The company's internal standards and management systems on environment, health and safety are certified to the Responsible Care Management System. In the near- and medium-term future, the probability of this risk impacting Avient is low. The company's internal standards and management systems on environment, health and safety are certified to the Responsible Care Management System.

    Stat-Tech™ High Frequency Dielectric Solutions and PREPERM™ materials, semi-finished, and finished products (developed originally by Premix), help customers to meet customized Dk/Df values for 5G antennas and systems.     Versaflex™ CE Non-Blooming TPEs overmold onto PC and PC/ABS with a smooth surface, and overcome the challenge of surface blooms for consumer electronics while decreasing cycle times.

Such advice, for example how to set up blow molding machines, is not equipment specific and therefore ColorMatrix would always recommend using local or expert technicians in addition to following best practice points listed below; • Preforms should be conditioned for minimum 24 hours prior to blowing • Preforms should always be used in a FIFO manner (First In, First Out) • Octabins of preforms should be segregated and blown per resin type, i.e. not mixed with other resins • A preform traceability system should be in place such that any process upsets can be quickly followed up and corrected • Enhanced QC preform checking resources for bottle distribution, aesthetics and integrity should be on-hand during the performance optimization trials • Prior to any process optimization, the blowing machine performance should be verified as being within normal i.e. accepted standard ranges and all important components and control features are working satisfactorily. CAUSE AND EFFECT DIAGRAM Methods Machines Materials Manpower Variable energy saving during SBM Maintenance instructions Operating instructions Faulty Operator Job spec NIR Lamps SBM Type/Design vPET reheat content vPET formulation rPET blend/quality Temperature recording Temperature measurement probe External temperature Faulty Incomplete Inappropriate Incomplete Incomplete Different Different Different Manual Different Variable Variable Variable Training New Faulty Alignment Same Throughput Too many tasks Time conflict Age/intensity variable Set up conditions Configuration - When starting to process a new resin, first run through new preforms for 15 minutes at ‘standard’ conditions to establish steady state conditions prior to any process optimization - Slowly start to reduce preform blowing temperatures until failures are present (visible pearl internal wall or pearl feet) - Increase blowing temperatures until defects are eliminated - QC check bottle quality for acceptance versus established tolerances - Change the power consumption profile in the ovens for early heat and longer sink times but ensure overall temperatures do not exceed cold crystallization temperature - Repeat temperature reduction stage and then defect elimination stage to test if further optimization is possible - Recheck QC bottle quality for acceptance versus established tolerances - Log all process parameters and create new specific ‘recipe’ for future use www.avient.com Copyright © 2020, Avient Corporation.

Most of the new TPEs are designed based on the concept of matching the surface energy between the TPEs and the substrates. Figure 1 shows the surface energy match of various thermoplastic elastomers with rigid thermoplastics. These TPEs usually have good adhesion on substrates with similar surface energy.

Pre-heating can also reduce any surface moisture present on the substrate and thereby improve adhesion. When using lifter bar ejection systems, differential thermal expansion of the mold may cause the lifter to jam. SEBS formulations release from cool surfaces more easily than hot surfaces.

Good surface aesthetics and color retention are maintained after sterilization processes.  The gloss level cannot be improved through process modification and only small improvements can be made with a change in the tooling surface. Similar to other resin systems, the addition of a color pigment may lower mechanical properties.

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