Neopor - PS-E - BASF SE

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, China is the Market Driver: Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)
... form blocks, roller shutter boxes and in a variety of other special mouldings. These applications, which have been supplied by conventional EPS over the last 50 years, are now also an outlet for a further development of this material, known as Neopor (manufacturer: BASF) [2]. The greatest advantage of this silvery grey EPS foam is its much lower thermal conductivity as compared with conventional insulating materials. The same insulation efficiency can be obtained with some 15 to 20% lower insu...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Cost Efficiency and Innovations
...w world-scale facilities. This company division achieves some 10 % of its overall sales with specialities. These include Styrolux, a clear and high-impact styrene-butadiene copolymer for transparent packaging, household articles and toys, and also Neopor, which can be used to achieve the so-called three-litre house for the first time, thanks to its excellent insulation properties. The polyester-based Ecoflex, which is 100 % degradable, is increasingly being accepted by the market in applications...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)
...opened an application segment that so far has been reserved for extruded polystyrene foam material (XPS). Meanwhile a further innovation pointing the way was introduced successfully in the European insulation material market: It is a particle foam (Neopor) with a silver-grey surface that has a clearly reduced lambda value compared to usual EPS as well as some further advantages. Thus for instance a measured lambda value of 0.032 W/m2K is already attained at a gross density from 15 to 16 kg/m3. T...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)
...nts obtained by addition of infrared absorbers and reflectors have also led to a new visual appearance of EPS products. Until now white was the characteristic colour of EPS foams. Increasingly EPS products with silvery-grey colour, for instance Neopor [1], characterise the appearance of building sites and also packing departments. Fig.2 shows the characteristic advantages achieved with Neopor compared to white EPS. In order to reach the thermal conductivity of Neopor (gross density 15 kg/m³) of ...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Passive house: Successful Energy-saving
...uperinsulated building envelope with heat transfer coefficients (U) of around 0.15W/(m²K) and less have been improved (Fig.2): For masonry walls designed as a thermally insulating composite system, a polystyrene rigid foam (type: Neopor, manufacturer: BASF) with a thermal conductivity of 0.035W/(mK) and density of less than 15kg/m³ is increasingly being used. This improves the thermal insulating effect and provides design flexibility. For prefabricated construction with lightweight str...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Polystyrene Foam: Well Packaged
... blood products and organs. The key property of this material is its good thermal insulation, because in modern transplantation medicine, maintaining a constant temperature is absolutely vital. Storopack of Metzingen/Germany is moulding BASF's Neopor expandable polystyrene (which comes in the form of small black beads) into silver-grey foam blocks and other shapes. The foam is characterised by outstanding heat and cold insulation properties, high compressive strength, impact absorption, li...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Secured Growth: Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
...important property of insulating materials. Product developers and those who use insulating materials aim to have products with the lowest possible degree of thermal conductivity, i.e. with a high insulation effect. An insulating material (Neopor) has now become available which offers a considerably lower thermal conductivity than conventional EPS insulating materials, together with a lower weight. This property improvement was achieved by largely eliminating the thermal radiation effect through...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, The Three-litre House
...s one of the first systems of its kind in Germany to be used under real conditions. The energy savings and the associated reduction in carbon dioxide emissions are primarily achieved by insulation. The insulation material was Neopor (Fig.3), a new rigid polystyrene foam from BASF that is eminently suitable for insulating external walls. Unlike conventional insulation materials, it contains infrared absorbers and reflectors that additionally lower the thermal conductivity. A novel interior plaste...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-08-14, Focus on Attractive Added Value
...iably and with suitable quality at a low cost and with minimal complexity. Above-average growth is anticipated in particular for PU basic products and insulating materials, so that production capacities for these are being expanded. In the case of Neopor, the insulating material based on expanded polystyrene, the company intends to more than triple its capacity in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by the end of 2008. In order to maintain profitable growth in the area of standard products, highly efficient ...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-10-21, Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)
...it is not surprising that there were significant advances particularly in the development of products with reduced thermal conductivity (products with infrared-reflecting additives such as graphite or carbon black). While a few years ago, Neopor, the graphite-modified EPS from BASF was still a special product with only low market potential and limited development changes, this plastic pellet stock is now established as a fast-growing standard product for high-quality thermal insulation. It is no...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-05-10, More Return, More Climate Protection
...he year 2006 the entire global savings of CO2 emissions by BASF products on their journey through life amounted to about –252 millions tonnes per annum of CO2 equivalents (all sources and photos: BASF) Fig. 2. The polystyrene foam material Neopor helps when saving fuel oil costs and energy: The silver-grey insulation material has infrared absorbers and reflectors that reduce heat conductivity Fig. 3. Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic photovoltaics: The researchers have set as the...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-10-17, Polystyrene Rigid Foam (EPS, XPS)
...uctural applications. Mature, tailored products are currently available for these applications. An innovative development has been available on the market for a few years in the form of “silver-gray” EPS foam (Title photo) (Neopor, Lambdapor). The addition of infrared absorbers and reflectors (graphite) significantly reduces the thermal conductivity of the EPS insulating materials, and thereby largely prevents the loss of heat due to radiation [1, 2]. With a...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-09-24, Raising the Standards
...ey can surround more complex geometries than to date reliably and without creasing. Existing ranges can continue to be employed. The continuous further development of expanded polystyrenes (EPS), starting from Styropor through Neopolen right up to Neopor, is currently culminating in the new development of the E-por foam. The combination of multishock resistance, resistance to solvents, cracking resistance, recycling capability and at the same time attractive appearance meets all the demands for ...

Kunststoffe international, 2011-10-17, Rigid Polystyrene Foam (EPS, XPS)
...ingly widespread use in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Enhanced EPS is being used more and more often in flat roof applications. The first EPS with clearly improved insulation performance has been marketed by BASF under the brand name Neopor – this is made possible by the inclusion of finely distributed graphite particles that reflect radiant heat like tiny mirrors, thus reducing heat loss. It provides up to 20 % better insulation performance than conventional EPS. Meanwhile, other suppliers ...

Kunststoffe international, 2014-07-22, Concepts for Exciting Ideas
...s, including engineering thermoplastics (polyamides (PA), polybutylene terephthalates (PBT), polyoxymethylene (POM), polysulfones (PSU)), polyurethanes (PU), and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU), various foams (such as Neopolen, Basotect, Neopor), and pigments for paints and coatings.This versatility is the real strength of the designfabrik, as it offers designers from different industries the opportunity to broaden their perspective and adapt solutions from other areas to suit their own requir...

Kunststoffe international, 2015-05-21, 150 Years of BASF
... its outstanding insulation properties, was increasingly used in the construction industry and refrigeration technology (Fig. 1). Styropor is now the classic among insulation materials. Further developments with the material led to the foam Neopor in 1998 with even better insulation performance.Indispensable in Day-to-Day LifeIn the 1950s, plastics packaging revolutionized the retail trade. In BASF’s plastics assortment, the polyethylene Lupolen and the polyamide Ultramid were most suited this a...