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DSM to show new engineering plastics at PlastIndia 2015

20 Dec '14

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Royal DSM is planning to feature numerous new engineering plastics for high performance, low weight, and improved sustainability at PlastIndia 2015 to be held from February 5-10 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

Applications include those in automotive, mobile electronics and electrical equipment. Alongside it will also shine the spotlight on some of its most recently introduced new materials at stand 14R-D4.

According to DSM, for the automotive sector, a major highlight is a new generation of Diablo high temperature resistant grades in DSM’s Stanyl polyamide 46 and Akulon polyamide 6 portfolios.

“The new Diablo grades are aimed at such engine compartment applications as air intake manifolds with integrated ducts and charge air coolers (CACs),” DSM says.

It adds, “The latest version of Stanyl Diablo polyamide 46 is able to withstand a continuous use temperature of 230°C, while the new Akulon Diablo withstands a 220°C continuous-use temperature.”

Other innovative automotive applications on display include a composite fuel tank for two and four wheeled vehicles running on methane or hydrogen, and an award-winning crankshaft cover.

The fuel tank is a pressure vessel made by wrapping a high-barrier liner blow molded in DSM’s Akulon Fuel Lock polyamide 6 inside a continuous fibre reinforced plastic shell.

It is around one third the weight of a steel tank, and so enables a substantial improvement in fuel-efficiency.

“It is even possible to use thermoplastics such as DSM’s high performance EcoPaXX polyamide 410, which is derived from renewable resources in the shell, rather than a traditional thermosetting resin”, it informs.

EcoPaXX has just won an award in another automotive application, a lightweight multi-functional crankshaft cover.

The part came top in the Powertrain category in the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division Innovation Awards Competition.

The EcoPaXX crankshaft cover is produced by DSM’s automotive component specialist partner KACO in Germany for the latest generation of diesel engines developed by the Volkswagen Group.

It weighs around 40 per cent less than a crankshaft cover with similar geometry made in aluminum.

DSM is also emphasizing its extensive offering for Electrical and Electronics (E&E) applications, especially in mobile communications.

For example, the company has new solutions that answer growing requirements for size reduction and thin walling, for halogen-free flame retardants and heat management.

On the DSM stand, visitors will be able to talk with experts about the latest options for such components as connectors, bezels and frames, enclosures, wire and cable, antennas and splitters.

DSM will also show halogen-free flame retardant high performance polyamides that offer efficient, cost-effective and environment-friendly choice to glass-reinforced thermoset composites in molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs).