Arnite - PBT, PET - DSM Engineering Materials

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Interview: Newly Reorganised for the Future
...ins and High Performance Fibers had sales of EUR 1.8bn in 2002 and aims at growing, on average, 6% per annum. Within this group DSM Engineering Plastics will grow faster, especially due to growth from its high-performance products such as Stanyl and Arnitel that show double-digit growth rates. Kunststoffe: Where does DSM see growing markets for engineering plastics? Jos Goessens: The most promising engineering plastics markets for DSM are in Automotive, E&E and Packaging. The plastics-for-metal ...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
... primarily for application in the electrical engineering and electronics sectors (Fig.7). Examples here include certain Crastin FR grades (manufacturer: DuPont), NH Valox grades (manufacturer: GEP), Pocan DP 2004 (manufacturer: Bayer) or the Arnite grades with the development designation Segregate (manufacturer: DSM). BASF has met the requirement for flame retardance without halogen or antimony compounds with its Ultradur B4400. Products that have been introduced over the past few years are alre...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-09-19, Energy Efficiency Taking on Increasing Importance
... ENH particularly suitable for electrical parts, such as plugs, relays or lamp sockets (Fig. 6). DSM Engineering Plastics is also presenting new, halogen-free, flame retardant engineering plastics with its Xantar C (ABS+PC), Arnite XG (PBT) and Akulon (Ultraflow) K-FKMV5 (PA 6). Akulon (Ultraflow) K-FKMV5 is used primarily as a material for micro circuit breaker housings. The advantages of this material compared with standard PA6 grades are the shorter cycle times for injection molding and also...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-09-19, For High-End Applications
...pounds (TPC) score highly in terms of stiffness. A new technology enables glass fibers to be incorporated into the polymer matrix. The structural strength so acquired nearly approaches that of metals but cuts weight by half. Price Breakers With Arnite XL PBT, Akulon Ultraflow PA6 and Stanyl PA46, DSM Engineering Plastics of Sittard, Netherlands, would like to offer lower-priced alternatives to high-temperature plastics such as PPA, PPS, PEI and PEEK. In the context of AFL/DBL (flame retardancy...

Kunststoffe international, 2007-12-17, From Miniaturization through to Furniture Design
...sembly techniques, retains its dimensions and has a high melting point. The producer sees it as being used in CPS plinths, high-temperature coils and also plug connectors for memory cards and memory assemblies in notebooks. With its Arnite XG, DSM is introducing a halogen-free polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) that is intended especially for plug connectors in household appliances that operate unsupervised and with high current strengths (>0.2A). Materials used in white goods such as these must c...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-02-17, Few New Products but Business is Booming
...are centered on technical plastics for domestic appliances which pass the glow wire test (Fig. 2) without phosphorous or brominated flame retardants. DSM Engineering Plastics, Sittard, The Netherlands, presented two new products: Arnite XG, a polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) that meets the requirements of the glow wire test without either red phosphorous or halogens and was specially developed for plug-in connectors in household appliances that run unattended. It passes the GWT at 750°C for fini...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-10-17, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT)
...ing brominated flame retardants have to be processed separately. Similar trends can now also be seen outside of Europe for instance in Asia and some federal states in the USA. Examples of halogen free flame retarded PBT are the unreinforced products Arnite XG from DSM as well as the previously mentioned Pocan DP 2004. Examples of reinforced materials are the Celanex XFR series from Ticona and the 30 % glass fiber-reinforced Pocan DP BFN 4230, from which amongst other things functional components...