Feb 21, 2021 | Featured, Newsletter, Plastics Profiler
ABS+PC are blends of the amorphous engineering thermoplastics, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC). ABS+PC is similar in many ways to its component resins, but combines the mechanical and thermal properties of polycarbonate with the processability and economy of ABS.
Oct 31, 2020 | Featured, News & Releases, Newsletter, Plastics Profiler
Polyethylene is the largest volume thermoplastic used today. Polyethylene is available in a variety of grades that have a wide range of properties and are classified according to density.
Aug 22, 2020 | Featured, Newsletter, Plastics Profiler
Glass fiber reinforced Nylon is a material often used to replace metal due to its higher strength to weight ratio. While Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 offer similar benefits there are distinct differences that should be taken into account when selecting between the two grades.
Feb 16, 2020 | Featured, News & Releases, Newsletter, Plastics Profiler
Carbon black has many applications in plastics. Carbon black is typically dispersed into a plastic master batch concentrate at a high dosage, 15% to 50% by weight. Concentrate allows AGS Technology to utilize carbon black in a pre-dispersed pellet form...
Dec 1, 2019 | Featured, Newsletter, Plastics Profiler
Unfilled polypropylene has rather low impact and stiffness. As a result, polypropylene materials are often modified to improve their mechanical properties. To improve stiffness the polypropylene can be compounded with short glass fiber (SGF-PP) or long...
Aug 11, 2019 | Featured, Newsletter, Plastics Profiler
Polypropylene copolymer is a crystalline thermoplastic that starts with polymer grade propylene with 1-7% ethylene monomer added during bulk polymerization. Comonomer content and molecular weight distribution can be controlled in the reactor allowing for a wide range...
