other factors, market conditions, our cash flow and cash requirements and restrictions contained in any of our debt agreements; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation.

Comptek, SilCoTec, Gordon Composites and Polystrand, including whether such businesses will be accretive, retain the management teams of acquired businesses, and retain relationships with customers of acquired businesses; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends, including at the increasing rate, which will be subject to, among other factors, market conditions, our cash flow and cash requirements and restrictions contained in any of our debt agreements; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation.