Specialist chemicals company LANXESS has its own stand at this year’s Plastics in E&E Applications Conference in Würzburg, Germany.
LANXESS will be exhibiting its new alternatives to PBTs, a halogen-free flame-retardant PBT compound.
These compounds, from the Pocan BFN product line are being heralded as a good alternative to their counterparts containing halogen-based flame retardants.
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They display better electrical behaviour and higher thermal and colour stability, and pass the UL 94 standard fire tests of the US testing organisation Underwriters Laboratories, achieving the best classification of V-0 for a test specimen up to 0.4mm thick.
Alexander Radeck, applications development expert in the High-Performance Materials business unit, said: “Apart from product grades with a glass fibre content of 13 to 25 per cent, we will also be showcasing a new, non-reinforced compound that boasts a high elongation at break of over seven per cent despite the halogen-free flame retardant additives.”
LANXESS is also presenting Durethan BKV 60 EF and XF, a highly reinforced polyamide 6 with no flame retardant, suitable for highly mechanically stressed components.
Despite their high glass fibre content of 60 per cent, they are just as free-flowing as standard polyamides with a significantly lower filler content.
Radeck concluded: “We are unveiling a compound reinforced with a 60 per cent mix of short glass fibres and glass microbeads, intended for applications in which warpage is a critical factor. One highlight among these products is the new polyamide 6, Durethan TP 723-620. This combines excellent light reflection and thermal conductivity with very good flame retardance based on a halogen-free flame-retardant package.”
