Lexan - PC, PC+PPC, PPC - SABIC Innovative Plastics

Plastics Technology, 2004-03-24, New Polymer Uses Sunlight To Arm Itself Against UVDamage
Using sunlight to protect against sunlight-that's the unusual concept behind GE Plastics' new Lexan SLX polymer. This clear, high-gloss resin was commercialized for Class A auto body panels and other ...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, A Substitute for Metal: Polyetherimides (PEIs)
... cost-optimal solution for a heat resistance level, which is tailored to each case of application. Besides heat resistance, increased fluidity and ductility are maintained. The Ultem ATX blends bridge the gap between polycarbonates, such as Lexan by GE Plastics, and pure PEI. Successful applications come from the automotive and appliances industries, telecommunication and electronics. Table 3 summarises some key features of glass fibre reinforced (PEI+PCE) blends as a function of the mixture ra...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Automotive Glazing: Clear Prospects
...a sun roofs and tailgate windows in polycarbonate compared with comparable systems in glass. At the same time, the time and effort involved in assembly can be cut back considerably. GE Advanced Materials has developed an integrated approach based on Lexan polycarbonates and special Exatec coating processes For Large Areas With the introduction of Lexan GLX, GE Advanced Materials has taken its polycarbonate technology a whole step further. This polymer, which has already proved successful on a...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Construction Industry: Panes with Sunscreen
...nt sunscreens. These provide high thermal insulation combined with outstanding light transmission in intense sunlight. The result is savings on the cost of air-conditioning and illumination of buildings. The single pane consists of a semifinished Lexan Exell Solar Control IR while the twin pane is a Lexan Thermoclear Solar Control IR (development and production of the semifinished goods: GE Advanced Materials). Both products are ideal for roofs, transom lights, passageways (title picture), cons...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Friction Behaviour of Thermoplastics
...e to detach and move the test part is determined by a universal tensile testing machine, in which the test apparatus is mounted. Design of the Test Apparatus The plastic test specimens used were injection moulded plaques. Polycarbonate, PC (grade: Lexan 141R, manufacturer: GE Plastics) was used to represent amorphous plastics and polypropylene, PP (grade: Hifax BA238B3, manufacturer: Montell) for semi-crystalline. The steel stamps used have finely machined, flat, ground surfaces measuring 10 x...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Growth Through Innovations and E-Commerce
... will then be ready for dispatch within 96 h. GEP's LotXpress service is able to prepare quantities of up to 2500 kg in accordance with individual customer specifications so that they are ready to be dispatched within 96 h. Polycarbonate (grade: Lexan) can already be supplied in a range of previously coordinated colour shades via LotXpress. As of the third quarter of this year, the ABS range will also be included in this service, before being followed by additional representatives of GEP'...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Materials with Multiple Functions
...e and improved pit formation with continued good mechanical characteristics [5]. The prominent manufacturers of polycarbonate for the range of application of optical data storage are Bayer (Makrolon), Dow (Calibre), GE Plastics (Lexan PC), Idemitsu (Taflon), Mitsubishi Engineering (Jupilon) and Teijin (Panlite). PMMA types developed to the production stage: For production of the different DVD formats also Atoglas (Oroglas) and Röhm (Plexiglas) have developed custom-made PMMA types to the produc...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Panorama Roof for the Opel Zafira: Promising Technology
...producer of the complete roof module, Webasto AG manufactures the exterior hood together with the supporting element of the roof module – comprising a 2100 mm x 1100 mm large frame without thermoplastic film surface – in a single step. Lexan SLX film (manufacturer: GE Advanced Materials) forms the surface of the exterior hood and is responsible for the Class A surface – eliminating painting of the component at the OEM. The glass fibre-reinforced PUR foam grade Baydur STR is responsible for the ...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Plastic, the All-purpose Material: Function in Form
...uring cycling. Non-splintering polymer goggles have long protected the eyes against dirt particles and insects, or the UV of the sun. GE Structured Products has developed a coated polycarbonate (grade: LexanCTG) especially for the high demands of the visor and eye-protection industry. Its most important properties are optical transparency and UV protection. This high-quality polycarbonate is therefore suitable for motor bike crash-helmet visors as well as for cycling, skiing and sports goggles. ...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Sports Equipment: Plastics at all Events
... thus be the biggest fluorescent ETFE sheet construction in the world. Its manufacturer is the Japanese company Asashi Glass Co. Ltd. One of the most popular products for stadium roofs at present is polycarbonate. One example is Lexan from GE Advanced Materials, which covers among others the Luz Stadium in Lisbon. Portugal's biggest stadium was an important venue for the European Soccer Championships, EURO 2004. Here, the material is exposed to harsh weather conditions and intensive sunlight...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Strong Upturn: Polycarbonate (PC)
...facture. In Europe, the market and growth are mostly determined by the automotive industry. The world's largest producers of PC and PC blended films are Bayer MaterialScience (Makrofol and Bayfol) and GE Structure Products (Lexan). A great deal of development work is currently being put into surface finishing of the films. For instance, efforts are being made to make them more resistant to scratching and mechanical loads with hard coats. Another focus is the improvement of photo and chemical...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, The Crucial Question in Fire Protection
...is provided in Table2. New to market is a VDE0472-compliant, non-halogenated (PC+ABS) blend for extruding cable ducts that meets the requirements for the TCO certificate and the Blue Angel. Furthermore, a development product in the pipeline (Lexan RL7535) is a 10%-glassfibre-reinforced polycarbonate with UL94-V0 classification for 2.5mm wall thickness, and whose flame retardancy is not based on chlorine or bromine. Breakthrough in Semicrystalline Polymer Blends GE Plastics flame-retards its se...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Thermoplastic Films: Car Body Parts With and Without a Paint System
...t partners Röhm and Dow are currently modifying the raw materials, while Senoplast is carrying out modifications to the process. GE Plastics: GE Plastics, Pittsfield/USA, offers a film with a facing layer of the polycarbonate copolymer Lexan SLX with a UV blocker built into the molecule chain. Beneath this is an integrally coloured layer of PC, optionally followed by a layer of (PC+ASA) blend to guarantee adhesion to the polyurethane foam. This film was used for the first time as the facing lay...

Kunststoffe international, 2006-09-27, Situation Report: Engineering Plastics in the Chinese Market
...arbonate: Application segments for PA (left) and PC (right) in the Chinese market in 2005 (au-thors' estimates). Fig. 4. Battery container for solar cell modules from CSI Solar Technologies Ltd., Changshu, Jiangsu, made from polycarbonate (Lexan EXL) (photo: GE Plastics). Fig. 5. Polyacetal and Polybutylene Terephthalate: Application segments for POM (left) and PBT (right) in the Chinese market in 2005 (authors' estimates). Fig. 6. Application segments: Application segments for engineeri...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-02-13, Minimising Complications
...ope AWS S100 is a rigid laryngoscope with an integrated LCD monitor and a CCD camera. The camera is designed to ensure precise monitoring of the orotracheal intubation process. When it came to the plug-in blade for the instrument, Pentax opted for Lexan HPX polycarbonate from GE Plastics. This material’s excellent impact strength ensures that the blade does not break in the oral cavity. The blade’s smooth surface makes it easier to insert the intubation hose into the windpipe, keeping to a minim...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-21, Window for the Loading Door
...optical moldings. This is why Fried keeps careful watch for sources of contamination in material handling and ensures a clean production environment and gentle processing with short melt residence times in the hot runner. The material (Lexan LS2, GE Plastics) is supplied in "Hella quality", i.e. a quality specified for the production of automotive headlamps. While the camera system sorts out the few defective parts, the good ones end up temporarily in an intermediate storage unit. From ...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-12-17, Under New Colors
...e sold as an overall business. And Sabic bought us as an overall business. In principle, we have only removed the GE logo and replaced it with the Sabic brand mark. In terms of market shares, products, and brand names such as Lexan, which are well known in the industry, our market position has not changed much. What we must do now, is to ensure that our name becomes established so that the market knows who we are. Through Sabic, our position here in Europe is certainly easier than for our collea...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-02-29, Reduce Costs by Integration
...s can be realized that go far beyond the possibilities of glass. For the realization of innovative glazing panels for future automobiles Sabic Innovative Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands, developed specially adapted polycarbonates such as Lexan GLX143 and an IR-absorbing product type. The enterprise is working on further materials with improved and/or new characteristics. Particularly the two component injection molding process contributes to making complex forms and integration of fu...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-08-14, Consolidated Strategies
...nterprise considers the fact that a rough 600 new products, which have been introduced since 2003, today make up a 30 % share of turnover. Innovations in Germany, among others, are focused on introducing to the market automotive glazings out of Lexan (PC) as well as a low smoke emission Noryl (PPE). Global presence and improved productivities have been achieved by investing in higher Verton capacities (these are long-fiber-reinforced compounds on a PA66, PP and PPA basis)...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-09-23, Plastics, Electronics and the Environment
...al effects such as pearl, glitter and metallic, without any paint or coating being necessary. Another method that can substitute for painting and printing is in-mould decoration (IMD). In this process a thin plastic film, for example made of Lexan, the polycarbonate from Sabic Innovative Plastics, is preformed to exactly fit the part and then inserted into the injection mould. Then the mould is filled as usual – the result is an integrated part with surface decoration. The IMD fil...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-01-27, Process-Integrated Surface Modification During Injection Molding
...tions with model systems confirm that reactive coupling under injection molding conditions is possible. Permanent Modification Demonstrated in Actual Practice For the initial basic investigations, PC plaques (150 mm × 75 mm × 2 mm) (grade: Lexan 121, supplier: Sabic) were modified during the injection molding process. Various substances serve as reactive modifiers, with PEI (Mw 750,000 g/mol, supplier: Sigma-Aldrich Co.) providing the best results. This modifier is dissolved in water at various ...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-08-19, Grow Strategically
...e: Ultem) has been developed to replace aluminum. According to manufacturer's data, the material enables weight reductions of up to 50 % for interior components while increasing stiffness 40 % above that of aluminum. The two brands Noryl and Lexan EXL have been conceived mainly for outdoor use. Their temperature range of -40 to 140°C (Lexan EXL above -60°C) makes them suitable for use in solar collectors (Fig. 1). DSM: Asia in its Sights DSM Engineering Plastics of Sittard, the Netherlands...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Facilitating Technical Life
...ased and low-emission materials. The following crosssectional profile provides a compact overview. Sabic Innovative Plastics Interior Fittings for Aircraft At Sabic Innovative Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, all good things come in fives: Lexan FST, Lexan XHR 6000 and F2000A sheet, Ultem 9090 and carbon fiber-reinforced Ultem plastics are the new thermoplastic products amongst the polycarbonates and polyether imides, which have been specially developed for parts such as seats, door sill c...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Sustainable and Efficient
...rise, for instance, designer televisions, window display installations, point-of-sale displays and transparent head-up displays installed in the front windshield of automobiles. Hall 6, booth A75-1 Sabic Efficient Isolation The new Lexan Thermoclick sheet system by Sabic Innovative Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands, is available as polycarbonate sheets at 1,000 mm width and 50 mm thickness. The sheets are designed for claddings and facades. Being the first comprehensive system solution f...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-11-25, The Long View
...ble for combined injection molding and injectioncompression molding. Two Consecutive Processes … Exatec, LLC in Wixom, MI/USA, a subsidiary of Sabic Innovative Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, which specializes in glazing systems made from Lexan polycarbonates, has developed a CAE method with which standard software can be customized for modeling the ICM-2K process. In this method, ICM and the 2K process are seen as two consecutive processes and are simulated separately with regard to the ...

Kunststoffe international, 2011-05-12, Sound and Smoke Are No Problem
...the microphones must meet high environmental requirements, for example as regards their fire behavior and heat and UV resistance, or meet the specific requirements of rail and air travel. For example, they use the polycarbonate Lexan 940 (manufacturer: Sabic Innovative Plastics). Particular components, such as the acoustic emission sensor or ear pads of the headphones for medical applications, require skin-compatible plastics. Threaded metal bushes in the housings are either directly insert mold...

Kunststoffe international, 2011-06-20, Hitting the Nail on the Head
...is for the precise reproduction of micro and nanostructures on the molded part surface. The influence of various machine settings on the dimensions as well as the part weight of a molded cup (Fig. 3) made from polycarbonate (grade: Lexan Resin 123R, manufacturer: Sabic Innovative Plastics) was documented in a series of tests together with the signals from a pressure and a temperature sensor in the tool. In addition, a nickel shim is integrated into the mold cavity. It contains a series of hologr...

Kunststoffe international, 2012-02-24, Portable Medical Devices
...was a sleek design and outstanding aesthetics for customer appeal. ResMed wanted the devices to blend in at home – looking more like a clock radio or stereo than a piece of medical equipment. The ResMed sleep apnea devices are designed with Lexan (PC) and Cycoloy (PC+ABS blends), which not only provided design freedom but also light weight yet durability. The PC+ABS blend is used to mold the complex, thin-wall chassis, which is custom-colored dark gray. The resin provides excellent mechanical pe...

Kunststoffe international, 2012-11-26, Demands and Innovations
...e a light transmissivity of 88 % at thicknesses up to 3 mm and an opacity <1 %. Sabic Innovative Plastics, Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands, offers new flameretardant polycarbonate grades for the E&E sector:The Lexan CFR (Clear Flame Retardant) copolymer and three new Lexan LUX polymer grades. The Lexan CFR copolymer satisfies the growing demands of manufacturers in the entertainment electronics, household technology and sun collector industries for a transparent, flame-retardant (FR) material...

Kunststoffe international, 2018-11-09, Droplets to the Beat of Milliseconds
...mented therein. It also contains special plastics for specialized applications such as medical-grade PLLA (type: Purasorb PL18 and Resomer LR 708; manufacturer: Corbion or rather Evonik) as well as a PC approved for aerospace applications (Lexan 940, Sabic), for example. The range of qualified materials is continuously being expanded. In the Arburg Prototyping Center (APC) at the German headquarters in Lossburg, several Freeformers produce benchmark parts for prospective customers.Influence of M...