The high flow TechnylStar materials will provide plastics processors with significant advantages. These include faster cycle times, fewer injection points on large components, smaller runners and less scrap. For complex parts TechnylStar will offer scope for simplifying tool design through reduction in the number of hot runners needed. The combination of these broad processing advantages offers the processor exceptional productivity and better overall performance. Other applications are expected in the sports and leisure industries, for uses such as ski bindings and clips, for connectors, cable ties and for small mechanical components.
All compounds are currently available as black.
The technology is scalable to other facilities and Rhodia Engineering Plastics plans to produce the polymer in North America and Asia as soon as volumes dictate.